It was a year ago this Saturday night that Andrew Gelston Graham, a 23-year-old University of Colorado grad who threw a mean Frisbee and loved poetry and music, was killed by a single gunshot wound a short distance from his Arapahoe County home. Family, friends, law enforcement officers and others…
Brooks Kellogg, the 73-year old businessman arrested at Denver International Airport last month for allegedly trying to hire a hit man, pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court earlier today — and reports that undercover agents don’t have a recording of his statements at DIA suggest that he may have…
Back in May, medical marijuana dispensary reviewer William Breathes admitted to having steered clear of The Clinic Alternative Medicine due in part to the stereotype that you can find anything on East Colfax — but he wound up happy he stopped by. Lucky thing his visit didn’t coincide with an…
Durango’s Richard Paul comes across as a helpful and chipper salesman in a just-released cyber-sheaf of court documents. Problem is, he’s accused of selling an array of machine guns and other weaponry to undercover federal officers — and when his Durango home was raided, authorities reportedly discovered grenades and C-4…
Myrl Serra, district attorney for the Western Slope’s 7th Judicial District, was busted in September on charges of unlawful sexual conduct and indecent exposure. Details were withheld at that time — but affidavits pertaining to his arrest have now been unsealed, and they tell a graphic story of inter-office sexual…
Photos of Angie, a documentary about the life and death of transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata, is one step closer to being finished. Alan Dominguez of Loco Lane Films has now added a score performed by Denver School of the Arts grad Mackenzie Gault of the Flobots. Check out the…
During the early hours of Halloween, a security guard at Lakewood’s Club Arriba tried to break up a fight — and got shot for his trouble. Two people were busted at the scene, but the alleged shooter got away. Now, Lakewood police have identified him as Adam J. Ponce, aka…
Last Thanksgiving, Marcus Leyba was booked on investigation of child abuse resulting in the death of his three-month-old daughter. This week, he was found guilty of that charge, as well as first-degree murder, in relation to the crime — an especially horrific one as indicated by the information released by…
Update: The strange story of Robert L. Johnson keeps getting stranger. We knew that after showing up at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant, he prompted a bomb scare before ACSO representatives discovered a dead eighty-something man in the trunk of his Dodge sedan. Now comes word that…
You’re right, America: Times are tough. Which likely has something to do with the latest rash of bank robberies along the Front Range. We’ve learned about three — count ’em, three — recent heists: one in Fort Collins, two on South Buckley road in Aurora. Page down below to get…
Last month, we told you about Sean Mueller’s alleged Ponzi scheme, which reportedly netted $71 million from 65 investors. Included among them: Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, whose $15 million loss may have pushed Mueller toward a suicide attempt. Today, Mueller pleaded guilty to multiple counts and faces up…
We’ve told you about a search for a door-to-door groper who allegedly molested a child after claiming to be an immigration doctor. Now, Aurora Police believe they’ve got their man — 54-year-old Kenneth Lee, whose mug shot resembles a sketch and computer-generated graphic of the suspect but isn’t as flattering…
Beware the single guy who’s a little too eager to babysit your male children — at least if he resembles the description emerging of Anthony Ganter. Colorado Springs authorities have charged Ganter with sexual assault on a child, plus failure to register as a sex offender, in relation to as…
Update:It took over a week for the Denver coroner’s office to identify the man found dead in a car on the 1100 block of South King Street on October 17. The information came around the same time Paul Cortez was ID’d in a homicide near Bruce Randolph and York. The…
Update: More information has begun to filter out in relation to a murder that took place near the intersection of Bruce Randolph Avenue and York Street. The Denver coroner’s office has identified the victim of this crime as Paul Cortez. Look below to see the release revealing this information:…
This week’s cover story, “The Damage Done,” details the Denver-based Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families, a unique approach to drug treatment that employs cops in their off hours to mentor addicts they usually lock away. The feature focuses on sisters Audrey and Katie and their recovery through the program,…
When it came to taking advantage of his employees, Opas Sinprasong, who owned several Boulder-area Siamese Plate restaurants, appears to have been an expert. Sinprasong pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens and failing to pay taxes — offenses likely to result in prison time, a $766,000 fine and deportation to…
Update: From the beginning, John Marks Jr. was the top suspect in the death of his common-law wife, Kathy Adams, better known as Psychic Kay, whose body was found near an Estes Park ravine. But now, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has formalized the search for Marks, issuing an arrest…
Update: The admission by Denver’s coroner that the body of sixteen-year-old Alicia Martinez, identified yesterday following the arrest of Edward Timothy Romero for investigation of murder, showed signs of “some disfigurement,” understandably horrified her friends and family. Now, we have an idea about what this term means: Martinez had to…
Update: Last week, we told you about the creepy case of a man accused of posing as a doctor from “Immigration” in order to gain entry to a home and molest an elementary-school-age child. The suspect remains at large — but the Aurora Police Department hopes a new, computer-generated illustration…
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office accuses nineteen-year-old Dallas Cardenas of being a pimp — but that’s not all. As shown in a wide-ranging indictment on view below, Cardenas also faces charges of trafficking in adults and children, since one of the two women he’s said to have forced into sex-for-pay…
Nadine Montoya has been sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 32 years for murdering a 49-year-old Aurora woman in a hit-and-run at a Denver Burger King last May. Montoya, 27, was convicted last month. A jury found her guilty of crushing Lilian Verdonkschot with her Cadillac DeVille after…
