Four people were arrested following the hit-and-run death of Rockstar Lounge valet Jose Medina — and last week, three of them, including Norma Vera-Nolasco, who was allegedly so drunk she didn’t realize she’d run over someone, pleaded guilty. Now, the holdout, Eliu Montes-Garcia, has entered a guilty plea, too…
Update: Luke Irvin Chrisco, the man who became internationally famous for hiding in the tank of a porta-potty at a yoga festival in order to scope women’s nether regions, cheerfully admits that peeping at females using toilets is practically a religion for him. And the details he’s provided thus far…
The case of Lisa Norton, who’s accused of trying to swim away from a fatal accident she allegedly caused, keeps getting more bizarre. Authorities now confirm that she was sentenced to probation for DUI last Thursday, just two days before the crash that killed Gabriel Nielsen — and cops, who…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the woman fatally stabbed at 1955 Arapahoe Street early Saturday morning as Annette Taylor, 49. And the Denver cops have also ID’d the man busted for the crime: Ronald Muniz, 63…
Prominent Boulder-area realtor Curtis Hilty was found guilty in April of two felonies — sexual assault on a helpless victim and sex assault-overcoming a victim’s will — for raping a twenty-year-old babysitter while she slept. Yet when he was sentenced yesterday, a judge gave him only thirty days in jail…
Why was a seventeen-year-old repeatedly punched in the stomach and head? She says her sin was wanting to stop hooking — and that allegedly angered Chester Gray, Frank Devoe and Ryann Pangle, who’ve been charged with crimes ranging from trafficking in children to second-degree kidnapping…
If the accusations against Brittany Gonzales are accurate, she’s got some highly questionable priorities. After hitting an eleven-year-old boy riding his bike, she allegedly stopped — but only to pick up her hubcap…
At 7 a.m. yesterday, the members of the Westminster Police Department arrived at 8290 Federal Boulevard on a welfare check, but nothing seemed amiss. The story is different when they were called back at 11:37 a.m. This time, they found a dead woman and Eric Eugene Lyerly, 52, who’s been…
Bond for alleged serial rapist Marc O’Leary was set at $5 million following his February arrest, indicating just how dangerous authorities considered him to be. And while he pleaded not guilty yesterday, arrest affidavits paint a horrifying picture of a man who felt entitled to rape anyone at any time…
In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He’s now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second plane while sozzled…
Boulder has just updated its online registered sex-offender list. Not every offender is pictured due to Colorado statutory provisions related to their sins. But the page does feature photos of 48 men (no women) reportedly living in Boulder area. The crimes for which they were convicted vary widely, from indecent…
Update: At a status hearing today, Boulder District Judge Lael Montgomery denied requests by Alex and J. Nold Midyette to participate in Molly Midyette’s fight for a new trial. That means Molly’s former husband and father-in-law won’t get to take the stand during a one-week hearing on the matter now…
Allegations of Denver police brutality, from Michael DeHerrera’s beating in LoDo to Alex Landau getting pummeled after allegedly making an illegal left turn, continue to make headlines. But how bad is Denver’s police misconduct problem? Here’s one point of comparison: While Denver has spent more than $10 million settling police…
In March 2010, we told you about a cold case that heated up with the arrest of Roderick Elias for the slaying of Kristen Swanson, age 22. She died way back in 1980 — so long ago that her job had been at a disco. More than a year later,…
Tyron Martinez is back in custody after slipping off his handcuffs and overpowering a deputy following a pre-trial conference in Conejos County in southern Colorado. Which means he’ll have to face a murder charge in the death of Norma Salazar — a crime whose elements include rat poison, cocaine, drunkenness…
The driver of a van that struck and killed 22-month-old Laniece Fletcher isn’t being charged with a crime. Instead, the person targeted is Karen Pena, Laniece’s thirty-year-old mother, who’s been arrested for child abuse resulting in death, with the focus on neglect…
Update below: Calvin Pitts and Amanda Deleon were busted on charges of felony child abuse even though the Denver coroner couldn’t immediately determine why three-month-old Sanai Pitts died. Now we know why they were taken into custody anyhow. According to arrest affidavits, the child’s injuries were so severe and plentiful…
The prosecution of Molly and Alex Midyette by the Boulder District Attorney’s Office led to convictions for both regarding the 2006 death of their twelve-week-old son Jason. But now Molly is appealing her sixteen-year prison sentence, arguing Alex and his powerful family sabotaged her defense in order to help him…
Freaking out can have consequences — and they’re not always the ones we expect. Just ask Sarah Lane, 27, who allegedly threw a pita sandwich at a taxi driver in Boulder, only to wind up in handcuffs for something else entirely…
Update: The nationwide manhunt for Bret Lee Thompson, accused of kidnapping an eight-year-old girl from a southwest Denver alley and sexually assaulting her, didn’t end in dramatic fashion. According to the FBI, authorities in Brunswick, New Jersey found him sleeping in his van, which was parked behind a Walmart…
In 2009, the Denver Police’s High Activity Location Observation, (aka HALO) video-surveillance program, put in place for the Democratic National Convention, was re-configured to give the force 24/7 video feeds of high-crime areas around the city. The Big Brother-like operation drew criticism from police watchdogs, but the cameras were soon…
In June 2010, Stephanie Rochester was charged with smothering her infant son, Ryan, allegedly because she feared he might be autistic. More than a year later, the case remains stuck in limbo for a startling reason — she still hasn’t been formally evaluated by a state psychiatrist…
