Conifer – Radio personality Scott Cortelyou was arrested Wednesday for a second time on suspicion of Internet sexual exploitation of a child.
Cortelyou, 53, who hosts “Business for Breakfast” on KRCN 1060-AM and several sister stations across Colorado, was arrested last week at a radio station in Lakewood by Fort Collins police for allegedly trying to lure a child over the Internet, police said.
The charges stem from an investigation by Fort Collins and Jefferson County authorities into an Internet chat Cortelyou was alleged to have had with an undercover police officer posing as an underage child in August, police said.
According to court documents, Cortelyou engaged in more than one sexually graphic Internet conversation with a person he was led to believe was underage.
His arrest Wednesday stems from a different jurisdiction and before the incident that prompted his arrest by Fort Collins investigators Jan. 23, according to a news release.
Cortelyou is being held without bail pending a court appearance this morning in Jefferson County, authorities said.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
Snowshoer’s death due to natural causes
The Jefferson County coroner’s office has ruled that the Jan. 20 death of a man who was reported missing while snowshoeing in south Jefferson County was due to natural causes.
There was an extensive search for Mel Dinklage, 45, an emergency room nurse at Swedish HealthOne Southwest who lived in Highlands Ranch.
His body was found in a frozen creek between Waterton Canyon and Chatfield Reservoir.
DENVER
Hosokawa, Peña to get ADL awards
William K. “Bill” Hosokawa, a veteran Colorado journalist, and former Denver Mayor Federico Peña will be given the Anti- Defamation League’s 2007 Civil Rights Awards next week.
Hosokawa, a reporter and editor at The Denver Post for 38 years and a columnist at the Rocky Mountain News for six years, wrote extensively about the Japanese-American experience in internment camps during World War II.
Peña, mayor from 1983 to 1991, began his career as a civil rights attorney and served as U.S. secretary of transportation and secretary of energy under President Clinton.
The ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday at the Adam’s Mark Hotel.
BOULDER
Cech out of running for top Harvard job
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Tom Cech has withdrawn his name for consideration for the presidency of Harvard University, Cech said Wednesday from his laboratory at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Cech, whose name had been floated as a leading candidate by The Boston Globe, said he already has “great” jobs with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Silver Spring, Md., and CU, which he visits monthly to work with a staff of 10 scientific colleagues.
WHEAT RIDGE
Police impersonator pulls woman over
A man portraying himself as a police officer pulled over a 24-year-old woman in the 4500 block of Ward Road about 7 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
The man was driving a car with red and blue overhead lights, the woman told police. He allegedly asked the woman to get out of her car, questioned her, warned her about a traffic offense and released her.
Police spokeswoman Lisa Stigall said there is no record of a police officer making a traffic stop in that area at that time.
WASHINGTON
DeGette introduces e-poll book measure
Denver’s troubled November election has sparked legislation in Washington.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., introduced the E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 2007 on Wednesday “to improve elections and prevent a repeat of the voting difficulties that occurred in Denver during the 2006 elections.”
A computer system used to check in voters at the polls – or e-poll book – was overwhelmed on Election Day. The problems led to hours-long lines at the polls and many potential voters simply leaving.
The legislation amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 by requiring the development of voluntary standards for electronic poll books.
DENVER
Jury convicts suspect of 1996 sex assault
A 51-year-old man was found guilty Wednesday of the 1996 rape of a Denver woman.
Lavern Barron was found guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual assault by a jury that deliberated only 30 minutes before reaching the verdict.
The victim, who was 27 in 1996, was asleep in her home when she awoke to find a man holding a knife to her throat.
Denver police reviewed the case as part of Denver’s Cold Case Project.
DNA left at the scene matched Barron’s, and early last year, Detective Barbara Wimmer presented the case to prosecutors for filing.
Barron was serving a 48-year prison sentence for burglary at the time and had been required to provide DNA for the database when he entered prison.
Barron will be sentenced in early April. He faces 16 to 48 years in prison.
