Author: Felisa Cardona
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Video shows ex-sheriff delivering meth, viewing porn before arrest
An undercover surveillance video shows former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick Sullivan Jr. delivering methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia to two men at an Aurora home on the day he was arrested by sheriff’s deputies. The video capturing Sullivan’s activity was released to the public Wednesday, a day after he pleaded guilty to felony possession of methamphetamine…
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Man killed by police convicted in ’97 racially motivated killing
The man shot and killed by Englewood police in a Walgreens parking lot was Jeremiah Barnum, a white supremacist convicted in the murder of a West African immigrant Oumar Dia in 1997, law enforcement sources confirmed Friday morning to The Denver Post. Barnum had been sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of an…
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Largest drug arrest made in Colorado history
Seventy- five people across the metro area were arrested this morning in what is described as the largest drug bust in Colorado history. Members of street gangs committing violent bank takeovers and other street crimes were identified as traffickers of massive amounts of cocaine, crack and methamphetamine. Agents and officers from nearly every federal and…
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Killer of Broncos’ Darrent Williams found guilty in second murder
The last lieutenant of Brian Hicks’ notorious Denver street gang was found guilty Monday of murdering a state witness. Willie D. Clark was immediately sentenced to a second life term in prison and an additional 420 years. A Denver jury decided Clark helped commit the Dec. 6, 2006 murder of Kalonniann Clark, who was…
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Witness in Darrent Williams case likely to enter witness protection
It’s possible that Daniel Harris will never again see his mother, his sisters or any other family members. But instead of a life sentence, he is getting a new life. The former drug dealer will probably spend the rest of his days in federal witness protection because he testified in two high-profile murder cases that…
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Colo. medical-marijuana bill draws U.S. attorney’s warning
The U.S. attorney for Colorado warned state lawmakers Tuesday that pending legislation adjusting rules for medical marijuana would conflict with federal law and could lead to federal prosecutions. U.S. Attorney John Walsh’s letter was sent to Colorado Attorney General John Suthers in response to his request for clarification on how federal treatment of medical marijuana…
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Cold-symptoms meds, used in making meth, may become ‘prescription only’
People with runny noses and congestion may find it harder to get relief if Colorado lawmakers decide some common-cold medications should be available by prescription only. A bill pending before the state Senate would make drugs that contain pseudo ephedrine unavailable over the counter. Proponents of the measure, including police, believe it would further restrict…
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Woman gets life for Burger King drive-thru murder
Shala Parker won’t ever forget the night she watched her mother take her last breath after a woman ran her over in Denver Burger King parking lot. “She had a blank stare and a single tear which I wiped away,” Parker said. “I bent down, kissed her and and told her she was beautiful and…
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Nurse fired for comment to Springs cop
When Colorado Springs policeman Duaine Peters stopped and ticketed cardiac nurse Miriam Leverington for speeding, she let him know she wasn’t happy. “I hope you are not ever my patient,” Leverington said. The statement cost Leverington her job because the officer contacted her bosses at Memorial Health System and told them she had threatened him…
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Six indicted on sex charges after Springs teen’s kidnapping
A Denver grand jury Wednesday indicted six people on charges related to the kidnapping of a Colorado Springs 17-year-old and her coercion into a life of prostitution in Denver. David Glenn Abney, Chrystal Terbush, Tevin Willis and Daivean Shields were charged with numerous felonies, including trafficking children, second-degree kidnapping, inducement of child prostitution, and pimping…