Police Sergeant Brett Wilson says the department was notified of the alleged baby swap yesterday morning. Within hours, they had mother Nicole Uribe behind bars and the baby safely placed with a foster home.
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A Humble Suggestion: Do Not Try To Trade Your Baby For A Dodge Intrepid
By 3.1.07
Brown Can’t Do Anything For Denver
By 12.27.06
The snowstorm that slammed the Denver area canceled Christmas for many folks expecting deliveries from UPS, aka Brown Santa.
ID Theft Risk for New Hires
By 11.7.06
“We learned last week that ACS experienced a security breach involving a computer stolen from its Denver office. We believe it is very important to report this information to you. According to ACS, this computer may have contained the names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers of employees of many companies – including some Wal-Mart associates hired in the last eight months, whether or not they live in Colorado.”
Customer Pries Rebate From Circuit City’s Clutches
By 10.30.06
He recorded the call, made in Colorado, a one-party consent state, and uploaded it to YouTube. A slideshow of Colorado scenery plays in the background.
A Starbucks Inside Every Starbucks
By 10.25.06
Tucked into this article about the math and money behind placing Starbucks across the street from one another is this nifty quote.
ID Thief Lawyer Lashes Out Against ‘Invasive’ Cameramen
By 10.25.06
What is it with identity thieves and their propensity for violence?
EXCLUSIVE: DefendMyStreet.Com Substantively Linked To Spammers
By 9.15.06
It looks like DefendMyStreet.com may indeed be exploiting Denver suburbanite’s fears about sex offenders to collect their email addresses and spam them. Reader Loy, who fights spam for a living, sends us the result of his probes.
Florian Is Out To Lunch
By 9.14.06
We called Mile Hi Aereation hoping to reach Florian McCann. We were going to pose as someone interested in buying the email list he created from DefendMyStreet.com. Unfortunately, he was out to lunch. When we were first shuffled to his mailbox, we couldn’t leave a message because it was full. Let us tell you, consumer reporting doesn’t get more exciting than this.
DefendMyStreet Owner’s Bad Business History
By 9.14.06
Even before scaring people into giving up their email addresses by spreading tales of sex offender bogeymen, Florian McCann did not have a good rep in Denver. Commentors Pelagius and AcilletaM found several complaints and even news items about McCann’s Mile HI Aeration company. Consumers complained about being billed and turned over to collections for aerations that were never performed. Frequently, poor service and damage to lawn sprinklers appear among the complaints. The BBB has over 339 complaints lodged against the company in the past 36 months, most unresolved. When Channel 7 asked Mile Hi back in 2002 about why it refuses to address complaints, they said they “don’t kiss up” to its customers.
Colorado Pedophile Paranoia Site Probed
By 9.14.06
Our inside man at the Colorado Department of Public Safety tells us the guy posting pedophile-paranoia flyers all over suburban Colorado has been identified as one Florian McCann, who insists he’s “simply being a good neighbor.” The CPDS feels certain that he’s using the site, and fear-mongering, to gather email addresses, purpose unknown.
Coors Light, Taste The Ironies
By 7.14.06
Pete Coors, vice chairman of Coors Brewing Company, obviously never watched Scarface. Otherwise, he would be acutely aware of the dangers of getting high on your own supply, and might have avoided getting arrested for DUI. In May, Coors rolled through a stop sign in his Jaguar and was spotted by a trooper. A breathalyzer test registered a blood alcohol level of .88. .088.
Stone = Dealership. Blood = Fair Deal.
By 5.8.06
Dana sent in her tale of buying a car and nearly being hoodwinked at sale, but thanks to her dogged persistence and detective-like compendium of evidence, she finally got the deal she deserved, the deal that had already been agreed upon in writing. The deal that, for some reason, wasn’t sitting at the dealership when she walked in to pick it up.
Free Valve Prevents Hammond Customer From Blowing A Gasket
By 5.5.06
I know you folks prefer complaints, but here’s a gold star for a firm: With the likelihood of hard freezes gone, I went to start up our lawn’s sprinkler system again. Last fall, I had cut off the water from inside the house, removing the bleed cap on the cutoff valve so the water could drain out completely. Somehow, that bleed cap vanished during the winter. I had obviously not put the cap back on the cutoff valve, and it was not in any of the appropriate storage drawers. I went out to Home Depot and Loews, but they didn’t carry the specific brand and model of valve (Hammond 8711 ball valve), and their generic replacement caps didn’t fit. At this point, I was willing to buy an entire ball valve just to get the right size of cap.
Wal-Mart Stocks Brokeback Mountain Next to Sesame Street
By 4.4.06
We’ve received a late-breaking report that a Wal-Mart in Englewood, CO is stocking Brokeback Mountain next to The Chronicles of Narnia and the Sesame Street learning series.
