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Noe Coronado and Jose Esparza's schmucky idea: Selling cocaine from a vacuum bag
June 14, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Back in the bad old days, when snorting cocaine was seen as a symbol of sophistication and cool, as opposed to indicating throwback sleaziness, the act of getting...
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Keaton Bell's schmucky decision: He stole guns from a SWAT team member
June 07, 2013 in The Latest Word
You've got to figure there are a lot of ways to piss off a member of a SWAT team. But here's one that's certain to be near the top of...
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Joseph Bosveld allegedly reacts to broken glass by smashing another one in guy's eye
May 31, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The line separating Schmucks of the Week from the rest of humanity is a thin one. Choose to walk away when provoked and there's a good chance you'll...
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Miguel Sanchez took a leak outside -- and got busted for a thirteen-year-old murder
May 24, 2013 in The Latest Word
So you're on the run, and have been for years. But you haven't gotten caught because you've been smart, you've been cautious and you haven't done anything that would attract...
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Daniel Barkus's schmucky stalking bust -- and link to reality TV prospector Amanda Adkins
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
More photos below.On the Schmuck of the Week beat, figuring out who's the schmuck turns out to be more of a challenge than it might seem at first blush. The arrest...
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Autumn Guillot, schmuck, embezzled from bank where she was one of just two fulltime staffers
May 03, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.We here at Schmuck of the Week HQ aren't criminals -- really! -- so it's hard to put ourselves in the mind of lawbreakers and miscreants. Yet it...
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Mike Vanderboegh announces schmucky plan to violate Colorado gun-magazine ban
April 26, 2013 in The Latest Word
Video below.Around here, folks tend to earn Schmuck of the Week glory for crimes they've already committed. That makes Mike Vanderboegh special -- because the Alabama blogger and blowhard familiar to...
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Westword is organizing its first Comics issue -- and we want to include you
April 23, 2013 in Show and Tell
Noah Can SciverScenes from Westword illustrator Noah Van Sciver's last trip to a convention.Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first...
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Mary Sanders, bookkeeper, doesn't let $10K theft bust dissuade her from trying again
April 19, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.In many situations, Longmont bookkeeper Mary Sanders's try-try again attitude would be a real positive. Problem is, the thing at which she allegedly didn't succeed the first time...
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Photos: Ten bleeding, crying icons inspired by Weeping Madonna statue's Colorado tour
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.A Weeping Madonna statue is currently touring Archdiocese of Denver parishes and is on view at St. Catherine of Sienna church today; click here for the schedule through...
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Judith Eakins, schmuck, stole from elderly mom, charged with ripping off high school
April 12, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, video below.Ever heard someone described as being so greedy that she would steal from her own mother? Well, that particular shoe fits Judith Eakins, 53, as if it was...
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Richard Howard Craft, ex-pastor and current schmuck, sentenced for child porn
April 05, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.In some ways, it's appropriate that Richard Howard Craft, a disgraced former Greeley pastor, was sentenced to federal prison on April Fools' Day. Then again, "fool" is too mild...
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Todd Griffin more than earns his schmucky nickname: The Funeral Bandit
March 29, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, video below.Law enforcers deal with criminals all the time, and even though plenty of them deserve to be called names, the cops tend to resist the urge to do...
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Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: Meet this year's Sports & Recreation winners
March 28, 2013 in The Latest Word
The 2013 Best of Denver issue is on stands now, and in its 196 pages you'll find Westword's picks for the best people, places and services in Denver. Along the...
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Scott Smith jailed for schmucky trip to Batman screening with bag full of weapons but no permit
March 22, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.After the Aurora theater shooting last July, plenty of people across the country were nervous during their next trip to the movies -- especially if the flick they...
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Quinton Carter, Broncos player, could go to jail for schmucky try to cheat casino over $15?
March 15, 2013 in The Latest Word
More photos below.Broncos safety Quinton Carter was hurt most of last season, and the contract he signed as a rookie in 2011 is pretty modest by NFL standards -- $2.495...
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Sarah Wolfe and pals accused of schmucky plan to smuggle drugs into jail
March 08, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.As we know, plenty of people go to jail because of drugs. Sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly, but frequently. But only a chosen few face time behind bars because they...
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Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: The first round of Sports & Recreation finalists
February 28, 2013 in The Latest Word
Results below.For the first time in the thirty-year history of Westword's Best of Denver, we've split the Best of Denver Readers' Poll into two rounds, giving you the chance to...
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Westword's mobile app is new and improved
February 27, 2013 in The Latest Word
Today, Westword is welcoming the latest addition to its family: the new, improved and ready-to-use Westword mobile app. Like the previous version of our Westword app, you can use it...
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Matthew Tello's schmucky explanation for trying to strangle cop: "I'm drunk, it's my birthday"
February 22, 2013 in The Latest Word
More pics below.Over our many years of chronicling schmucks, we've noticed that a lot of them were blitzed when they committed the acts that got our attention. But while that...
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Takai Beard makes schmucky decision to leave her kids in running car -- which was then stolen
February 15, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Every parent knows it's a pain in the ass to take little kids in and out of the car when popping into a store, especially in cold weather. But...
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Bridgette Sandoval's schmucky excuse for weird police chase...or maybe it's brilliant
February 08, 2013 in The Latest Word
Pics, video below.Here at Schmuck of the Week headquarters, we've heard all kinds of excuses for shmucky behavior -- enough to know the difference between ones that are desperately lame...
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Philip Brown's schmucky idea of a break-in target -- a sheriff's substation
February 01, 2013 in The Latest Word
Pics, video below.So...you're homeless and you're looking for shelter. What's the absolute last place you should bust into in your quest for a roof over your head? If your answer is...
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Richard Sandberg's allegedly schmucky deal: I'll trade kill-zone bombs for cocaine
January 25, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The residents of a Jefferson County neighborhood got the shock -- or maybe we should say schmuck -- of their lives when a slew of officers from the...
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Paul Donovan Johnson, child predator and schmuck, claims four year old seduced him
January 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.Here at Schmuck of the Week HQ, we've reported about a lot of schmucky behavior over the years. But seldom have we encountered schmuckiness on the scale linked...
