Arapahoe County – A 24-year-old Aurora man was taken into custody early Sunday after a fatal hit-and-run accident on E-470 about 10:55 p.m. Saturday.
The man, who was identified as Roberto Galvan, was apprehended at his home about 4:35 a.m. Sunday, Master Trooper Ron Watkins said.
A State Patrol investigation determined that a 1999 black BMW was northbound on E-470 at high speed when it went out of control near the Gartrell exit and crashed into the rear end of a Toyota 4-Runner driven by Patrick Poole, 52, of Aurora. Poole’s vehicle was propelled into and through the center median, where it became airborne into the southbound lanes. It landed on a 2005 Honda Accord driven by Jeffrey Frieman, 39, of Highlands Ranch. Frieman was pronounced dead at the scene. Poole suffered serious injuries.
With the help of witnesses and a debris trail left by the BMW, state troopers tracked the vehicle and driver to an address in the 6700 block of Winnipeg Circle in Aurora. Galvan was arrested after police obtained a search and arrest warrant. His BMW was seized. He is being held for investigation of vehicular homicide and failure to remain at the scene of an accident.
BOULDER
Man sought in assault on woman in home
Boulder police are looking for a man who illegally entered a residence and fondled a 21-year-old woman, police reported.
The victim awoke about 3:45 a.m. Saturday with a man standing over her with one hand on her mouth and fondling her breast with the other, she told investigators.
The man told her he had a knife. He left after the assault.
The suspect is thought to have entered through an unlocked front door, police said.
Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect is urged to call Detective Chuck Heidel at 303-441-3339 or Boulder County Crime Stoppers at 303-440-STOP (7867).
MONTROSE
Body found in park; homicide suspected
Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Saturday in Buckley Park, according to the Montrose County coroner’s office.
Officers found Kevin Eugene Hale, 36, of Montrose, dead, the coroner’s office reported in a statement. The manner of death appears to be homicide, it said.
No further information was being released. Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact police at 970-252-5200.
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
United meteorologists plan action in layoffs
Transport Workers Union Local 540, which represents meteorologists at United Airlines, said Sunday that it plans to “take all necessary measures” to ensure United is held accountable for any violations of labor laws.
The statement comes after United said in July that it would lay off its staff of about 19 meteorologists in Chicago and outsource those positions. The union in January had ratified a new labor agreement reached with the company for pay cuts and other concessions.
Local 540 president David Durkin said United was negotiating with outside vendors to replace the union and rehire some of the meteorologists as nonunion but that the union was not told this during negotiations.
United did not have an immediate response Sunday evening.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Two deaths believed to be murder-suicide
The shooting deaths of a man and a woman in a Colorado Springs residence, apparently as police arrived, are being investigated as a murder-suicide, Sgt. Jane Anderson said.
The identities of the man, who appears to be in his early 40s, and the woman, who seems to be in her late 20s, haven’t been determined, Anderson said. It was unclear whether they lived in the residence.
Officers responded to a disturbance in the 3500 block of Lenoso Terrace about 11:21 p.m. Saturday. When they arrived, they heard shots fired, and after forcing their way in, they found the two dead.
A handgun was recovered at the scene.
ASPEN
Tents, some campers barred in bear country
Bear intrusions have led the U.S. Forest Service to ban tents and soft-shell campers at the Difficult Campground, 4 miles east of Aspen on Colorado 82.
Bill Westbrook, Aspen district ranger, said bears have broken into tents and vehicles several times in recent weeks.
There have been no bear- human confrontations so far, but rangers don’t want to take any chances.
