Lakewood Edge

Jeffco Grand Jury indicts Highlands Ranch woman for allegedly accepting charitable donations from friends, neighbors and others while claiming to be under treatment for disease.

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Investigators hope tips from the public will help them find a man suspected of molesting a child in the locker room at the Ridge Recreation Center last weekend.
Jeffco Sheriff’s deputies were summoned to the center at 6613 S. Ward St. in Littleton about 5 p.m. Saturday after the victim told his [...]

DENVER- Wal-Mart is pulling 380,000 pounds of Tyson Foods deli meat that may be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause food poisoning, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The meat from Zemco Industries in Buffalo, NY, was included in “Marketside Grab and Go” pre-made sandwiches that were distributed nationwide to Wal-Mart stores, including [...]

LAKEWOOD – FasTracks work will close all lanes along a four-block stretch of Sheridan Boulevard for the entire weekend, Regional Transportation District construction officials announced.
And another stretch of the West Corridor light rail line also will handout a few headaches to drivers Monday night into Tuesday morning.
That work will close all lanes of westbound 6th [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – An investigation into a woman’s body found in a detention pond near Chatfield Reservoir earlier this week found no indication of foul play, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
“The preliminary investigation of the body recovered from the Jeffco pond at S. Carr St. and Ute Ave. has resulted in no suspicions of foul [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A pair of new identity-theft scams by con artists claiming to represent government offices have surfaced in Jeffco, prompting an alert from the Sheriff’s Office.
In one scam, a caller contacted a local automobile repair business and claimed to be an investigator for the Sheriff’s Office. The man told an employee of the [...]

LAKEWOOD – Regional Transportation District construction officials have canceled a planned Thursday night closure of the West 6th Avenue/Indiana Street area and will reschedule the work, the agency announced Wednesday afternoon.
The announcement gave no reason for the change in plans other than citing “unforeseen circumstances” in the FasTracks West Corridor light rail construction schedule.
“Prior notification [...]

Two salmonella-linked food recalls, one of them “likely linked” to an outbreak of the disease among customers at a popular Jeffco restaurant, were announced by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this week.
In a recall that health officials believe is linked to the Fort Restaurant in Morrison, Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A Edgewater man was sentenced Thursday to 192 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Edgewater girl in June 2009 after his third trial on the charges. One previous trial ended in a mistrial and another ended when the jury could not agree on a verdict.
But a third jury [...]

LAKEWOOD – Construction work on the FasTracks West Corridor light rail line will force a number of traffic closures in the coming week, Regional Transportation District officials said Friday.
The traffic detours started late Friday, when crews began work to move the off ramp from West 6th Avenue to traffic exiting eastbound to West Colfax Avenue [...]

Infected bat found on S. Turkey Creek Road had no known contact with humans, but health officials warn county’s residents to avoid bats and make sure pets are vaccinated, secured.

LAKEWOOD – Thunderbolt Orators, one of six Toastmaster clubs in the city, will cater to the younger set on “Bring a Kid to Toastmaster Day” Aug. 5 during their meeting at the Kinder Morgan Building, 370 Van Gordon St.
One of more than 10,000 Toastmaster clubs in the world, the Thunderbolt Orator Chapter is the winner [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Jessica Metzler, Campaign Manager
JEFFERSON COUNTY – County Commissioner Kathy Hartman announced Thursday that she has received more than 30 endorsements from Jefferson County officials from both major political parties. Hartman is running for re-election as Jefferson County Commissioner.
“I am both humbled and proud of the number of endorsements we have received during my [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Deb Frazier, Colorado State Parks
DENVER – Colorado State Parks will celebrate Colorado Day on Monday, Aug. 2 by offering free entrance at all 42 state parks.
Colorado Day was created by the state legislature to mark the anniversary of statehood, granted in 1876 by President Ulysses S. Grant. Free entrance at the state parks [...]

Police urge anyone with information about the suspected crime, which was reported earlier this month or the suspect, Adolfo Luna-Hernandez, to call Lakewood Police.

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NOT ALL REGISTERED VOTERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON ALL RACES. SAMPLE BALLOTS WILL
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UNOFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT
NOTE: FOR BALLOT ORDER AND CONTENT PURPOSES. ALL RACES ARE LISTED; HOWEVER,
NOT ALL REGISTERED VOTERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON ALL RACES. SAMPLE BALLOTS WILL
BE PRINTED, BY BALLOT STYLE, IN JULY.
“WARNING: Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an eligible elector to vote in any particular manner or [...]