Author: CHRISTOPHER OSHER
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Arapahoe County child protective worker charged in retribution plot ordered to pay $3 million to councilwoman who filed lawsuit
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Robin Niceta, the former child protective services case worker who faces criminal charges that she falsely accused Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky of sexually abusing her 2-year-old son, did not respond to a lawsuit filed against her and now owes Jurinsky $3 million in damages, a judge has ruled. “The judge really realized the severity…
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Prosecutor struggled with alleged Club Q shooter’s bomb threat case that was dismissed
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Four days before the alleged Club Q shooter was scheduled to go to trial last year on charges of threatening to set off a bomb and become the “next mass killer,” a prosecutor handling the case could not provide key details to the presiding judge over why a key witness might not be available to…
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Former Colorado child protective worker Robin Niceta pleads not guilty in false sex abuse report case
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A former Arapahoe County child protective services worker on Monday pleaded not guilty of criminal charges alleging that she filed a false child sex abuse report against a high-profile critic of her girlfriend, who was then the Aurora police chief. Robin Niceta’s trial is to begin May 9. Robin Niceta Law enforcement arrested Niceta in…
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Dean Williams resigns as executive director of Colorado’s Department of Corrections
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Dean Williams, who pushed to reform Colorado’s prisons as executive director of the state’s Department of Corrections, announced in an email to employees that he is resigning from his position. “I have made the difficult decision to transition out of my role as Executive Director as of December 2, 2022,” Williams said in the email.…
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Colorado custody evaluator suspended amid criticism of evaluation industry
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The Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office has suspended a high-profile custody evaluator from continuing to receive court appointments following controversy over his parenting recommendations amid recent media scrutiny of the parenting evaluation industry. Jaime Watman, an official in the State Court Administrator’s Office, in a statement confirmed last week’s suspension of Mark Kilmer from ongoing…
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Colorado judge finds "sea of unreliability" in company’s cellphone mapping data
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Police and prosecutors in Colorado and throughout the nation are relying on a company’s cellphone location mapping data to help them convict criminal defendants, but a Larimer County judge’s recent ruling cast doubt on the technology when he barred its use in his courtroom after finding it unreliable and prone to error. The defense lawyer…
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Colorado’s parenting evaluation industry profits as bitter child custody cases thrown into chaos
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For Elizabeth, the moment still burns in her memory when the sexual trauma she suffered during her military service was thrown in her face during her children’s custody case. What was meant to be a seemingly straightforward evaluation of a 13-minute change in her kids’ commute time turned into a nightmarish scrutiny of her worst…
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Child-protective worker, Robin Niceta, failed to follow state regulations: Audit
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A state audit concluded Robin Niceta’s child-protective work for the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services failed to follow state regulations and had deficient investigative practices. The audit recommended further investigation into the county’s oversight and supervision of its child-protective staff. Robin Niceta Seven complaints about Niceta’s performance and conduct “have been referred” for additional…
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Child protective worker investigated for false claims about parents who had kids taken away
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The ex-partner of the former embattled Aurora police chief, already charged criminally with falsely reporting that a vocal critic of the chief sexually abused her son, now is under investigation by the FBI on new allegations of manipulating the child protective system where she worked to gain the upper hand in her own child custody…
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Colorado Springs man charged with attempted murder after being freed by parole error
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Mikaele Poloa already was on parole when he walked out of the El Paso County Jail, freed after posting a $4,000 bond while facing felony charges for allegedly attempting to rape a woman at gunpoint, stealing a car and committing a carjacking while armed with a handgun. In the weeks that followed his release, Poloa,…
