LAKEWOOD – An 18-year-old man and three juveniles were arrested Monday night on suspicion that they shot out as many as 25 car and house windows in Lakewood with BB or pellet guns, officials said.
Shain Anthony Brown, 18, and the three juveniles were arrested for investigation of felony criminal mischief, which caused as much as $25,000 in damage, said Steve Davis, Lakewood police spokesman.
Brown was also under investigation for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Davis said.
About 9 p.m., Lakewood police answered a 911 call at a home in the 1200 block of South Dover Way, where someone had shot the front window, he said.
Police began receiving several more calls from car owners and a business owner, reporting their windows were broken.
Police stopped the suspects’ car near the intersection of South Reed Court and West Jewell Avenue.
MORE BRIEFS
DENVER
Hit-and-run deaths prompt town hall
Two Colorado state legislators are holding a “Town Hall Meeting” in Skyline Park today to seek the public’s input on how to help prevent future drunken driving fatalities.
State Rep. Joel Judd and Sen. Jennifer Veiga, both Denver Democrats, said they were compelled to call the meeting by the deaths last month of two children and their mother, who were run down by an alleged drunken driver.
Only the father survived the Nov. 10 hit-and-run in downtown Denver.
The meeting will be at noon in Skyline Park near the corner of 15th and Arapahoe streets.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Man shoots at cops, then surrenders
A suicidal man fired two bullets at Colorado Springs police Tuesday evening before surrendering, police said.
Dario Murphy threw his gun outside after officers fired shots at him, according to a police news release.
No one was injured.
Police answered a call of a suicidal man with a gun in the 3000 block of Fountain Boulevard.
At 5:58 p.m., Murphy stuck his arm out the door and fired two shots, the news release said.
Murphy was being held for investigation of attempted first-degree murder, according to the release.
WASHINGTON
Allard thanked for help in getting justice
A Colorado woman who fought for punishment of the men who killed her husband in Indonesia commended Sen. Wayne Allard on Tuesday for helping secure their imprisonment.
“I just cannot thank you enough for the role you played,” Patsy Spier, 49, of Centennial told Allard at his office.
Spier’s visit to Washington marked her 21st trip to Congress since her husband, Rick, was killed in Jakarta in 2002. This trip was different, however. This time she came in “celebration,” she said.
Antonius Wamang was convicted and in November sentenced to life in prison in Spier’s killing. Two accomplices received seven-year sentences and four other accomplices were sentenced to 18 months.
“The outcome is better than what we anticipated,” Allard said. “Frankly, it was because of her perseverance.”
Patsy and Rick Spier were living in Indonesia while working as elementary-school teachers. On Aug. 31, 2002cq, they were in a caravan returning home from a picnic when Wamang and the others fired at them.attacked, firing a fusillade of bullets.
Ted Burgon cq, 71, of Oregon and Indonesian instructor Bambang Riwanto cq also were killed. A 6-year-old girl was injured.
Rick Spier, 41, and others in the caravan taught children of employees at a mine run by U.S.-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc cq.
The killers belonged to a group fighting for an independent state in Papua. The Associated Press reported during the trial that the killers mistakenly attacked the caravan, thinking it carried soldiers.
Patsy Spier began lobbying in 2003 cq for lawmakers to help compel Indonesian authorities to investigate the killing. Allard in October 2003 cq offered a legislative amendment that cut off $400,000 cq in funds for military training until the U.S. secretary of state certified there had been cooperation in investigating the killings.
Indonesia then allowed U.S. FBI agents into the country to investigate, which turned up evidence that ultimately helped the case, Spier said.
When Spier first contacted Allard, he feared he wouldn’t be able to help, he said Tuesday. International cases like hers are difficult, he said, because governments don’t like other governments telling them what to do.
Spier said she hopes the case will be a catalyst for how Indonesia and other countries will handle such cases. The country’s justice system was perceived as weak and corrupt before the trial, she said.
