Month: February 2017

The long hand of the law extends further than some of us may think. That seems to be true with respect to the apprehension of a woman in another state recently for a shoplifting criminal conviction out of Colorado from 2014. If the authorities have the right person,...

Disgruntled students have said a lot of uncomplimentary things when they are unsatisfied with their college grades, but such anger rarely goes to the extreme of calling in a bomb threat against the school. That is what a 32-year-old man allegedly did recently when he...

In Colorado, can a person be arrested for walking near a middle school with a loaded rifle and wearing a hat and camouflage pants? The police in Florence seem to think so because they recently arrested such a person on a criminal charge of felony menacing. The man was...

A potential crisis in the licensing of pot growers in Colorado has been created by a recent decision of the Colorado Supreme Court. In a decision that may have long-term consequences, the Court ruled last week that law enforcement agencies are not required to return...

Initial press reports of an alleged crime in Colorado may be difficult to understand if the police have released few facts about the events or if the press provides too little space for reporting the facts in detail. These may be factors in getting the full...