Author: Carol Mckinley
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Jose Barco loses deportation fight
Jose Barco has lost his nine-month-long fight to avoid deportation. Immigration judge Tyler Wood denied each of Barco’s five motions for relief, including an application for asylum, and ordered the U.S. veteran to be removed in a 10-page ruling released on Thursday. Wood did not stipulate an exact date for Barco’s deportation, but his attorney,…
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Barry Morphew posting $3 million bond
Barry Morphew, in jail on murder charges in the death of his wife, is in the process of posting bond, his attorney confirmed. But he remains in an Alamosa County jail as he waits to be fitted for a GPS ankle monitor and to finalize details with a local bondsman. His attorney, David Beller, confirmed…
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Denver strip clubs sue city officials over wage theft investigation
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In a civil rights lawsuit filed Friday, two Denver strip clubs claimed that Denver labor officials showed a “reckless abuse of power” when they launched a wage theft investigation into Diamond Cabaret and Rick’s Cabaret and Steakhouse which led to nearly $14 million in fines. The 62-page complaint by attorneys representing RCI Holdings alleges that the City and…
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DOGE reports termination of leases for 18 federal offices in Colorado
The federal government has terminated the leases of nearly 750 federal offices across the country, including 18 in Colorado. The word came down from the General Services Administration (GSA) on Feb. 25. In a section called the “Wall of Receipts” on the Department of Government Efficiency website, nearly 10 million square feet of government real estate…
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1,000 people protest NOAA cuts in Boulder
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About a thousand people, many of them retirees who had worked at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, gathered Monday in Boulder to protest last week’s firings of federal government employees. The protesters were at the intersection of Broadway Street and Rayleigh Road, near the NOAA office in Boulder. A group of armed guards kept…
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Auditor finds Denver strip clubs owe $14M over stolen wages
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Two of Denver’s most popular strip clubs must pay $14 million in penalties and back pay over stolen wages in what Denver Auditor Tim O’Brien described as one of the most “extraordinary cases he’s ever conducted.” The clubs, he added, “violated almost every provision.” Denver Labor Executive Director Matt Fritz-Mauer said that the allegations are…
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Former Fort Carson soldier set for deportation removed from Aurora facility
At 5 a.m. Thursday, things got real for Jose Barco. Just before daybreak, he was rousted out of his bunk at the Aurora Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center and whisked off in a van bound for Denver International Airport. He was allowed to bring the clothes he was wearing and his Venezuelan birth certificate. …
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Missy Woods, former Colorado forensic scientist at center of DNA scandal, appears in court
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist at the center of a DNA scandal that has rocked the state’s judicial system appeared remotely from jail for her first court proceeding in Jefferson County on Thursday as the defense and prosecution wrangled over her bond.…
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Missy Woods, former CBI forensic scientist, booked into jail Wednesday on 102 felony charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former top Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist, Yvonne “Missy” Woods, turned herself into Jefferson County authorities on Wednesday and was booked into jail on a 102-count felony indictment, according to county sources and court documents. Woods, 64, was being held in Jefferson County Jail…