Author: Carol Mckinley
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Barry Morphew posts $3 million bond
Barry Morphew, in jail on murder charges in the death of his wife, bonded out of the Alamosa County jail Friday after securing surety on a $3 million bond. As per judge’s orders, he was fitted with a GPS ankle monitor. His attorney, David Beller, confirmed late Thursday night that “funds for the bond were…
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Denver strip clubs’ owner charged with bribing N.Y. officials
The adult entertainment company that owns some of the country’s most prominent strip clubs, including five in Colorado, has been charged with bribing a New York government official with free nightclub trips and private dances to avoid paying $8 million in sales taxes. The money was owed to New York City and the state of…
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JonBenet Ramsey case: Family shares DNA update at CrimeCon
Dozens of items in the nearly thirty-year-old unsolved JonBenet Ramsey case are being tested for DNA at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in a renewed effort by Boulder Police to find the 6 year old’s killer. The unspecified items range from old evidence which is being re-tested due to breakthroughs in DNA technology, to clues…
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Prosecutors: Colorado dentist injected wife with cyanide as she lay dying in hospital
James Craig was leading a double life balancing his wife of 23 years with his mistress of 23 days, prosecutors said during opening statements in his murder trial Tuesday. They contend that the defendant poisoned Angela Craig to get her out of the way. In their opening statement, defense attorneys admitted that Angela Craig had…
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The twists and turns of Aurora dentist’s road to murder trial
After two postponements, three different attorney teams, five added charges and one bizarre interruption when a lawyer allegedly set his own house on fire, the trial of the Aurora dentist accused of slowly poisoning his wife to death got underway on Thursday. Hundreds of potential jurors trickled into Centennial’s Arapahoe County Justice Center and filled…
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Former Dominion employee testifies against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell
A former employee of Dominion Voting Systems told a federal jury in U.S. District Court what it was like to be unfairly accused of rigging the 2020 election for Joe Biden. “It upended my life and my career to this day, four and a half years later,” Eric Coomer testified Tuesday morning. Coomer was the…
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Potential jurors asked about political views, owning My Pillow products as defamation trial begins
Did My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell intentionally defame a Dominion Voting Systems employee with public claims that he rigged the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden? Or is Lindell being unfairly targeted by Eric Coomer, a man he says he didn’t even know? Jury selection marked the first day of the former Trump…
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Former My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell defamation trial starts in Denver
Former My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has decided to take the stand in his own defense in what the staunch MAGA supporter has coined “the trial of the century.” The trial starts Monday morning with jury selection at Denver’s Alfred A. Araj United States Courthouse. Opening statements are expected to be 30 minutes long and…
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A Weld County jury awards two women $4 million after hotel clerk gave room key to assailant
Carol Gonzales thought she and her daughter were safe in Room 112 at the Longmont Econo Lodge. They didn’t know that a man determined to hurt them was in the lobby asking for a key, according to a civil lawsuit. The Denver Gazette obtained police reports that showed that, on Jan. 3, 2023, a man…
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First responder Nicole Bergeron haunted by Alexa Bartell’s death
Nicole Bergeron and her medical team did not know the horrible crime scene that awaited them the night of April 19, 2023. The 11:21 p.m. fire engine call was for an “unknown car accident” somewhere off of Indiana Street north of Arvada. Reports indicated two words — blood everywhere. Her first impression of the two…