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. Sheās 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 regionās 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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Faces of the Front Range: David Chandler helped thousands find the stars
Some 1,500 years after stargazers began using rotating star maps to track celestial bodiesā journeys across the night sky, David Chandler figured out how to make the tool better.

Colorado attorneys disciplined for sexual harassment, confidentiality breach, poor communication
A Colorado attorney who got drunk at work and sexually harassed a subordinate was among several lawyers publicly disciplined by the state in October and November.

Former Clear Creek Middle School teacher arrested after police say they found videos of child sexual abuse, bestiality
A Clear Creek Middle School teacher was charged Thursday with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child.Ā

Denver Rescue Mission employee fatally stabbed at men’s shelter
A Denver Rescue Mission staff member was fatally stabbed Saturday night at the mission's shelter for men.

Tay Anderson sues for defamation over unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations
Denver Public Schools Board Member Tay Anderson filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against local nonprofit Black Lives Matter 5280, its leadership and two other people who accused Anderson of perpetrating...

Wildfire burning outside Estes Park forces evacuations amid dry, windy conditions
A wildfire burning on the south side of Estes Park on Tuesday forced mandatory evacuations in the area.

Caseworker pressured Colorado woman into sex by promising to help regain custody of daughter, lawsuit alleges
A caseworker in Morgan County's Department of Human Services pressured a woman into having sex with him by promising to help her regain custody of her daughter if she went...

Colorado to require vaccines at large, unseated indoor events in 6 metro Denver counties
People attending large indoor events in six metro Denver counties during the holiday season will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination under a new state public health order...

Denver newspaper founder’s name stripped from library over support for Sand Creek Massacre
Rocky Mountain News founder William Byers' name was stripped from a branch of the Denver Public Library last month over his support for the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre and the...

Text messages shed light on life of teen suspect in Denver arson fire that killed Senegalese family
About 224 pages of text messages between Kevin Bui and his older sister paint an intimate picture of the pairās relationship, offering insight into a case in which authorities have...