"They acted like they were having fun together," said a Denver social worker while taking the stand this week. She's involved in the Colorado domestic violence case involving an adoptive father and his 13-year-old adopted son. The Gazette reported on the testimony...
Domestic Violence
Did Social Media Obsession Lead to Alleged Child Abuse?
Have you ever sat down at the computer to begin what you think is going to be a mere few minutes on the web and then, before you knew it, you had been online for at least an hour? More and more, people of all ages are becoming obsessive users of the Internet and the...
Colorado Domestic Violence Suspect Yet to Face Charges
Last weekend, what reports are calling a "SWAT standoff" took place at a Castle Rock home. It reportedly began when a 40-year-old suspect shot his pregnant wife in her shoulder. The suspect then allegedly locked himself in his home while the female victim and her son...
Colorado Homicide Proving Difficult to Solve
Over this past summer, we included posts about a Colorado couple who was suspected to be responsible for a young girl's homicide. Based on reports, the girl died after suffering child abuse on the part of her father, his girlfriend or both. Investigation into the case...
Colorado’s Teen Girls Need Help to Stay Out of the System
A study conducted by a Denver sociology and criminology professor indicates that Colorado's daughters need help. Both locally and nationally, more concern has been expressed over the amount of men that winds up in correctional facilities, but what about the country's...
Colorado Court Makes Ruling in Sheen’s Domestic Violence Case
Charlie Sheen will be on the California set of the hit TV show "Two and a Half Men" in no time. With the support of his defense attorney, Sheen's Colorado domestic violence case has come to an end, and he is eager to move forward in his life. A Colorado court...
Denver Murder Allegedly Staged as DUI Car Accident
Brittney Brashers, 22, died in a Colorado car crash this past November, at least that is what Denver police were told by Brashers' boyfriend. Robert Walters was with Brashers at the time of the so-called fatal car accident and claimed that it was actually the result...
“Domestic Violence”? What does it mean?
One interesting area of domestic violence law is the domestic violence designation itself. Most people have a tough time wrapping their head around the term "Domestic Violence." This is more common when the charges associated with the domestic violence filing are not...