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By Lakewood Edge • February 1st, 2012

Suspect accused of touching, taking illicit photo of teen-age girl during massage session at local instructional facility. Formal charges could be lodged as early as Thursday, according to the District Attoerney’s Office.

The LakewoodEdge is returning to updated coverage of Lakewood and surrounding areas in an attempt to better inform residents about the issues, achievements, challenges, people and happenings in our community.

70-count indictment alleges suspects took under-age victims to rooms in Lakewood, Denver, Boulder and West Slope cities for prostitution. Suspects also are believed to have provided drugs to the teens, according to indictment.

SUBMITTED BY: Sid Lucero, Lakewood
I wanted to tell everyone about my neighbor, Pete Roybal, who is running for election to Lakewood City Council.  When Pete, his wife Betty and their three kids moved into the Martindale neighborhood 16 years ago, he noticed we all had to pay several hundred dollars a year in flood insurance premiums.  This [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Maureen Sielaff, Littleton
The Jeffco School District employs a full-time lobbyist to try to influence the state legislature in matters affecting the district administrators and employees, not the students.  Direction to the lobbyist is theoretically provided by the board, however, the instructions are highly influenced by the administrator and the teacher unions.
Just this last [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Pete Roybal, Candidate for Lakewood City Council Ward 3
John Fox, Jose Duran and the mayor visited me Saturday to express their displeasure with my exposure of the Green Gables golf course development story.  While I can respect their right to support the development (or whatever their goal), I believe the people have a right to know what’s going [...]

Britt Cox is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2009 death of Bonni Bergen, whose body was found by firefighters after an explosion and fire at her home in northwest Lakewood.

Ward 4 councilman persuades Council and developers to limit reduction of lot frontage sizes and eliminate attached single family housing with up to 10 units from one planning area of the Rooney Valley community.

National Civic League award based on three local projects: Colfax Urban Renewal project and its light rail components, ‘greening’ of local businesses and O’Connell Middle School-based Boys and Girls Club.

DA criticizes sentence, saying the crimes – involving 82 counts handed down by a Jeffco Grand Jury in November 2009 – should have resulted in a heftier sentence because Porter has a dozen previous convictions on similar charges.

Before approving pay raise, Council resolves question about compliance with City Code by changing the Code’s language regarding the time frame for reviewing and revising the pay of Council members and the mayor.

Incumbent vows to “focus on smart budgeting” as well as transportation options and the quality of life in Lakewood. Murphy, who is in his fourth year as mayor, also was a two-term Ward 2 Councilman and member of the city’s Planning Commission.

Police chief presents “tentative” figures indicating that medical marijuana facilities and nearby neighborhoods are not at increased risk of crime. Revised ordinance adopted Monday effectively caps number of facilities in Lakewood at the current level of 15.

Labor talks postponed after Jeffco’s Board of Education clashes over closing negotiations to observers. Both sides claim the tie vote backs their respective positions, leaving the issue ‘in limbo,’ superintendent says.

Arrest came about 48 hours after Earl Albert Moore was identified as the man suspected of planting explosive devices and setting a small fire in the food court at the popular mall in south Jeffco last week. No one was injured in the incident.

Taxable values in some areas of the county fared worse: Conifer posted a 7 percent decline and the drop was as much as 14.9 percent. But values increased in some areas, including Wheat Ridge and Edgewater.

Detectives say boyfriend’s story was inconsistent with the injuries of the 3-year-old boy, who died about 20 hours after Lakewood police were summoned to investigate. Both suspects are to appear in court next week.

CCU’s athletes, as with the entire student body, serve communities at home and abroad as part of their student lifestyle. Although they posted no wins at the regional tourney, they scored big with senior citizens.