Criminal Justice Reporter
Shelly Bradbury
Shelly Bradbury is the criminal justice enterprise reporter at the Denver Post. She joined the paper in 2019 and previously worked as a crime reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Pennsylvania and the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee. She’s been a reporter since 2012, focused on policing, public safety, jails and courts. In Pittsburgh, she helped the newspaper earn the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news after a mass shooting at a local synagogue, and in 2020 she was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for an investigation into child sexual abuse among Amish and Mennonite communities.
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More people died in police chases in this Denver suburb than in the state’s biggest cities
The Denver Post examined the region’s approach to police pursuits after the Aurora Police Department quietly broadened its policy in October to allow officers to chase more suspects.

Inside the investigation of a CBI scientist’s years of misconduct: “God forbid we have someone in prison that shouldn’t be”
During the internal affairs investigation, Yvonne "Missy" Woods' colleagues reacted to her conduct with anger, betrayal and bewilderment, their interviews show.

How Pueblo weaponizes contempt of court to inflate jail time for minor crimes
Pueblo city judges have sent people to jail for months on charges that in other Colorado courts are punished by one or two days in jail. Experts call it "draconian"...
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WATCH: Video shows shooting spree suspect walking into Lakewood tattoo shop
The gunman who authorities believe killed four people and wounded three others in a shooting spree across Denver and Lakewood Monday night spent just 10 seconds inside a Lakewood tattoo...

Judge to reconsider 110-year sentence for I-70 truck driver who killed four in crash
The truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison after he killed four people when he crashed his semitrailer into stopped traffic on Interstate 70 was on Monday...

Calls for clemency, reform at rally for I-70 trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison in fatal crash
About 100 people rallied at the Colorado State Capitol building Wednesday in support of clemency for the truck driver who was sentenced to more than a century in prison last...

DA starts process to reduce 110-year sentence for I-70 truck driver who killed 4
First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King on Friday started a process to potentially reduce the 110-year prison sentence for the truck driver who killed four people in a 28-car pileup...

Serial sex offender impersonated ICE agent to target immigrant family, Aurora police say
A 65-year-old man pretended to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in order to get into a family’s home and sexually assault a child earlier this month, Aurora police...

Denver police: Man shot, killed after following his stolen vehicle
A man was shot and killed after he followed his stolen vehicle Sunday in northeast Denver, according to Denver police.

Prosecutors in I-70 trucker trial exchanged semitrailer brake shoe as “memento”
The two deputy district attorneys who prosecuted the trucker sentenced last week to 110 years in prison for causing a fatal pileup on Interstate 70 exchanged a trophy-like gift featuring...

Polis says Coloradans may need booster to be “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19
Coloradans may need to receive COVID-19 booster shots in order to be considered "fully vaccinated" against the virus, Gov. Jared Polis said Sunday during an interview with NBC News’s Chuck...

Trucker’s 110-year sentence in fatal I-70 crash spotlights Colorado sentencing laws, prosecutors’ charging decisions
Judge who sentenced Rogel Aguilera-Mederos lamented that he couldn't opt for a lesser prison term

Trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison for fiery I-70 crash that killed 4
The truck driver who killed four people when he drove his out-of-control semitrailer into stopped traffic on Interstate 70 in Lakewood nearly three years ago was sentenced Monday to 110...