http://www.scancolorado.com ScanDenverCounty en-us hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:02:12 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1467 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1467 Vandals trashed a Lakewood school cafeteria Tuesday night, shattering windows and kitchen plates and scattering frozen burritos across countertops, floors and hallways.<br><br>Police discovered the mess about 11:39 p.m. Tuesday when they responded about 20 minutes after a burglary alarm at Molholm Elementary, 6000 W. 9th Ave. The vandals had already vanished.<br><br>The school staff is doing an inventory to determine if any school property was stolen, including possibly missing laptops.<br><br>... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:41 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1465 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1465 An alleged hit-and-run driver who police say injured a teenaged boy on a bicycle in Commerce City last month has been arrested.<br><br>Alonso Ponce-Jimenez, 67, of Commerce City, was being held at the Adams County Jail on Wednesday.<br><br>He faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury and driving under revocation for three previous alcohol convictions.<br><br>... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:31 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1464 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1464 Boulder County sheriff\'s deputies and emergency crews responded to reports of a hot air balloon stuck in a tree in the Gunbarrel area.<br><br>No injuries were reported.<br><br>According to police dispatchers, callers reported a balloon was \"hung up in the trees\" on 63rd Street just south of Habitat Drive at about 6:15 a.m.<br><br>... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:12 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1463 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1463 Authorities are searching for a tractor-trailer driver who apparently struck and killed a man walking on the road shoulder in Adams County this morning.<br><br>Witnesses said the red or orange truck\'s cargo trailer struck the man as the trucker turned from Interstate 76 eastbound on to 88th Avenue about 8:11 a.m., said State Trooper Gilbert Mares.<br><br>Investigators won\'t know if the trucker realized the trailer hit the man until they interview the driver, Mares said.<br><br>... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:09 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1462 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1462 Northglenn police have arrested a man whose car allegedly hit and killed a man at a crosswalk.<br><br>The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Malley Drive and Highline Street, Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Sloan said.<br><br>Officers found an injured man lying on the street who had been hit by a vehicle, he said. He later was pronounced dead at a local hospital.<br><br>... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:11:37 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1461 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1461 Sherry Dawkins is nearing the end of the line.<br><br>She\'s about to hang up a 25-year career as a dispatcher for the Denver Police Department.<br><br>Dawkins, 59, plans to retire Aug. 8.<br><br>... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:28:34 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1460 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1460 One of two suspects involved in a shootout with Denver police in lower downtown Denver last month was formally charged Tuesday.<br><br>Andres Castillo, 26, was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and five counts of second-degree assault.<br><br>He was in police custody at Denver Health Medical Center. Castillo\'s condition was unknown Tuesday, but he will be advised of the charges in Denver County Court on Thursday.<br><br>... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:36:49 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1459 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1459 The driver of a cargo van is facing felony charges after he allegedly led sheriff\'s deputies and state troopers on a high-speed chase through southwestern Jefferson County early Monday.<br><br>Sheriff\'s deputies tried to stop the van, but it fled, State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Ryan Sullivan said.<br><br>\"Once we got involved, about 2:25 in the morning, the chase went all over southwest Jeffco, on tons of different roads,\" Sullivan said.<br><br>... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:36:37 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1458 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1458 An open-fire and burning ban is in effect in Arapahoe County and Centennial.<br><br>The Arapahoe County Sheriff\'s Office made the announcement Monday, citing existing conditions that present an extreme danger for wildfire and large wildland fires.<br><br>The ban means that residents cannot have campfires, warming fires or fires in outdoor wood-burning stoves. Residents cannot do any prescribed burns of fence lines, fence rows, fields, farmlands, rangelands, wildlands, trash or debris.<br><br>... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:36:03 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1457 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1457 Authorities began combing a remote area of Jackson County on Monday, looking for evidence that could link suspected kidnapper Scott Kimball to the death of a woman whose remains were found there last fall.<br><br>About 40 FBI agents and members of the Jackson County Sheriff\'s Office are expected to search at least through Wednesday.<br><br>\"Their focus is on finding evidence of a crime,\" said Rob McLeod, father of Kaysi McLeod, 19, who went missing in 2003. She was last seen getting a ride to work... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:35:48 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1456 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1456 The 34 people indicted in an alleged Front Range drug-trafficking ring Monday included four women; whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics; at least two who live in million-dollar houses; and 13 suspected illegal residents.<br><br>Thirty of the 34 have been arrested, and warrants are out for the other four.<br><br>Jefferson County prosecutors said $4 million of cocaine was distributed each month in homes and other locations in Westminster, Wheat Ridge, Thornton, Arvada, Aurora, Denver, Fort Collins,... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:35:32 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1455 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1455 Fines for traffic offenses such as speeding and reckless driving likely will be doubled and even tripled in Boulder County - but getting busted for tearing it up out in the county still will be cheaper than speeding within most cities\' limits.<br><br>Some speeding fines would increase from $50 to $135, while citations for careless driving would jump from $50 to $150.<br><br>The higher fines will generate up to $50,000 of new revenue for the county, Sheriff Joe Pelle said - just about enough to offset... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:35:23 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1454 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1454 Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday named the head of a high-tech firm to co-chair the P-20 council.<br><br>Michael Gass is president and CEO of United Launch Alliance. The Centennial-based company builds booster rockets for space launches and conducts other launch-pad operations for government agencies, including the Air Force.<br><br>The council makes recommendations to Ritter and the state Education Department to improve schools, from preschool through graduate school.<br><br>... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:54 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1453 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1453 A grass fire has burned some 600 acres in southeast Weld County near Wiggins, and residents of nearby homes are preparing to evacuate, the Weld County Sheriff reports.<br><br>The fire broke out about 12:20 this afternoon close to where I-76 intersects with Country Road 60, near Empire Reservoir, spokeswoman Margie Martinez said.<br><br>... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:36:19 -0400 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1452 http://www.ScanColorado.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1452 A 23-year-old from Longmont died Sunday afternoon in the churning waters of the Roaring Fork River after he jumped off a cliff into the Punchbowl section of the river.<br><br>That stretch of river is along Independence Pass at Mile Marker 50 east of Aspen, and has been a favorite spot for thrill-seeking jumpers since the days when Aspen was a mining town, say Pitkin County deputies.<br><br>The man\'s name is being withheld while relatives are being notified.<br><br>...