July 1
Police responded to a call at a residence in the 2600 block of Juniper Avenue on a domestic violence report. After investigating the incident, police arrested a 31-year-old woman for Domestic Violence, Physical Harassment and Child Abuse.
And amazingly, nothing in our area was on the blotter on Independence Day.
More catch-up work… here are a few police blotter highlights from the last little while. I’m writing this before the July 4th weekend stuff is available, and I’m sure there’ll be more to mine there.
Police responded to a report of a prowler who was knocking on the doors and windows of a residence in the 3200 block of O’Neal Circle. Police found a 46-year-old man outside and arrested him for Domestic Violence, Harassment and DUI and DUI per se. The man is a former boyfriend of the victim. 11-5916
Someone tampered with an irrigation ditch gate at the Goose Creek Fork, (approx. 2635 Mapleton), flooding an area near 30thStreet & Pearl Parkway. No suspect information. 11-5924
Police investigated a burglary in the 2700 block of Valmont. The residents admitted to leaving their door unlocked. A game system and computer items are missing. No suspect information.
I guess that’d be the Walgreens?
“Police arrested a 21-year-old woman for Fraud & Deceit and False Reporting to Authorities after the woman tried to falsely obtain a prescription for a controlled substance at a pharmacy in the 2700 block of 28th Street.”
“Police responded to an auto-pedestrian accident in the 2600 block of 28th Street. A young boy had been playing on a trailer that was towed by a pick-up truck. It appears the driver of the truck was unaware of the boy when he drove away, and the boy was run over by the trailer. He was transported to the hospital.”
Last night there was yet another big car wreck at 28th and Iris. We couldn’t tell exactly what happened, but it looked like two cars were involved. One ended up in the westbound lane of Iris (next to the sign for Rocky Mountain Soccer, the liquor store and Murphy’s and all of that), facing east. Couldn’t tell if it started out that way or what. Southbound 28th was blocked off by a fire truck, an ambulance, couple of police cars…
Unrelated, this was on the blotter for April 18:
Police investigated an anonymous report of a substantial amount of graffiti in the area of 34th Street and Iris Avenue. Many electrical boxes, mail boxes, newspaper stands and parking signs were tagged. No suspect information. 11-4781
If you saw a hearse going the wrong way on the Diagonal recently, here’s why: the body of the young man who was killed at the intersection of 28th and Iris Ave. was headed for a funeral. His father was in the hearse. And…
On the ride there, the hearse driver entered the Diagonal Highway going the wrong direction, “barely escaping oncoming traffic,” and didn’t pull over until Phillip Maldonado screamed, according to the lawsuit. After that, the driver began speeding toward a red light and slid to a stop only after Phillip Maldonado screamed again, the lawsuit said.
“To make matters worse, this was the same road that Mr. Maldonado’s son, Alex, was killed when a driver ran a red light only four days earlier,” the lawsuit said. “Crist and its driver employee was aware of the manner, cause and location of Alex’s death, yet drove the hearse with both Mr. Maldonado and Alex’s body in an egregiously insensitive, reckless, negligent and dangerous manner.”
When they arrived at the funeral home, the driver and another employee tried to unload the casket from the hearse.
“With Mr. Maldonado watching, one or more of the handlers let go of the casket and dropped it,” according to the lawsuit. “The casket went crashing to the cement ground, its lid opened suddenly, and Alex’s body tumbled out and fell directly onto its face directly in front of Mr. Maldonado.”
Maldonado is suing Crist Mortuary. Crist, for what its worth, says it is sorry.
At first, I thought it was a huge cloud. This was probably half an hour after the fire started. The wind carried the plume of smoke in such a way that it drew a straight line to 28th St. and Iris Ave.
Photo taken from Villa Shopping Center parking lot.
Photos of ash on the doormat didn’t turn out too well, but it doesn’t matter — there are photos that tell the story far more compellingly now.
Tonight, there’s a benefit just outside of what we’d call “our neighborhood,” but it still has some Condo City flavor: The Whiskey Bottles will play some tunes, Comida and Streat Chefs will sell some food and Common Threads and other businesses will collect donations for Fourmile Canyon Fire relief at Common Threads.
Needless to say, it’s bad out there — close your windows, keep your air recycled and get a mask if you have to go outside. The light turned orange about 11:30 this morning and that’s when the ash started falling. The smoke was going directly over Iris and 28th today early on, and now it has widened to become a giant cloud over the city.
Drink a lot of water today, folks.
Follow the developing Fourmile Canyon fire story at the Camera.
Send in your smoke photos of you’ve got ‘em. I’ll post some when I’m not so busy. Here’s one from a Camera reader, taken from Nederland.
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