At least 14 people have been caught up in case's legal web

At least 14 people have been arrested or snared by law-enforcement authorities in the Ramsey investigation. Here is what happened to some of them:

-Thomas C. Miller:

Miller, a retired Boulder lawyer, surrendered to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in August after he was indicted on one count of commercial bribery. He allegedly acted as a broker in a 1997 attempt to buy a copy of the Ramsey ransom note for $30,000.

-James and Regana Rapp:

The Aurora couple were indicted in June on two counts each of racketeering. They allegedly specialized in using deception to obtain confidential information, including information about JonBenet's parents, then selling it.

-Craig A. Lewis, news editor of supermarket weekly:

The commercial bribery investigation relates to whether Lewis offered $30,000 for a copy of the ransom note.

-Evan Ravitz and Dr. Bob MacFarland:

The two Boulder men admitted in August that they had sent a book about the child's slaying to grand jurors, but they avoided contempt charges. The prosecutor said he believed the pair acted in good faith and with no direct knowledge that their actions were legally improper.

-J.T. Colfax:

A Denver artist whose real name is James Michael Thompson, Colfax pleaded guilty to a failed attempt to start a fire at the Ramseys' Boulder home in 1997 and theft of the page from the log at the Boulder County morgue recording the arrival of the child's body. He was sentenced in March 1998 to two years in jail.

-Jay Elowsky:

Owner of Pasta Jay's restaurant in Boulder, Elowsky pleaded guilty in 1997 to misdemeanor menacing for threatening two men he believed were reporters outside his home while John and Patsy Ramsey were staying there. Elowsky received one year of probation and two weekends on a county work crew.

-Brett Sawyer:

A private detective, he pleaded guilty in 1997 to misdemeanor obstruction of government operations in connection with The Globe's publication of JonBenet autopsy pictures. He was sentenced to 64 hours of community service, three days in jail, a $500 fine and $5,000 restitution. He also was ordered to write a letter of apology to the Ramseys.

-Shawn Smith:

A photo lab technician, Smith pleaded guilty to obstructing government operations and false reporting for giving JonBenet's autopsy photos to Sawyer. He was sentenced to 64 hours of community service and three days in jail and was ordered to turn over the $200 Sawyer paid him.

-Jeffrey Shapiro:

A former reporter for The Globe, Shapiro received a citation in 1997 after going to the secluded mountain home of a Ramsey family friend, with flowers, after she told him he was not welcome. Shapiro completed a year-long deferred prosecution.

October 15, 1999