Earlier this week, Rene Ogden and twins Chase and Olivia were found dead in their Colorado Springs area home. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, police declined to rule out any possible causes for their deaths even as reports surfaced that Rene had recently seemed depressed. Now, however, the…
There Aaron Klug was, minding his own business at a Dungeons & Dragons event Tuesday, when the pesky cops showed up. Did he slay them with his Flaming Battle Axe or bludgeon them with his skull-topped Staff of Power? Did he pelt them to death with polyhedral dice? No, he…
“Who would you rather have protecting you? The man who unleashed a serial killer on Colorado, or Stan Garnett — the man who put the killer away?” That tag line from a new attack ad in the Colorado Attorney General’s race puts aside any doubt that we’re entering the campaign’s…
Gary Faulkner may not have been able to lay his hands on Osama bin Laden — a quizzical quest that led to an interview on CBS and an appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman — but he’s apparently capable of doing some damage. He was arrested yesterday on…
As recounted in the April story “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Tell,” Alan Sudduth has spent more than half his 31 years behind bars for the 1995 killing of Denver cab driver Finley Bradshaw Myers, even though somebody else — a friend of Sudduth’s named Nicholas Reed — has repeatedly confessed…
First, the Denver Police Department found the car suspected of being used in a hit and run that badly injured Tim Albo and Heather Kornman. Now, the DPD has released a Kornman photo and confirmed that her condition is improving. See the photo and the latest info below:…
Yesterday, we told you about a hit and run that badly injured Tim Albo and his companion, now ID’d as Heather Kornman. Albo’s family asked for help finding those responsible, and now, the Denver Police Department reveals that it’s located a potentially important clue: the silver PT cruiser allegedly involved…
Colorado Springs Police haven’t ID’d the woman and two teens found dead yesterday in cases being investigated as homicides. But the residence in question was reportedly occupied by the Ogdens: parents Tommy and Rene, kids Olivia and Chase. And in a Reunion.com post, Rene portrayed their life as idyllic…
There’s more than one way to get mauled at a big-cat sanctuary. After he was attacked by a tiger at the Serenity Springs Wildlife Center last year, a volunteer then had the bite put on him by the refuge’s founder — who claimed that the victim had to pay $40,500…
Louis Hampers, the Children’s Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions to feed what his lawyers say was a raging pill addiction, posted a $2.5 million cash bond this morning. He will be released from jail sometime today. Hampers has been in custody since he was arrested on…
Earlier today, we told you about the traffic death of John Page Hines, which authorities think may be connected to medical marijuana. Another traffic victim, Tim Albo, is still alive, but he’s in a coma due to a hit-and-run crash — and his family is asking the public for help…
Last week, Myrl Serra, DA for the 7th Judicial District, was arrested on an unlawful sexual conduct charge. And today brings news that veteran Denver Deputy Sheriff Mark Davis for investigation of sexual assault on a child. Davis is currently on leave from the department. Look below to see a…
Was marijuana — and specifically medical marijuana — a factor in an accident involving driver Joshua Wittig, seen here, that took the life of John Page Hines, 33, early Friday morning in Thornton? This question is at the heart of an investigation currently being conducted by the North Metro Drug…
Last week, we told you about conflicting stories regarding a reported new interview with Burke Ramsey about the 1996 murder of his younger sister, JonBenét Ramsey. Now, Boulder Police says such interviews are being sought — but it’s not confirming the identity of Burke or any other quiz subjects…
Update: Authorities remain tight-lipped about why Myrl Serra, district attorney for the 7th Judicial District, was jailed today on charges of unlawful sexual conduct and indecent exposure. Serra was released from Montrose County jail on a $5,000 bond (he returns to court on November 3), but not before posing for…
Although JonBenét Ramsey died (back in 1996), her case shows no signs of doing so. The latest development involves Burke Ramsey, JonBenét’s brother, who was nine at the time of her death. A major network is claiming Boulder cops want to question him more than a week after a local…
Colorado Attorney General’s office spokesman Mike Saccone confirms that Myrl Serra, district attorney for the 7th Judicial District, which covers several Western Slope counties, is in Montrose County jail following his arrest this morning on three startling charges: unlawful sexual contact, no consent, with force or threats; indecent exposure; and…
Remember that scene in Goodfellas where Tommy (Joe Pesci) responds to a compliment from Henry (Ray Liotta) about a joke by seemingly building up to a homicidal freak out — “Funny like a clown, I amuse you?” — before revealing that he was only putting everyone on? A similar scene…
Candidates for public office often have to worry about skeletons in their closet. But in the race for Colorado Attorney General, it’s the bodies buried by ex-government informant Scott Kimball that could make a difference. AG John Suthers has been blasted by challenger Stan Garnett over his role in setting…
In most cases of arson, the furniture that’s destroyed is inside the house. But not so in the case of a Broomfield fire late last week. In that incident, furniture left on a home’s driveway in anticipation of an estate sale was torched, with the house subsequently going up in…
A federal court judge has set bail for Dr. Louis Hampers, the former head of the Children’s Hospital ER who is accused of writing 654 phony prescriptions using several aliases and stolen identities, at $2.5 million. The ruling came out of a detail-filled court hearing yesterday, at which a federal…
In July, we told you about the arrest of 84-year old Zona’s Tamales owner Zona Moore, along with son Saalim Muhammed, and a third person, Renee McKinnon, on charges of trafficking in cigarettes and other stolen goods. Now, Moore has reportedly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of theft by…
