Why is Joseph Renander only now facing sentencing for a series of child sex assaults allegedly committed between 2000 and 2005 — especially when he was convicted for the crimes more than six years ago? Turns out the case was tossed over a technicality and sent back to trial, where…
Longtime Denverites know that May snowstorms happen from time to time. But at least a couple drivers appear to have been taken by surprise in ways that made Mother’s Day worse for more than just them. That’s because two law-enforcement cruisers working roadside incidents were struck by out-of-control vehicles last…
It’s usually tough to get a photo of a road rager in action, since most drivers dealing with one are too busy trying not to crash to snap a shot. But the victim of Andrea Marquez’s alleged freak-out had an advantage: Marquez is said to have actually stopped traffic and…
Yesterday morning, Colorado State Trooper Eugene Hofacker stopped to help a motorist on Interstate 70 — the sort of thing he probably did on a daily basis as part of his job. But this apparent act of kindness went south quickly. The motorist, identified as Thomas Ornelas, shot Hofacker, who’s…
Update: The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to hear the petitions filed on Monday by James Holmes’s attorneys. Read the high court’s (brief) orders at the end of this post. Original post: Attorneys for Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes have filed two petitions with the Colorado Supreme Court. One…
Over the past week or so, we’ve listed the ten most dangerous Denver neighborhoods, as well as the ten neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen or be an aggravated-assault victim, based on Denver Police Department data from 2009 to 2013 as compiled by Fox31. Now for…
Over the years, we’ve written plenty about morons who burglarize marijuana businesses, even though cash and product is tough to come by and first-rate security systems are required by law. Witness the 2012 break-in that netted a broken scale and $8 from the karma jar or the 2013 incident during…
When a juvenile commits a crime, the press typically refrains from naming him. But some of the most prominent mainstream news agencies are identifying thirteen-year-old Kai Kelly, likely due to the shocking nature of his alleged crime and the fact that he’s been formally charged with first-degree murder. The teen…
In November 2012, we covered the murder of Loretta Barela, allegedly at the hands of her husband, Christopher Perea — and we also reported about a delayed 911 response that prompted the same sort of criticism as in last month’s killing of Kristine Kirk, who was on the phone with…
In recent days, we’ve posted about the ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen, as well as the ten Denver neighborhoods with the most aggravated assaults, drawing from Denver Police Department data as compiled by Fox31. Today, we examine the ten most dangerous neighborhoods in…
In November 2012, thirteen-year-old Dylan Redwine disappeared near the southwestern Colorado home of his dad, Mark Redwine. His remains were found in June 2013, with La Plata County investigators launching a homicide investigation — and while Mark has never been officially named as a suspect, he’s been under relentless pressure…
Hit-and-run drivers are well known for leaving strangers hurt or killed by their actions — but did Alton Kirkland also abandon his significant other and two of his children after a crash that left them injured as well? That’s among the possibilities in the latest hit-and-run in a season full…
Fool me twice, shame on me? This saying resonates in the latest news about Matthew Caulk, a notorious sex offender who’s been the subject of multiple nationwide searches. Last year, Caulk vanished after taking advantage of a passive GPS system — a device we’ll explain below. He was subsequently recaptured…
This is Desiree Gallimore, who goes by “Dez” — and it’s appropriate she’s got a nickname of her own, since she’s been charged alongside the Packer brothers, aka “Chrome” and “Jazz,” in a disturbing child prostitution case. Chrome is only one of the alleged lawbreakers featured in our April mug-shot…
Justin Wayne Lamb, 29, has the sort of ink that makes him an unlikely candidate for an office job. Not only do his tats cover the majority of territory on his head and neck (as well as his chest, which provides home for a swastika) — but the one on…
Lawyers for Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes have until May 5 to ask the Colorado Supreme Court to review a decision by Judge Carlos Samour to have Holmes undergo a second sanity evaluation. Samour ordered the second evaluation after prosecutors alleged that the first one, done last summer, contained…
Members of the armed services face enough threats on the job that their home life should be a safe haven. But that certainly doesn’t appear to be the case for one Fort Carson soldier. A criminal complaint against her civilian husband, Mitchell Gibson, documents years of abuse and punishment capped…
This past October, we told you about sex-assault charges against Bojan Vuckovic and Dennis Hanson, a pair of Fort Collins men accused of getting two girls drunk and violently raping them. Vuckovic was subsequently convicted, but only of supplying alcohol to minors — an outcome so shocking that a group…
Earlier this week, we posted about the ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen, using Denver Police Department data from 2009 to 2013 obtained by Fox31. But that was only one of several offenses for which figures are available. Today, our focus is aggravated assault,…
There’s one fewer entry on the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list. Earlier this week, Jason Sullivan, 32, was reportedly busted while in possession of a stolen car. But that leaves plenty of other wanted suspects on the loose. Look below to count down the top twenty, featuring mug…
Last November, we told you about marijuana raids conducted at multiple cannabis businesses, including VIP Wellness — which (update) was reportedly raided again yesterday — by law enforcers from the DEA, IRS and Denver Police Department. This morning, Hector Diaz, a 49-year-old from Colombia, is due in court to be…
Earlier this month, we broke down the number of crimes in one Denver neighborhood — ours — and discovered there had been 23 over the course of eleven days. Now, Fox31 has taken this concept a step further by using Denver Police Department records to discover the Denver neighborhoods with…
