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Former Jeffco Public Schools superintendent Cindy Stevenson has been diagnosed with a non-malignant brain tumor.

In a 9News interview, Stevenson said she found out about the tumor weeks ago during a routine medical checkup. 

The former superintendent said her medical issues played no part in her decision to retire early from Jeffco Public Schools.

The tumor is scheduled to be removed May 13, and Stevenson will receive additional radiation treatment after surgery. 

An inmate inadvertently released from the Jeffco jail on Tuesday is back behind bars. 

Damon Elliot Slayton, 41, was taken into custody Thursday morning by a Jeffco deputy in downtown Denver near Broadway and Larimer Street. 

Jeffco sheriff’s spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said the Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies had been searching the downtown area based on tips from Slayton’s family and other friends. 

Slayton surrendered without incident, Kelley said. 

Jeffco is working to make permanent a moratorium on marijuana social clubs and cooperative growing operations in the county’s unincorporated areas.

The current moratorium, which ends in May, prohibits clubs and establishments where members can consume or exchange marijuana or grow and manufacture marijuana cooperatively. 

The proposed permanent ban would also limit to 12 the number of marijuana plants in one home, regardless of the number of residents in the dwelling. Amendment 64 allows people age 21 and older to grow six plants at a time. 

The treasurer of a booster club for the Chatfield High School girls volleyball team has been arrested on suspicion of stealing almost $10,000 from the organization. 

The woman, Kathleen McGrath, 56, is facing one charge of theft. 

McGrath, a Littleton resident, is accused of stealing $9,976 during her time as treasurer of the Spikers Booster Club from March 2012 to February 2013.