Lakewood Edge

LAKEWOOD – Light rail construction will close all lands of Sheridan Avenue between West 10th and Colfax avenues from 9 p.m. tonight until 5:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a traffic alert issued by the Denver Transit Construction Group.
The closure will allow crews to set girders for a light rail bridge across Sheridan.
The suggested detours will [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – The Sheriff’s Office is beefing up its force of volunteer reserves, but applicants must apply by March 12.
Reserve deputies donate at least 16 hours a month, performing law enforcement services and assisting during emergencies. All reserve deputies are required to maintain the same high standards of conduct required of any deputy sheriff.
Reserve [...]

Tom Hoby will take the reins of Jeffco’s highly regarded Open Space program as director of the Community Resources Department. He will start at month’s end.

JEFFERSON COUNTY – If you plan to visit the county government campus on Johnson Road in the coming weeks, watch for delays or detours due to West Corridor light rail construction.
Crews moved in Monday to begin operations that include excavation for retaining walls and the parking garage, underground utility relocations, station construction and roadwork. During [...]

The Seniors’ Resource Center has some grant money available to pay for in-home services at little or no cost to qualifying senior citizens in Jefferson, Adams and Denver counties, the center announced.
The grant funds were provided through the Denver Regional Council of Governments.
The funding became available March 1 and the amount is limited, so the [...]

A Lakewood airline pilot Friday told a British court that he tried to fly a plane load of passengers despite being over the alcohol consumption limit that nation imposes on pilots because of a “miscalculation” moments before a judge handed down a suspended 10-month sentence.
Erwin Washington, 51, was scheduled to fly a Boeing 767 with [...]

LAKEWOOD – A bit of do-it-yourself sleuthing paid off for the family of an elderly woman
in a local assisted living center when the video camera they placed in the woman’s room prompted the arrest of a caregiver at the facility, investigators say.
Police arrested Gabriel Paul Cabral, 41, after the woman’s family gave police a videotape [...]

LAKEWOOD – Six people were jailed six reportedly stolen vehicles seized over the past two days after undercover investigators busted what they believe is an auto theft ring operating in Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County and other metro-area communities.
The arrests came after members of the Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force and the West Metro Drug [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A man suspected of leaving his baby home alone, then returning home after hours of drinking to find the child dead, apparently has posted bail after his bond was set at $50,000 earlier this week in Jeffco District Court.
Joseph Trujillo, 23, who was arrested Jan. 22 on suspicion of first-degree murder, was [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Kodi Bryant, Public Health Information Specialist, Jefferson County Public Health
This February, American Heart Month, take some time to consider the health of your heart and begin reducing your risk of heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women and men in the U.S. The American Heart Association estimates that [...]

AURORA – A Lakewood man is in the Arapahoe County jail this weekend, accused of breaking into a marijuana dispensary.
Robert Cordova, 50, was nabbed about 2:30 a.m. inside the Herbal Options dispensary in unincorporated Arapahoe County, according to Sheriff Grayson Robinson. Cordova is being held on suspicion of felony burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief.
According to [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested a man early Thursday after he allegedly left his 5-month-old son at home alone while he went to a local bar, and then returned home to find the baby unconscious and unresponsive.
The child later was pronounced dead and an autopsy will determine the cause of the child’s death.
Joseph [...]