Trick, not treat. Erin Toll answered her doorbell on Halloween armed with treats to dole out to little witches and goblins, but instead she was tricked.
A process server tricked the former director of the state’s Division of Real Estate into bagging a subpoena to attend a deposition in an insurance case.
“OMG. I went to the door when the bell rang with the candy in hand, and I was SERVED! Very sneaky. Gotta give the process server credit,” Toll wrote on her Facebook page Sunday.
It may have been sneaky, but it’s not a tactic that law enforcement officers or private process servers use to track down those who are difficult to find.
“For law enforcement, it’s not a special day,” said Jacki Kelley, spokeswoman for the Jefferson County sheriff’s department. “The private sector might look at it as an opportunity.”
Not so, says Melissa Brookstone, co-owner of Colorado Process Servers.
“We try to avoid holidays unless we know someone is going to be there,” said Brookstone, who has served more than 9,000 people since 2006. “We usually rely on foreknow ledge — when somebody knows somebody is going to be there.
“Friday night is known by most process servers as not a very good time. It’s like that with Christmas and Thanksgiving — even Bronco games.”
Process servers in Douglas County try to avoid serving people with eviction notices on holidays such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, said Lt. Jeff Egner.
“But we don’t have any prohibition about serving on Halloween,” he said.
Prior to the Halloween incident, Toll posted: “So I resigned as Director of the Division of Real Estate four months ago and I’ve been sued three more times. That makes 12 times in my three years as director. Makes me wonder who would want that job!”
Beer here.
Coors Brewery in Golden will be open for free tours for the first time on a Saturday night as a part of Night at the Museums, part of Denver Arts Week, a nine-day homage to all things artsy.
The brewery will be open from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday with 30-minute self-guided tours of the largest single brewing site on Earth.
Post-tour, participants can sample a variety of Coors products, including Killian’s Irish Red ale, Coors Gold and Winterfest.
Night at the Museums consists of 18 Denver-area museums, which will stay open from 5 to 10 p.m. for free. For a list of all events, go to denver .
Sweet music.
The 1stBank Center (formerly known as the Broomfield Event Center) has been nominated as one of the four best new arenas in the world by Pollstar magazine, the authority for the music touring business.
If the music venue, managed by Anschutz Entertainment Group and Kroenke Sports Enterprises for the City of Broomfield, wins, it will be among previous winners in the past five years that have been AEGLive buildings: the 02 in London, Nokia Club in Los Angeles and the Nokia Times Square in New York.
Eavesdropping
on a man talking about trick-or-treating with his kids Sunday: “We had a guy who gave out erasers. I don’t know if he’s a dentist or what.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail pparker@denverpost.com.
