Another chapter begins today in the long and tawdry tale of Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest weed bust in Colorado history that imploded in allegations of crooked cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic cover-ups. Dan Tang, prominent Thornton restaurateur and the drug ring’s suspected kingpin, heads to prison for eighteen months…
Early Sunday morning in Colorado Springs, between ten and fifteen men jumped out of four cars (including two gold Cadillacs), invaded a home and stabbed the occupant, a 44-year-old man. It’s a scenario that screams “gang violence” — and while the Colorado Springs Police Department isn’t confirming that yet, officers…
Richard Stieb reportedly has a long criminal history, with a felony conviction for burglary among his accomplishments. But according to a Nexis search, none of his alleged crimes generated a single media blip — until now, after he was charged with doing something sure to earn the ire of law…
The 1996 killing of young JonBenét Ramsey is arguably Colorado’s most famous (and infamous) unsolved murder. So how could it not be included in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s new and much touted cold-case database?…
The arrest affidavit that’s led to the arrest of Benjamin Janicki, nineteen, is a horror show for any parent — or any human being with a functioning moral compass. At this point, the Denver District Attorney’s Office has charged Janicki with sexual assaults on three children — and there may…
Last month, we noted that the JV Bandit would make the varsity soon, given the rate at which he was allegedly knocking over banks. And the suspect, named by the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, which has bestowed monikers on the likes of the Formerly Known as the Perennial…
Lou Smit, who passed away Wednesday at 75 after a battle with cancer, was the kind of hard worker who never got the hang of retiring. In his case, the work was homicide investigation. And sticking with it put hundreds of truly scary, violent men behind bars…
The typical Boulder neighborhood is a quiet place. But the past couple of days at the community’s Somerset subdivision have been positively explosive. According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, homemade bombs — plastic bottles filled with chemicals capable of going “boom” — have been found in common areas like…
Although marijuana is included in many edible products these days, few people choose to eat it in the form of a joint. That’s one of many ways Carl Martin allegedly stands apart. Note that he’s accused of confiscating said joint while pretending to be a cop — and then after…
This week, we’ve been following eighteen-year-old Logan McClelland’s arrest for first-degree murder of a Big O Tire employee later identified as Bradley Blehm. Now, the El Paso Sheriff’s Office has released an arrest affidavit in which McClelland claims he “had to” shoot Blehm as he argued with the teen’s father…
Jonas Rizzo had some excellent reasons for crashing his bike into a car earlier this week. First of all, according to the Boulder Daily Camera, he was trying to run a red light. And second? He was visibly drunk. Not that biking while hammered is a unique crime in health-conscious…
Update below: Eighteen-year-old Logan McClelland has been charged with murder related to a shooting at a Big O Tire store in Monument — the second high-profile slaying in the community of late, following revelations about Monique Lynch, who allegedly brutalized Genesis Sims, nine, and then possibly buried her alive. The…
What’s the most memorable thing you did at age fourteen? In all likelihood, it was less audacious, and less dangerous, than the acts committed earlier today by an Eastern Colorado teen, who led the Colorado State Patrol on a high-speed chase for a hundred miles before finally being wrenched from…
Updates below: Monument isn’t known as the crime capital of Colorado — but suddenly, the community’s been the setting of two high-profile murders. First, there was the case of Monique Lynch, who allegedly brutalized nine-year old Genesis Sims and then buried her alive in the crawlspace of an area home…
This past Friday, a rave was scheduled at the Phil Long Event Center in Colorado Springs — and the local police force was ready. The cops were stationed nearby when the doors opened, and before the party wound down at 4 a.m., nineteen people had been arrested for a potpourri…
Yesterday, we told you about an officer-involved shooting on Bayou Gulch Road in Douglas County that left a deputy slightly wounded and a suspect in critical condition. The latter has now been identified as Richard Anderson, 51. He’s likely to face charges of attempted first degree murder of a peace…
Update below: Thus far, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is sharing only the barest details about a Saturday afternoon shooting on Bayou Gulch Road, other than the fact that both a deputy (originally called about trouble at the Stagecoach in Franktown) and the suspect were shot in an exchange of…
Just because Broomfield is a short drive from Boulder doesn’t mean the community is medical marijuana-friendly. Far from it. Police officers in the community have busted one marijuana grow after another after another — with Johnny Jones being the latest person to be arrested on suspicion of illegal cultivation…
The case against Monique Lynch and Hanif Sims, who were returned to Colorado from Nevada after contractors discovered the body of Sims’s nine-year-old daughter, Genesis, in the basement of a Monument home where they once lived, was already shocking. But a just-released document only ups the ante. It seems that…
Late last night, shots rang out on the 1900 block of North Clinton Street in Aurora, and a sixteen-year-old just identified as Edward Darel Hickey was struck — and didn’t survive. At this point, the Aurora Police Department is sharing only the bare-bones details. Check them out below, along with…
Yesterday, actor Charlie Sheen came to Aspen to learn his punishment for pleading guilty to misdemeanor third-degree assault against wife Brooke Mueller on Christmas Day — and it’s pretty damn sweet. He’s being allowed to serve his sentence at Promises of Malibu, a rehab center so gorgeous that other Aspen…
Jailers in Boulder and Colorado Springs have cracked down on inmate mail, banning personal letters and limiting prisoners to postcards that staff can monitor and intercept if the communication is objectionable. County officials say the practice saves money and makes their operations more secure. But it’s also a pretty good…
