Boulder – Five fraternity members pleaded guilty to providing alcohol to a minor in the drinking death last year of an 18-year-old pledge from Dallas.
The five were sentenced Monday to 100 hours of community service in the death of Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr., a freshman at the University of Colorado.
Bailey was found dead in the Chi Psi fraternity house Sept. 17, the morning after he and 26 other pledges were taken to the mountains, given bottles of whiskey and wine and told that “no one was leaving until the whiskey was gone,” according to a police affidavit.
Sentenced Monday were Austin Brooks, 20; Frank Darden, 19; Tho mas Tankersley, 20; Patrick Wall, 21; and Alan Williams, 20. Seven other fraternity members are scheduled to appear in court on the same charge next month.
The Chi Psi chapter shut down shortly after Bailey’s death.
DENVER
Victim from Monday hit-and-run crash dies
A man hospitalized Monday after a rush-hour hit-and-run crash near East 10th Avenue and Lincoln Street died Tuesday at Denver Health Medical Center.
The victim has been identified as Richard Cooper, 58, of Denver, according to Denver coroner Tom Henry.
The suspect involved in the fatal crash has been identified as Chase Damion Miller, 29. Witnesses said Miller ran a red light in his white pickup shortly before crashing into Cooper’s black Honda Accord.
After the accident, witnesses said Miller backed up, drove off and narrowly missed hitting pedestrians before he crashed his truck into a concrete pillar in front of the KCNC-Channel 4 studio at 1044 Lincoln St.
Miller fled the scene and led police on a brief chase that ended in his capture and arrest near East 20th Avenue and High Street.
Charges against Miller are still pending, police Detective John White said.
COLORADO0
Owens appoints two to education boards
Gov. Bill Owens appointed two people to state education boards Tuesday.
Preslano Montoya of Greeley will join the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education.
Joel Farkas of Denver will join the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
Both appointments require state Senate confirmation.
DENVER
Fey sues KOOL 105, claims ads refused
Longtime concert promoter Barry Fey filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court on Tuesday seeking a temporary restraining order against Infinity Radio’s KXKL-FM 105.1 – KOOL 105 – claiming the station refused to carry advertising for a Father’s Day oldies show at Invesco Field at Mile High.
Fey said he and KOOL were initially in talks to co-promote the annual KOOL Koncert this summer, but when the station backed out, Fey went forward and changed the name to Salute to Dad.
“If there were five other stations in town playing oldies, then it would be different,” Fey said. “I don’t think it’s fair to deny me time. … They allow other concerts to advertise on their station, and so they have to allow mine.”
Infinity vice president Drew Hilles had no comment on the lawsuit.
The suit states that Hilles refused to sell Fey the advertising because the station planned its own oldies show later in the summer.
COLORADO
Report: Violence up against gays, bisexuals
Colorado had a 20 percent increase in violence against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenders, according to a report released Tuesday by the Colorado Anti-Violence Program.
Violence rose from 129 cases in 2003 to 155 in 2004, the program said. The national average is a 4 percent increase.
The report is a joint project with the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs and 15 of its member agencies across the country.
DENVER
Man pretending to be cop rapes woman
A man posing as an undercover police officer raped a woman last week at a Denver massage parlor, police said.
Officers responded to the South Broadway area where a woman said she was working at a parlor Friday when a man entered, identifying himself as a police officer, police said. The suspect searched the business and after learning the victim was alone, forced her into a room and sexually assaulted her, police said.
He then told the victim to leave the business and not to contact anyone. The victim left and contacted police.
The attacker is described as a white male, about 5 feet 6, with short blond hair, weighing about 200 pounds and wearing a blue jacket and red sweat pants.
VAIL
Massive renovation of Crossroads proposed
The northwest edge of Vail Village could be in for a makeover if the Vail Town Council approves a massive renovation of the Crossroads Plaza.
Developer Peter Knobel, who bought out all the property at Crossroads in January 2004, has proposed a project with 75 condominiums, $1.1 million in public art, 338 underground parking spaces, a three-screen movie theater, a 10-lane bowling alley, a 24,000-square-foot public plaza and a covered bus stop.
The Vail Planning Commission, which advises the council, approved the plan Tuesday after Knobel made some minor size adjustments.
While most residents and business owners welcome the overhaul of Crossroads, many are still concerned about the size.
The 100-foot-high building would be the tallest in Vail.
DILLON
About 530 infested trees to be felled
More than 500 lodgepole pines in Dillon and in a nature preserve will be chopped down to prevent the spread of a pine-beetle infestation.
About 140 infested trees will be removed from the town core, with an additional 393 taken from a nature preserve.
The town has been removing infested trees for the past five years.
Public-works director Eric Holgerson has asked the Town Council to approve a budget increase to try chemical spraying.
