Posts tagged Community
Thanksgiving dinner ends in physical altercation
Dec 2nd
BOULDER COUNTY- At approximately 5:00 p.m. Boulder County Communications received a 911 call reporting a stabbing in the area of West Magnolia, unincorporated Boulder County. Two local transients invited a third to join them for Thanksgiving dinner. The group’s conversation spiraled into a disagreement and physical altercation. The invited guest picked up a kitchen knife and threatened 34 year old Brendan Hayes, who put up his hands to defend himself. The invited guest slashed Brendan’s hands several times. The invited guest left the area prior to Deputies arriving.
Brendan was transported by Pridemark Ambulance to Boulder Community Hospital where he was treated for cuts on his hands.
The suspect is described as a white male, 5’ 8”- 5’10” tall. He had brown hair and a slender to medium build. He was wearing blue jeans and a dark hooded sweatshirt. He fled the area in a faded yellow four door sedan. This incident is recorded under Boulder County Sheriff’s Office case number 13-6408
Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to contact the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office at 303-441-4444.
Commander Heidi Prentup
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
303-441-1500]
Feed them and they will die!
Nov 27th
In recent years, bears have become more reliant on trash as a food source. By leaving their natural habitat to scavenge for food, bears are unintentionally putting themselves in danger. Securing trash and compost storage will help protect bears, increase public safety, and allow bears and humans to better co-exist.
The City of Boulder is asking for the community’s input on options to make food waste less accessible to bears. Community members are encouraged to complete a survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/bears-trash to help evaluate potential options for the location, storage and enforcement of trash regulations.
The city will also host a public meeting from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, in the West Senior Center (909 Arapahoe Ave.) to get community input on options for securing trash in Boulder.
At its Oct. 15, 2013, meeting, City Council received a staff update on bears and trash in the urban interface. This update was, in part, due to community and council concern related to four bears that were killed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife because of public safety concerns.
At the meeting, council identified securing trash from bears as a priority and staff committed to developing options that will be presented for consideration in early 2014. The community’s input will help shape the options delivered to City Council in January 2014.
For the most up-to-date information, visit the Securing Trash to Protect Bears Web page.
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Police shooting being investigated
Nov 24th
Boulder officers responded to a call at 12:30 p.m. from a neighbor who reported that a man, armed with a knife and a machete, was making threatening remarks and stabbing a post outside his apartment. When officers arrived, no one was outside. They knocked on the door of the apartment where the suspect lives. When they got no response, they forced the door open. A male suspect jumped out from near the doorway and came toward the first responding officer with a knife in each of his hands. Preliminary reports are that the officer ordered him to get down. When the suspect did not, the officer fired his rifle twice.
The suspect was transported to Boulder Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The officer, a 14-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department, was uninjured. He will be placed on administrative leave with pay, pursuant to departmental policy in these types of incidents. Several other officers witnessed the shooting.
Neither the suspect nor the officer is being identified at this time, as officers are working to notify their families.
The Boulder County Investigation Team is staffed by investigators from a variety of Boulder County law enforcement agencies. The team is responsible for conducting unbiased, objective investigations in cases when officers use deadly force or other incidents involving in-custody deaths.
Officer-involved shootings are unusual in Boulder. The last incident of this type involving Boulder police was in 2008 when a SWAT officer shot and killed a man who said he was wearing a bomb and threatened to detonate it inside Boulder Community Hospital.
Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
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