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  • A financial meltdown: Inter-Canyon Fire board missed chances to prevent alleged theft

    By Ann Imse, For the Courier

    The Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District board failed to investigate serious overspending for five years, records show — and that allowed $643,000 to vanish before the fire chief was indicted on embezzlement charges.

    The board did not discover the alleged theft until there was no money left in the bank, in December 2012.

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  • Sheriff's Calls

    Brawl in the family

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  • Jeffco motorcycle deputy killed in collision with SUV

    A Jeffco sheriff's deputy, Sgt. David Baldwin, died on Sunday morning when his patrol motorcycle collided head-on with an SUV on Colorado 93 north of West 64th Parkway.

    The accident occurred just after 10 a.m. when a southbound 2004 Saturn Vue reportedly crossed into the oncoming lane while passing on a curve. Baldwin's Harley-Davidson, which was traveling in the left northbound lane, was struck by the SUV, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office. Baldwin was thrown from the bike; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  • 8 South Jeffco schools on lockout

    Eight South Jeffco schools were on lockout Thursday morning after a reported threat. 

    The schools were: Columbine Hills, Dutch Creek, Governor's Ranch, Leawood, Normandy, Ken Caryl Middle, Columbine High School and Blue Heron.

    A lockout means business at usual within the schools, but with no one allowed to enter or leave.

    Check back at ColumbineCourier.com for more details as they become available.

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  • Lockout at 8 schools in Columbine area ends

    A lockout at eight South Jeffco schools, including Columbine High School, has ended, according to a tweet from the Jeffco Sheriff's Office.

    The schools went into lockout after several threats were phoned in to Columbine, but the Sheriff's Office determined later that the threats were neither "local or credible."

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  • Grass fires in north Jeffco believed to be intentional

    Arson is suspected in seven grass fires that broke out Monday along West 44th Avenue in north Jeffco.

    The Sheriff’s Office said it suspected that the seven fires, started between 8 and 9 a.m. Jan. 20 near Colorado 58, were intentionally set. The fires were spread out over a 2-mile stretch between 14700 and 18600 W. 44th Ave.

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  • Littleton council declines to allow marijuana grow operations

    The Littleton City Council has rejected a request to allow medical marijuana grow operations in the city. 

    The city had received a request from Mother Nature’s Miracle, one of four medical marijuana dispensaries in Littleton, to consider issuing cultivation licenses. The license would allow dispensaries to grow marijuana within city limits at either a separate facility or in a building connected to a dispensary.

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  • Details emerge about shooting in west Jeffco

     Details of the fatal shooting Monday night in Indian Hills indicate a man shot his father and stepmother, then turned the gun on himself.

    The Jeffco Sheriff's Office has reported that Robert Leiman, 25, shot Margaret Leiman, 53, and Bruce Leiman, 58, after the three were involved in an argument inside the home in the 23000 block of Pawnee Road.

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  • Sheriff's Calls

    Too much holiday punch

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  • Search for suspect leads to temporary lockdown at Fort Logan Elementary

    A police search for a criminal suspect resulted in a lockdown at Fort Logan Elementary School on the afternoon of Jan. 17.

    Sheridan police Lt. Paul Wszolek said officers were attempting to locate a suspect inside a building close to the school.

    The lockdown at Fort Logan started about noon and ended after 2:30 p.m. once the suspect was apprehended, Wszolek said.

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