DENVER—Denver District Attorney’s Office prosecutors filed charges late yesterday against Tobias Favela (age 50) accusing him of sexually assaulting five men. He faces six counts of sexual assault (F4). Between November 2013 and January 2019, Favela would allegedly offer rides to men as they walked alone near bars and nightclubs late at night. In each…

DENVER—Denver District Judge John W. Madden IV handed down a 32-year prison sentence for Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez. On March 18, 2019, he was found guilty on five out of six counts by a Denver jury: attempted murder in the first degree (F2) for firing multiple shots at a Denver Police officer, first degree assault on a…

DENVER—Prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s Office today charged Erik Maw (age 49) with the murder of 44-year old Sirena Duran-Maw. On May 31, 2019, a call to 911 reported that a person was not breathing in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood. Denver Police officers arrived to assist the responding paramedics and learned from the…

DENVER—Ryan Austin Lee (age 43) was sentenced late Friday by Denver District Court Senior Judge William Robbins to serve a five-year sentence plus two-years mandatory parole for his racist acts. Lee was found guilty of hate crimes in April and faced a maximum sentence of 15-years. At the time of his conviction, Denver District Attorney…

DENVER—Leland Pankey (age 39), the biological father of deceased seven-year old Caden McWilliams, has been charged in the child’s death. Prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s office today announced that Pankey faces three counts: murder in the first degree (F1), child abuse resulting in death (F2) and tampering with a deceased human (F3). In January…

Denver – Bustaman Kartabrata (age 59) was charged by the Denver District Attorney’s office with three counts of murder in the first degree (F1), one count of felony menacing (F5) and one count of assault in the third degree (M1) for the shooting death of three family members including one eleven-year-old girl. On May 23,…

DENVER—Prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s office today announced that they have charged Cynthia Marie McKee (age 55) with theft (F4). Beginning in December 2013 and over a five-year period, as Treasurer of the Parent Teacher Student Organization for the Denver School of the Arts, McKee allegedly wrote scores of checks to herself, members of…

DENVER—Prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s office today announced that Jerome Lucas (age 34) was charged with two counts of sexual assault (F2 and F3), one count of second degree kidnapping (F2), one count of first degree burglary (F2), and one count of assault in the second degree (F4). After returning from the gym on…

DENVER—The Denver District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Brianna Casias (age 19) for robbing or attempting to rob eight Denver-area banks. Casias was known as the “Glamour Shot Bandit,” for the flamboyant disguises she wore to conceal her identity. During each alleged robbery attempt, Casias never spoke but handed the bank teller a hand-written…

DENVER—Ryan Ashland (age 41) was charged by the Denver District Attorney’s office with two counts of murder in the first degree (F1) for an attack involving four victims at PT’s Showclub at 1601 W. Evans Avenue in Denver last month. Ashland is also charged with two counts of criminal attempt to commit murder in the…