A 54-year-old woman was fatally stabbed early Thursday at a home in the 6000 block of Olive Street, Commerce City police said.
Cora Marie Archuleta of Commerce City died at Denver Health Medical Center from her injuries.
The woman’s 61-year-old former husband, Raymond Elias Chacon, also of Commerce City, was being held in Adams County’s detention facility on suspicion of first-degree murder and domestic- violence charges, police said.
Officers responded to the home about 6 a.m. and discovered the wounded woman.
They were directed to the location of the suspect and immediately placed him in custody, police said.
WHEAT RIDGE
Accident kills worker at rail container yard
A 58-year-old Wheat Ridge man was killed Thursday in an industrial accident at a BNSF Railway container trailer yard, authorities said.
Joseph L. Coverdale was driving a tractor-trailer carrying a loaded container about 4 a.m. when the container slipped off the front-end loader.
The force of the container’s falling caused the tractor to tip, and Coverdale struck the steering wheel, resulting in a fatal injury, authorities said.
Investigators said that the container was not fastened down and that Coverdale was not wearing a seat belt.
CENTENNIAL
Events set to benefit meningitis victim
Supporters of a man who contracted a rare form of bacterial meningitis that caused him to lose both arms and legs are sponsoring community events Saturday through April 29 called “Movin’ on With Mark.”
Mark Mather and his family are seeking to educate the public about a meningococcal vaccine while raising money to pay for his uninsured medical costs.
They hope to raise $250,000.
Events begin with a 5K Run/Walk for Meningitis from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Smoky Hill High School in Aurora.
For a complete list of events, go to MovinOnWithMark.com.
DENVER
Watering to be kept to three times a week
Denver Water customers again will be restricted to a three-times-a-week watering schedule beginning May 1 and running through Aug. 30, according to Denver Water officials.
The restrictions are the same as in 2006, despite an ample snowpack and full reservoirs.
Watering will be restricted between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Applying more water than reasonably necessary will not be allowed, and watering is forbidden when it is windy or raining.
Failure to comply with rules could result in fines.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Prescribed burn today northwest of Conifer
The Colorado State Forest Service and Colorado State Parks plan a prescribed burn today in Staunton State Park, northwest of Conifer.
As many as 104 acres of meadows and ponderosa pine will be burned to lower the risk of wildfire.
Smoke will be visible to motorists on U.S. 285 and to residents of the Conifer and Pine Junction areas.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Paving work to close U.S. 6 through canyon
U.S. 6 through Clear Creek Canyon will be closed April 30 to May 4 and again May 7 to 11 from Colorado 93 to Colorado 119 to allow for paving work.
That work includes rotomilling, striping and installation of centerline and shoulder rumble strips.
Suggested detours include Interstate 70 to exit 244 at the bottom of Floyd Hill and east on U.S. 6 to Colorado 119, and the Central City Parkway, exit 243 on I-70.
The $1.8 million project also includes paving three turnouts during the week of May 21 when U.S. 6 will remain open. Short traffic stops will be required while flaggers direct traffic through the area.
DENVER
Firm ordered to pay back wages to 267
Arapahoe Utilities and Infrastructure in Denver has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay workers $89,456 in back wages for violations of the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, federal officials said Thursday.
The Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division recovered back pay for 267 employees after an investigation found the firm, a sewage and storm drain- pipe contractor, failed to pay employees for overtime, federal officials said.
The firm agreed to pay the computed amount of back wages and to comply with the law, according to the release. Company officials could not be reached for comment.
The law requires that covered workers be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and 1 1/2 times their regular rates of pay for hours worked over 40 hours in a single workweek.
BOULDER
Slain woman’s neck had 18 knife wounds
A Lafayette woman whose body lay in a car trunk in her garage for three weeks after she was killed had 18 knife wounds on her neck and had been drinking alcohol, according to an autopsy report.
The report, released Wednesday, said some of the wounds in Linda Damm’s neck were superficial, but others reached major blood vessels. The report said Damm, 52, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.217 percent – more than twice the level at which a motorist is considered drunk.
Damm’s daughter, Tess Damm, 15, has been charged as an adult with conspiracy and other counts in her mother’s slaying. Tess Damm’s boyfriend, Bryan Grove, 17, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
WHEAT RIDGE
Man who tried to kidnap woman sought
Police are looking for a man who they say tried to kidnap a 19-year-old woman Tuesday morning as she walked south on Fenton Street.
The suspect drove a light- color SUV-type vehicle next to her while she walked, police said. He tried unsuccessfully to lure her into the vehicle and then tried to force her into the car.
A passer-by interrupted the attempted kidnapping, police said, and the man got back into the vehicle and drove north on Fenton and then west on West 32nd Avenue.
