Woman reports rape on South Federal
A 29-year-old woman was attacked and sexually assaulted Saturday morning while waiting at a bus stop in the 2500 block of South Federal Boulevard, Denver police said.
The suspect grabbed the woman about 6:30 a.m., pulled her behind a nearby building and raped her, police said.
She was transported to Denver Health Medical Center.
Police described the suspect as a balding Hispanic man in his 20s, about 5 feet 6 inches. He had a slight mustache and several tattoos on his right arm, police said.
Detectives said it had not been determined whether this assault was related to others in the area. They expect to examine DNA evidence.
2 Arvada men killed in crash on dead end
Two Arvada men were killed when their Mercedes convertible sped into a dead end early Saturday and crashed in a residential neighborhood in Jefferson County.
Adam Campbell, 22, and Justin Westdal, 25, died after the vehicle Campbell was driving in excess of 100 mph crashed just before 1 a.m. into a “T” intersection in the 15000 block of West 58th Avenue, Colorado State Patrol officials said.
The vehicle went through a stop sign and collided with multiple rocks, trees and a fence, troopers said. The car then went airborne about 120 feet over a ditch, where it came to rest.
Campbell was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. He was rushed to St. Anthony Central Hospital, but died a short time later.
Westdal was wearing a seat belt, but died at the scene. Police had not determined whether alcohol was a factor in this crash.
1-night benefit slated for Katrina victims
The company of “Wicked” and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts will hold a one-night benefit Monday for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Tickets are $100 and include the show, raffles and auctions.
The proceeds will go to The American Red Cross, Denver & the Montrose Clinic.
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Garner Galleria Theater at 14th and Curtis streets.
Tickets may be purchased through the box office, 303-893-4100.
Illegal turn results in fatal car crash
An 18-year-old driver made an illegal U-turn on northbound U.S. 287 Saturday afternoon, killing a Denver man and injuring four others in an crash authorities said may have involved drugs.
Amber Maisel of Littleton was driving a Honda Civic with four passengers on the highway about a half mile north of Ted’s Place when she attempted a U-turn from the right lane, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Don Moseman said.
A GMC traveling in the left northbound lane broadsided the Honda, Moseman said.
Joseph Cochrane, 22, who was riding in the back seat of the Honda on the side that took the impact, was pronounced dead at Poudre Valley Hospital, Moseman said.
The four other people in the Honda were hospitalized. The driver of the GMC was not injured, he said.
Officials are investigating drugs as a possible factor in the crash, Moseman said.
Mexico to extradite suspected cop killer
A Mexican official says his country will extradite Raul Gomez-Garcia so the 20-year- old can face charges in the May 8 shooting death of Denver police Detective Donald “Donnie” Young.
“The Mexican government wants to see Mr. Gomez-Garcia face justice appropriately in the United States,” Geronimo Gutierrez, Mexico’s foreign secretary for North America, told 9News. “Bad guys should be behind bars.”
The extradition request filed by Denver prosecutors will now go through the Mexican courts. Gomez-Garcia can fight extradition, and if he loses, can appeal the decision to send him back.
If Gomez-Garcia files an appeal, the process could take more than a year. If he does not contest the decision, he could be back in Denver in a few months.
Mystery company to attract 600 new jobs
Colorado has attracted a company that will bring 600 new jobs to the state, Brian Vogt, director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, said Friday.
Vogt declined to name the company but said details will be released Tuesday.
“It has been a very exciting four-week run,” Vogt told members of the Colorado General Assembly’s Interim Committee on Economic Development.
A total of 1,275 new jobs have been created in the past month with the help of $2.1 million in tax incentives, Vogt said. Their total payroll will top $91 million.
Probe: Cadet jumped from dorm window
Air Force investigators on Friday said they found no evidence that anyone pushed or threw an Air Force Academy cadet who broke his back in a fall from a dormitory window.
Nicholas Khan, a freshman, fell at least 30 feet from the dorm on March 13. His father, Charles Khan of St. Louis, has said his son was pushed by a senior cadet who was angry because Nicholas Khan, 23, accused the senior of making unwanted advances toward a female cadet.
Testing to continue on jet-wake sensor
Flight Safety Technologies Inc., based in Mystic, Conn., has received a $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation/Volpe Center for continued work on wake vortex sensor technology, which it is testing at Denver International Airport.
It has been testing technology aimed at developing a reliable sensor for wake turbulence as part of a wake vortex advisory system that air-traffic controllers would use to safely separate planes during takeoffs and landings.
