Last month, ex-United Way official Rich Audsley got involved in the committee responsible for disbursing millions of donated dollars to the families of those who were killed or injured in the Aurora theater shooting. He was brought on as a special adviser because of his expertise in an area he…
Earlier this year, we told you about the tragic death of Jimma Reat, a Sudanese immigrant who was killed after a 911 operator told him and his companions to return to Denver after escaping a racially motivated attack. Now, his estate, among others, is suing the city over the incident,…
Since word broke that Marc Pereira, a youth soccer coach for the Rocky Mountain Soccer Academy in Aurora, had been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault against one of his under-age players, much of his online footprint appears to have vanished. But there are still some lingering items that offer…
In 2010, we assembled a gallery of the state’s most wanted sex offenders according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Many of the faces have changed in the two years since then, and at least two of the current top twenty (one and nineteen) have been busted. But there are…
In a very brief press conference at the State Capitol announced less than an hour before it began, Governor John Hickenlooper introduced Ken Feinberg as the new “special master” for the Aurora Victim Relief Fund — almost a full month after victims’ families first came together to express their frustrations…
This week’s feature, “The Happiest Man on Death Row,” delves into Colorado’s execution of Joe Arridy, a man with an IQ of 46, for a murder he almost certainly didn’t commit. It happened in the 1930s, when the state’s gas chamber was kept busy with a string of customers. But…
On the same day that a new, wild-eyed mug shot was released of James Holmes — one that shows his hair close-cropped and returning to its natural dark color — the accused Aurora theater shooter has been charged with ten additional counts of attempted murder at the request of prosecutors…
The photo seen to the right of two-year-old Annalise Maison-Chavez pictures an absolutely adorable child smiling for the camera. Unfortunately, though, the shot is from Annalise’s obituary. The Broomfield girl died in February — and now, her mother has been formally charged with negligent child abuse resulting in death. The…
Ryon Olthoff’s Facebook page, featuring the memorably defiant profile shot seen here, lists him as having worked at “various positions” with the Colorado Department of Corrections in 2009-2010. Presumably, one of those gigs was “inmate” — and he’ll likely get a chance for a do-over after being charged with attempted…
Update below: Prosecutors in the case of James Holmes decided to drop their request for immediate access to the notebook the accused Aurora theater shooter sent to Dr. Lynne Fenton, who’d acted as his psychiatrist. But prosecutor Rich Orman said at a hearing held this morning that he thinks it’s…
Update by Michael Roberts: Citations have been issued in the bike-rage case prompted by a startling video showing a driver repeatedly honking at and harassing a pair of cyclists on an open Longmont road; see it below. As Sam Levin details in our original post, which follows this update, the…
Another week, another arrest of a man with a ministerial past on a sex-crime beef. Mere days after disgraced ex-priest Daniel Drinan was charged with pleasuring himself on a plane, David Grosse, a retired Air Force chaplain, has been arrested for suspected sexual assault against four victims and maybe more…
This week’s cover story, “The Happiest Man on Death Row,” examines the 1939 execution of Joe Arridy, a Pueblo man with an IQ of 46, for a murder he probably didn’t commit — and the twenty-year battle by author Robert Perske to clear his name. Although the miscarriage of justice…
Members of the Boulder Police Department want you to lock your car. Really. Seriously. No kidding. In fact, they so badly want you to lock your car that this morning, the BPD’s Twitter account spewed out six tweets telling you to lock your car over the span of four minutes…
Despite the allegations against him in the Aurora Theater Shooting, accused killer James Holmes has plenty of defenders, including members of the James Holmes Is Innocent Facebook page and so-called Holmies fan groups. Now, an editor at the Washington Times is also saying Holmes was railroaded — but only when…
Since we first wrote about the arrest on child-sex-assault charges of Richard Koca, who founded StandUp For Kids, a nonprofit devoted to helping homeless youth (see our original coverage below), Aurora police have released more info about this shocking turn. Meanwhile, a StandUp For Kids statement implies that Koca has…
On August 26, Gary Haney, forty, was shot and killed at a Wheat Ridge Ramada Inn after a long standoff with a SWAT team. Afterward, accounts like this one noted his past criminal history, but not his previous self-created image as the “cunning but kindhearted Big Daddy of Denver’s nightlife”…
Update: We’ve obtained the probable cause statement in Denver Police Officer Celena Hollis’s death. See it below earlier coverage. Original post, 6:59 p.m. September 13: Rollin Oliver, accused of murdering Denver Policewoman Celena Hollis, admitted to officers that he fired at least two shots on June 24 in City Park,…
It’s not often that a judge tells prosecutors that a plea deal is too generous and they need to start over. But that’s what happened in the case of eighteen-year-old Joseph Nelson. And given the horrific acts of mutilation Nelson is said to have committed against his mother’s dog, this…
Earlier this month, thieves broke into a Denver bike shop at night and successfully stole ten BMX bikes, worth around $4,000 total. The owner of the Evans Avenue shop, called Pusher BMX, was pissed to discover the damage the next day. But that wasn’t the worst moment of frustration. Since…
The Boulder Police Department has just updated its most wanted list, with the men on it accused of crimes ranging from assault to bike theft. And then there’s Thayne Smika, charged last year with the 1983 murder of Sid Wells, boyfriend of actor Robert Redford’s daughter, Shauna. Smika’s whereabouts are…
The latest developments in the Seth Brigham saga are sad but not exactly shocking. Known as Boulder’s most annoying critic, Brigham recently won a court case blocking a permanent restraining order against him — but he declined to sue the city after suffering what attorney David Lane deemed a breakdown…
