A woman called the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Friday night to report she had just shot her husband, officials say.
April McCorkle, 43, was arrested for investigation of first-degree assault in the shooting of Robert McCorkle, 48, in the stomach with a handgun, Cmdr. Phil West, Boulder sheriff’s spokesman, said Saturday.
April McCorkle called the Sheriff’s Office at 8:48 p.m. from her home in the 1200 block of Camp Eden Road near Wondervu.
Officers from the Boulder and Gilpin County sheriff’s offices and the Nederland Police Department responded, West said.
Robert McCorkle had been shot in the lower abdomen, and the bullet had passed through his body, he said.
Officials found the gun at the home and arrested April McCorkle, West said.
Robert McCorkle was listed in serious but stable condition at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver. He underwent surgery Friday night, West said.
Sheriff’s deputies continue to investigate what caused the confrontation, he said.
DENVER
Council delay sought on Ruby Hill vote
Three City Council members will ask to delay a decision on the controversial proposal for new power-line towers over Ruby Hill Park when the full council meets Monday.
Councilmen Charlie Brown, Chris Nevitt and Paul Lopez have agreed to continue meeting with a group of stakeholders for six weeks to “consider credible options,” according to a summary of a meeting Wednesday obtained through an open-records request.
Neighbors around Ruby Hill recoiled at a proposal to change the view-plane ordinance at Ruby Hill to allow Xcel Energy to replace existing towers with towers that are 5 feet to 26 feet taller.
Neighbors have sought to bury the lines under the park, a move that would increase the cost of the project by $4.4 million.
After a contentious council meeting July 9, Nevitt, Lopez and an aide to Brown met with neighborhood representatives, Xcel officials and members of Mayor John Hickenlooper’s office in closed-door sessions with a mediator.
According to the summary, the group of 23 people will look at a range of options, including forming a general or local improvement district, establishing an energy surcharge or other financing options.
ENGLEWOOD
Girl treated after falling three stories
A 2-year-old girl was taken to Swedish Medical Center after she climbed out of her crib and fell out a third-story bedroom window onto rocks Saturday afternoon, police say.
The girl received cuts but does not have life-threatening injuries, said Detective Perry Schellpfeffer, Englewood Police Department spokesman.
The child’s mother said she laid the girl down for an afternoon nap, Schellpfeffer said. The window did not have a screen, he said.
No charges will be filed, he said.
DENVER
Two Revenue Dept. theft figures in court
A former state tax supervisor and an entertainment promoter accused of funneling $11.1 million in taxpayer money into phony accounts were advised of the charges against them Friday.
Michelle Cawthra, 30, who worked for the Colorado Department of Revenue, and Hysear Don Randell, 40, face more than 90 counts, including forgery, embezzlement of public property, racketeering, theft by receiving and conspiracy to commit theft.
The two, who authorities say had an intimate relationship, will be arraigned Aug. 3 in Denver District Court. Both are in jail in lieu of $10 million bail each.
Randell’s wife, Trudy Randell, 37, also is accused in the alleged scheme. She was arrested in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday after a grand jury in Denver indicted all three.
Trudy Randell will make her first court appearance Tuesday in Tampa. She’s in jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Authorities say the three concocted a plan to defraud the state Department of Revenue between August 2005 and July 2007.
CRESTED BUTTE
Canadians plan mine atop Mount Emmons
A Canadian company is planning a mine atop Mount Emmons and predicts molybdenum production could start by 2013, riling opponents of developing the peak that looms over the ski town of Crested Butte.
Kobex Resources Ltd., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, said it will submit a plan to the U.S. Forest Service by year’s end. An environmental impact statement and feasibility study will be done.
“If these timelines are met, Kobex expects mine operations to begin in 2010,” the company said in a statement.
“We think that this time frame is unrealistic and doesn’t provide any meaningful dialogue with the Gunnison Valley,” said Dan Morse of the High Country Citizens’ Alliance.
Residents and elected officials have fought for years to block mining on Emmons.
The law firm Western Mining Action Project is representing mine opponents in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop development.
DENVER
Former CU official won’t be charged
Denver prosecutors have decided not to charge a former University of Colorado official who, auditors say, used school money for personal travel and to pay for his personal side business.
Donald Stevens, former managing director of CU-Denver’s Institute for International Business, repaid more than $268,000 after auditors found he spent thousands of dollars for personal gain, officials and reports said.
Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney’s office, said the head of the economic-crimes unit decided that prosecutors did not have enough evidence to pursue a criminal case.
Auditors said that Stevens’ personal travel was about $12,000 and that he, as president of the Economic Club of Colorado, had institute staffers do work for the ECC valued at about $256,000.
That included rent, labor and supplies that school officials weren’t aware were used for the ECC, auditors said.
