Anastasiya Bolton covers Crime and Justice for 9NEWS.

She joined the KUSA team in March of 2006.

In October of 2007, Anastasiya received an Emmy award in the Spot News category for her coverage of the Safeway warehouse shooting. She's been nominated and won a number of other awards since.

A native of Moscow, Russia, she moved to the United States to attend college. After graduation from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Anastasiya started working overnights at Texas Cable News in Dallas writing and editing. She also worked in Amarillo and Tyler, Texas, as well as Birmingham, Alabama.

Anastasiya has many memorable stories, among them the series she did on the plight of Russian orphans in Siberia, disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, New Orleans after hurricane Katrina.

Anastasiya comes from a family of a former diplomat, so she grew up partially in Iran, Africa and Russia.

Of all the places she's lived and visited, Anastasiya really loves Colorado.

Free time, Anastasiya enjoys traveling, skiing, reading and occasionally cooking, very occasionally.

Anastasiya is always looking for new stories. So please share your ideas!