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RUNNING ROOMdining, personal gatherings New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor
Westminster’s Guillermo Macias (7) tries to escape the grasp of Adams City’s Levi Deaguero, right, during second-quarter action in Westminster Oct. 15. The Wolves beat the PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY Eagles on homecoming 34-20. See more photos on page 8.
No charges for officers in June shooting death
A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent STAFF REPORT vard. A witness, whose name wasn’t weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day released, tooktest herpositivity son, Alire,rate to SuburbanHealth Hospital because BRIGHTON — Two was 15.9 percent, as ofCommerce Nov. 17, accordingNorth to Tri-County Department. of a mental-health issue. He chose City police offiCommerce cers involved in test positivity Brighton and City’s rates were both higher than not to accept treatment, according to the death of Robert Lee Alire this 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have the letter. spring won’t face criminal charges. died from COVID-19 related health To limit the left spread of COVID-19, witness the home and Seventeenth Judicial District At- issues.The returned two laterindoor to findand the torney Masonmoved sent a letter to restrictions at leastBrian 15 counties to tighter thathours prohibits home “in shambles,” according to Commerce City police Chief Clint personal gatherings. Nichols in which he outlined his reasons. The two officers involved were Officer Michael Pasko and Officer Joshua Moody. The incident happened June 28 in the 7300 block of Brighton Boule-
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the D.A. “Robert Alire told Y.R. (the witness) that ‘undercover police’ and ‘federal agents’ were him Photo byfollowing Belen Ward and were coming to kill him,” the letter said. The witness called 911 and said her son “was all high on
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drugs and just destroyed my house.” As Denver metro The two offi cers counties arrived continue shortly to inch closer local stay-at-home orders after noontoand discovered the home was unincorporated underinColorado’s system ofAdams coronavirusCounty, not Commerce City. The letrelated restrictions, the state announced ter said officers waited for sheriff’s a new leveltoofarrive. rules that indoor deputies Asprohibits they waited, dining and personal gatherings — a Officer Moody talked with the witchangeBoth that applies the majority of the ness. officerstolater described not wanting to get too involved outDenver metro area and many counties in side their jurisdiction and waiting other regions. around simply to ensure that “no COVID-19 dial, whichinside has oneThe state’s got hurt.” Alire remained been in effect since September, is the set the home. ofJust different levels of restrictions that each after Moody and the witness began their conversation, Alire
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county is required to follow based on the severity of a county’s local virus spread. The dial grewtoout of the “appeared open thestate’s frontsafer-atdoor homecall order thecer policy thatto came after and for—Offi Pasko come closer.” Thestay-at-home letter said Pasko’s the statewide order this intent wasallowed to tell numerous Mr. Aliretypes that of spring and deputies were on the way. Alire then businesses to reopen. drew a knife from his waistband and The state switchedAtovideo color charged at recently Officer Pasko. identifiers — levels blue, yellow and recording shows Alire running toorange rather than levels — to wards the offi cer numbered with a large knife in his right hand. avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red “He was off the stairs running meant a stay-at-home order.and Now, level at me ...within two to three secred — “severe risk” — is the secondonds,” Officer Pasko said to investi-
gators as described in the DA’s letter.
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