Members of the Denver Broncos have offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to murder charges in the death of Broncos player Darrent Williams.
The amount will be added to the $2,000 already offered by Crime Stoppers to help solve the case, said Sonny Jackson, Denver police spokesman.
The Broncos did not say which team members are contributing the reward money, Jackson said. The reward will be offered through Crime Stoppers, whose phone number for tips is 720-913-7867.
Williams was shot to death early New Year’s Day shortly after leaving a downtown club in a limousine.
Meanwhile, an otherwise mundane Denver court hearing on traffic matters Wednesday drew unusually high interest because it involved Willie Clark, a man named by police as someone they want to question in connection with the Williams case.
Denver Judge Mary Celeste ordered Stephen Futrell Howard, Clark’s 23-year-old cousin, held on a $2,500 bond after confusion arose over whether he or Clark was responsible for a traffic offense.
Police arrested Clark last week on an alleged parole violation in a 2002 vehicular-theft case and said they wanted to question him about the Williams murder. They have not named him a suspect.
Clark’s attorney, Michael Andre, said following the hearing that he knows of no information tying Clark to the Williams case. He also questioned the police department’s decision to release Clark’s name in connection with the investigation.
“People are hungry for information (about the case), and they fed them some,” Andre said.
Staff writer Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com.
