Unemployment fraud is a booming sector of crime in Colorado. Responding last year to the wave of springtime unemployment claims due to COVID, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment instituted policies to help people get payments with minimal inconvenience. This left the benefits system much more vulnerable to fraud than before, and along with […]
Probation is an alternative sentence in the United States criminal justice system. Many offenders are exposed to the possibility of jail or prison as penalties for their criminal cases, but probation is a way for an offender to remain in the community and go about their life without being jailed as long as they follow […]
Each year in America, roughly 1.5 million drivers are charged with DUI. While being charged with DUI is not the same as being convicted of DUI, often-times the costs are pretty similar. Anyone facing Driving Under the Influence charges is well advised to hire a lawyer who specializes in DUI cases. These cases almost exclusively […]
It probably is no surprise to hear that alcohol is the leading cause of fatalities and serious injuries after a car accident. In fact, thousands of people across the states lose their lives in drunk driving related collisions each year, even with strict DUI and DWI laws intact. A driver who has a BAC of at least […]
What Is a Cold Case? Cold cases are crimes that for lack of evidence investigators have had to put off solving. The longer a case goes without progress, the more resources the investigating agency will divert from it to address fresher work, until the old case has no life at all beyond maybe a perfunctory […]
President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 18th, 2019, based on allegations stemming from a phone call with the Ukraine. Less than 2 months later, on February 5th, 2020, the Senate acquitted Donald Trump. Fast forward less than 1 year, and we have the unprecedented second impeachment of a sitting US […]
Digital Identity Theft After some abatement in 2018, identity theft is on the rise again, in part because of how much of our business we now conduct online. In 2019, 3.2 million reports of identity theft were filed, and losses claimed as a result of the crime, according to the Federal Trade Commission, came to […]
Higher Standards for Police Become Law Colorado Senate Bill 19-166, enacted by the governor in May of 2020, alters the procedures of the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board in the name of police accountability. This law requires that the board revoke the certification of law enforcement officers who have lied about significant facts […]
Quite a Year As a tumultuous year draws to an end, crime statistics emerge that may shed light on what is to come in the months ahead. Because perhaps the majority of the cases we take on at our Denver firm involve charges of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI), trends in […]
On Saturday, November 7th, 2020, the election to name America’s 46th president was called. According to the AP and multiple media outlets, Joe Biden was the winner, having exceeded the required 270 electoral college votes to claim the presidency. Donald Trump, however, has thus far refused to concede. He has alleged voter fraud, filed multiple […]