JEFFERSON COUNTY – Police released the name Monday of a woman killed in what authorities said was a drunken- driving accident.
The car, carrying four passengers, was northbound on South Wadsworth Boulevard in Jefferson County when it rolled over and came to a stop in the parking lot of Swedish Southwest Medical Center, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Amanda Locke, 24, of Golden was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday, troopers said. The three other occupants were treated for minor injuries and released.
The driver, Kevin Burnett, 45, of Littleton, has been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and speeding, police said.
Trooper spokesman Ron Watkins said the car rolled several times, crashing into trees, bushes and a large light pole.
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WELD COUNTY
Chase through Neb., Colo. ends in arrest
Authorities arrested a man who police say led them on a chase through three jurisdictions.
Authorities had been chasing the man from Kimball County, Neb., across the state line into Logan County and then into Weld County.
Officers found his 1992 Ford pickup on Colorado 71, southeast of the Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado state lines. A search of his truck turned up a small amount of methamphetamine and a large amount of ammunition, police said.
At dawn, officers found Mark Harken, 24, of Aplington, Iowa, hiding in a ravine in Weld County, police said. He was armed with a .22-caliber rifle, a 12- gauge shotgun and a revolver, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office.
Harken was arrested and charged with eluding authorities and possession of methamphetamine, police said.
WASHINGTON
DeGette files protest against BLM plan
Congresswoman Diana DeGette on Monday filed a formal protest against a Bureau of Land Management plan to allow energy development on the Roan Plateau.
DeGette said her primary concern about the plan was that it runs contrary to public opinion to protect the plateau.
“While it is billed as a compromise, it clearly was created to encourage energy development on the Roan Plateau,” she wrote.
The plan, which was released in September, would allow energy companies to get at nearly 90 percent of the estimated 4.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas under the plateau top. Drilling, however, is restricted to 1 percent – about 350 acres – of the plateau top at any given time.
COMMERCE CITY
Cops say vehicle break-ins on rise
The northern part of Commerce City has seen a spike in the number of vehicle break-ins, police said Monday.
Between Wednesday and Sunday, 23 vehicles were broken into and had property stolen, police said.
Commerce City police investigators have video-surveillance footage of one suspect using a credit card stolen from one of the break-ins.
THORNTON
Man, 24, fatally shot in suspected pot deal
A 24-year-old man was shot multiple times during a suspected marijuana purchase in the parking lot of a Thornton apartment complex and later died, police said Monday.
Timothy L. Marx died at Denver Health Medical Center, police said. Officers found him in the east parking lot of the Village 88 Apartments, 388 E. 88th Ave., on Saturday night.
Witnesses told investigators that Marx was with Quinten Marsailles Arnwine, 19, just before several shots were fired, police said. An arrest warrant was issued for Arnwine on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, police said.
DENVER
Dennis dismisses lobbying complaint
Republican Secretary of State Gigi Dennis on Monday dismissed a complaint against a Republican political group that claimed the organization violated the state’s lobbying laws.
Colorado Common Cause alleged that The Trailhead Group broke lobbying laws during the summer’s special session on immigration by making automated phone calls to voters.
“The automated calls initiated by Trailhead do not appear to constitute ‘lobbying’ … since the calls refer to prior legislation or to unspecified future legislation,” wrote William Hobbs, deputy secretary of state.
Hobbs wrote that the calls were “issue advocacy,” which is how Alan Philp of Trailhead described the calls in July.
Jenny Flanagan of Common Cause said the group disagrees with the decision.
BOULDER
Firefighters to burn slash to reduce fires
Fire crews with the Boulder Ranger District of the Arapahoe and Roosevelt national forests will burn slash piles this fall and winter.
The piles are mostly a result of recent forest thinning and aspen-enhancement activities.
Burning slash piles reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfire.
