Truck smashes into Denver motel A truck smashed into a Denver motel this morning.Around 7 a.m., two vehicles collided in front of the Branding Iron Motel at 8600 E.Editorial Board: Motel owner faces asset forfeiture despite innocenceTHE MOTEL CASWELL, a modest motel just outside of Boston, has been owned by proprietor Russell H. Caswell’s family for 60 years. Now he may lose it, if the Justice Department gets its way. The motel is the target of an asset forfeiture proceeding that entitles the federal government to seize property that has been used in the commission of a crime. This is true even if the owner is not accused ...Man stays in Joliet motel with girlfriend’s corpse nearly two daysA man stayed in a Joliet motel room with his dead girlfriend’s corpse for nearly two days and used her debit card to buy vodka before calling authorities, police said this weekend.Derek Tanke, 47, of Joliet, has been arrested on felony charges of concealment of a death, unlawful use of a credit card and ID theft, said Joliet Chief Michael Trafton. Tanke and his girlfriend, Nancy A. Johnston, 54 ...