Golden – Raymond F. Armelino, 44, of Lakewood was found guilty Tuesday on five of nine counts of sex-related offenses related to his practice as a physical therapist.
Armelino, a licensed physical therapist since 1995, faces 10 years to life in prison when he is sentenced July 19. He is being held without bail in the Jefferson County Jail.
He was convicted on multiple counts of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust, and unlawful sexual contact.
Trial testimony alleged that Armelino used his position as a health-care provider to sexually assault patients, including girls under 18, and by performing fake medical examinations.
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LARAMIE
Flying headboard kills Loveland woman
A Colorado woman was killed and a Texas woman injured after a heavy headboard blew out of the bed of a pickup and crashed into the windshield of a sport utility vehicle.
The driver of the pickup was cited for driving with an unsecured load, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
The accident happened Monday afternoon on Wyoming 230 about 10 miles south of Laramie.
The 250-pound headboard blew out of the bed of the 2004 Chevrolet pickup driven by Brian Soukup, 56, of Livermore, Colo.
The headboard crashed into the windshield of a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban heading the opposite direction.
The Suburban went off the road, struck a culvert and rolled over. The crash killed the driver of the Suburban, Lois A. Dewey, 54, of Loveland.
A passenger in the Suburban, Helen Reikosski, 57, of Denton, Texas, was taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie but no longer was in that hospital Tuesday. Hospital officials said they weren’t sure whether she was discharged or transferred to another hospital.
The headboard also struck a 2005 Toyota van carrying four people.
Soukup stopped without crashing and wasn’t hurt.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Suspect held after man shot to death
A 20-year-old Colorado Springs man was shot to death Monday after an altercation between people in two cars.
The El Paso County coroner’s office completed an autopsy Tuesday and found that Anthony Grimaldo died of a gunshot wound to the back. The shooting occurred at 8:08 p.m. while two cars were parked in a lot in the 300 block of South Hancock Avenue.
While searching the area after the shooting, police said they detained two men who were walking about four blocks from the scene.
Police said they arrested one of the men, John Rangel, 18, on suspicion of first-degree murder.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Two men arrested after vandalism, thefts
Two south-metro men remained in the Douglas County Detention Facility on Tuesday on charges that they smashed windows and burglarized cars and trucks during a weekend spree in Highlands Ranch.
Anthony Fairchild, 19, of Centennial and Brian Shirley, 20, of Parker were arrested after they fled on foot from a Doug las County sheriff’s deputy, police said. Another suspect is still at large.
The Sheriff’s Office said at least five vehicles were burglarized on Painted Sky Street and Prairie Ridge Road early Saturday morning.
Fairchild was charged with felony counts of theft, trespassing and criminal mischief, as well as a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.
Shirley was charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of theft and resisting arrest.
BEAVER CREEK
Gerald Ford auction to benefit 3 projects
Former President Gerald Ford’s golf clubs, skis, cowboy hats and other personal items from his Colorado home will be auctioned to benefit three projects, Guernsey’s auction house said.
The July 7 auction will include engraved crystal, American flags and books among the 511 lots from the home that Ford and his wife, Betty, owned in Beaver Creek, near Vail.
The former president died Dec. 26 at age 93.
Betty Ford, 89, was released from a California hospital in April after surgery for an undisclosed problem.
New York-based Guernsey’s said on its website the auction will benefit the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens near Vail; a planned OK Corral Camp for seriously ill children; and the Eagle River Scholarship Fund, which provides financial aid for needy students to attend post- secondary school.
The auction will be in Beaver Creek.
DENVER
Patrol unit to focus on immigration laws
A new unit of the Colorado State Patrol will help enforce federal immigration laws starting July 1 now that 22 troopers have completed a five-week training program.
The troopers will do “limited immigration law enforcement” under an agreement with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the patrol said Tuesday in a written statement.
The troopers will “identify and remove” illegal immigrants involved in criminal activity, the State Patrol said.
The State Patrol is the 17th law enforcement agency nationwide with a working agreement with ICE. The Colorado troopers will receive their ICE training certificates in a ceremony today. Their average score in the program was 94.14, highest ever for the course.
