Complete Colorado
(Denver Players, Denver Post, Denver Police)
by Todd Shepherd
Almost 1300 names.
That’s approximately how many entries there are on theDenver Players / Denver Sugar customer list recently released by the Denver Police.
But what’s most curious is, after months of surveilance, and having a detailed client list, the Denver Police never charged anyone.
Then, in an editorial written by Denver Post editor Greg Moore, Moore states, “We aren’t finished with this story. We will keep seeking additional records and we continue to work our sources to see if we can declare this story true or false.” On December 5, the Denver Department of Safety confirmed that no reporter or associate of the Post sought access to or took possession of the documents that CompleteColorado.com is posting below. (The Dept. of Safety acknowledged CompleteColorado.com and John Ferugia of Ch. 7 were the only outlets to obtain the documents.)
1300 names.
We know that Denver Players catered to a clientele that was high-profile enough to attract former Federal Judge Edward Knottingham. But the Post isn’t even curious as to who else might be on this list? Forgetting the mayor angle, wasn’t the Post even curious what public servants might have put themselves in a blackmail-able position because of their purchasing the service of prostitutes?
We know that the Denver Police are willing to run prostitution “sting” operations along Colfax, but even with the help of a trusted confidential informant inside “Denver Players,” despite obtaining a confession from one of the girls, they couldn’t mount a single state or municipal charge? They couldn’t muster a plea bargain? Couldn’t the feds have charged this girl with tax evasion, and enticed her to turn state’s evidence? We also now know that the Denver Police/Denver Department of Safety know all the names on the client list, and they have for some time. How many people in Denver or Colorado owe their careers or their marriages to the fact that the Denver Police only released a redacted client list? Who now owes the Denver Police favors?
Don’t forget: While the Denver Police recently mustered some kind of prostitution charges against 25 individuals in one single day during July, the Denver Post attributed the following thought to Lt. Matthew Murray of the Denver Police:
“But generally, Murray said prosecuting johns and prostitutes is difficult because of the quality of the evidence and the resources required to investigate what could amount to a petty offense.”
Then why all the resources to nab 25 individuals on July 13, 2011? That’s a lot of effort to investigate what could be a “petty offense,” Lt. Murray.
Because this story has reeked of a cover up ever since CompleteColorado.com initially broke the ice, we’re laying our cards on the table and publishing every scrap of evidence turned over to us by the Denver Department of Safety, and as such, are crowdsourcing the investigation to you. If you see initials matching a last-four-digits combination that are known to you, please email us at completecolorado-at-gmail.com.
Here are the specifics of the open records request filed by CompleteColorado.com with the Denver Department of Safety:
access to and a copy of any “customer log” or client database, or phone list of any kind, obtained in the surveillance and/or investigation and research of any location of the “Denver Players” or “Denver Sugar” prostitution ring, regardless of what time that surveillance and/or investigation occurred…also…access to (reserving the right to photocopy or copy) all photographs and/or video produced or possessed by the Denver Police Department and/or the Denver Department of Safety during or because of the investigation described above.
The Denver Department of Safety replied:
We have no photographs or video related to this investigation. We have approximately 275 pages of records which are potentially responsive to your request for “any ‘customer log’ or client database, or phone list.” Additionally, we have 138 pages of telephone records which may be responsive to your request for a “phone list.”
Below are PDF scans of all documents provided to CompleteColorado.com from this particular request. We are publishing this strictly as the document(s) have been provided to us*, meaning, we have not independently verified any of the information. CompleteColorado.com is in no way responsible for the information contained in these documents, we are only responsible for the fact that we are publishing documents any citizen could lawfully and legally obtain from the Denver Department of Safety via the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. (*One page was provided to CompleteColorado.com accidentally unredacted. We have redacted that page in a fashion similar to all of the other pages.)
Client List
Phone Log
Appointment Sheets 1
Appointment Sheets set 2
As seen at right, the shirt has a picture of George Zimmerman and the words “Pussy Ass Cracker.” Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic, killed Martin, 17, last month while acting as a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida.
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