Rick Carroll

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

A federal judge ruled this week that prosecutors cannot use email evidence seized from the accounts of two codefendants when they stand trial for allegedly hiding a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s ownership of an Aspen home. In a 67-page ruling delivered Tuesday, Judge Gregory H. Woods of the Southern District of New York said an FBI agent recklessly omitted key facts when applying for a October 2022 search warrant used to obtain the emails of co-conspirators Vadim Wolfson and Gannon Bond.

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

An Aspen resident’s front-yard signs can remain intact — for now. The five-member Aspen City Council voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday night to pause enforcement of its municipal sign ordinance against Mark Tye, whose front yard on East Cooper Avenue is adorned with Aspen nostalgia, sculptures, prayer and peace flags. Some signs containing messages are upsetting to an Aspen resident who complained about them to the city earlier in February. The city’s sign enforcement is complaint-driven.

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

Not even six months after his son died in combat in Ukraine, the father came to Aspen’s Memorial Day observance with a heavy heart and a plea to those attending to help veterans however they can. “I’ve attended many Memorial Day events here over the years,” he told the crowd gathered at Veterans Memorial Park in Aspen.

2 weeks ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

A man who wore Ray-Ban sunglasses with a hidden camera to case a downtown Aspen building one day before it was allegedly burglarized pleaded guilty Monday to two felony counts in connection with the November incident. Agustin Ramirez-Vidal, 41, of Argentina, considered by authorities to be the mastermind behind the botched, overnight burglary attempt of a luxury watch and jewelry boutique, became the first defendant to enter a plea in the case.

2 weeks ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

A Las Vegas true-crime production company is challenging the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office’s refusal to release bodycam evidence and other information related to an October death of a hiker in the area of Conundrum Creek Trail.