Author: Carol McKinley
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Strip club company CEO steps down after indictments
The CEO of a controversial Central City strip club is among five people who were asked to step down after being indicted in September, accused of bribing a New York state tax auditor. Eric Langan, who headed up dozens of adult nightclubs across the United States including five in Colorado, will remain on the board…
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Colorado man with a big heart gets a new heart —literally
To John Babiak, every person in the world is a friend. How appropriate, then, that two people he had never met saved his life. This August, the coach and former science teacher found himself on his 66th birthday in an intensive care unit with a grim diagnosis — his heart was failing. “The whole team…
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Former Boulder DA Alex Hunter dies
Alex M. Hunter, the Boulder District Attorney most known for overseeing the murder investigation of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, died Friday. He was 89. He suffered a heart attack in November, and had tried all medications that had promised to restore his health, according to his family. Out of options, he asked his doctors to take…
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Iraq War veteran Jose Barco deported to Mexico
Immigration officials this month began the deportation process for a decorated Iraq War veteran whose story captured national attention and garnered intense discussion both for and against his removal. On Tuesday, the conversation was over, and Jose Barco-Chirino, who had a criminal record, was bused to Florence, Arizona. Before sunup Friday morning, the former Army…
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Remembering Colorado’s Flight 629
Half-a-century before 9/11 and decades prior to the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, there was United Airlines Flight 629. The sabotage of The Denver Mainliner was America’s first confirmed targeting of a civilian aircraft and it happened over a southwestern Weld County sugar beet field. The six square miles of farmland…
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Jose Barco, an Iraq War and Fort Carson veteran, 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 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 NY 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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Former Morphew case prosecutor sued by Fremont County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The era of former Morphew case prosecutor Linda Stanley may be over, but three of the four counties she oversaw in the 11th Judicial District are getting the last word. Fremont, Chaffee and Custer counties filed a lawsuit against Stanley, asking a judge to force…
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Potential jurors asked about political views, owning My Pillow products as defamation trial begins
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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?…