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November 8, 2012
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Man gets life term in murder
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Enrique Amaya of Pontiac, Mich., will spend his life in prison for orchestrating the violent murder of Joaquin Lucero-Carrillo in Littleton. “This case demonstrates the violence that accompanies large-scale narcotics trafficking,” U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade said. “Dismantling these large drug organizations with lengthy prison
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Marie St. Germain Lohman Marie St. Germain Lohman passed from this life on Saturday, October 27, 2012. She was 89. Ms. Lohman came to Littleton in 1942 from Ogema, MN. She was employed at the Heckathorn defense factory during World War II where she met and married William (Bill) St.Germain. She became a mother and homemaker following the war and remained in Littleton for over 70 years. Marie is survived by her three daughters, Louise Ann Bissett (Gerald), Connie Nelsen (Brian), and Patricia St.Germain. She will also be remembered by her four grandchildren, Christine Hard, Nick Bissett, Jessica Rainey and Heather Abraham; and her six great grandchildren, Shelby, Maya, Lauren, Jayce, Tuscan, and Brooklyn. Marie was preceded in death by her first husband, William A. St.Germain (1980) and her second husband, John T. Lohman (1998). Throughout her lifetime, Ms. Lohman attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was an active member of the Littleton Lady Elks Association, Lodge #1650. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, charitable contributions be made to the American Cancer Society, the Alzheimer’s Association or the Sophi Fund for the Blind (via Littleton Elks Lodge #1650). Funeral services were Nov 2nd at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton. Private burial followed at Littleton Cemetery.
sentences is essential to protecting the safety of our communities.” Amaya was sentenced on Oct. 29 in federal court in Detroit. The murder-for-hire plot began in Detroit and ended on June 10, 2010, with Lucero-Carillo dead in the doorway of his second-floor apartment in Parkland Square Apartments, 750 W. Belleview Ave., at the hands of Franklin Sierra-Rodriguez, also of Pontiac. Sierra-Rodriguez was captured in Houston the next day and pleaded guilty to being part of the conspiracy. He was not, however, the brains behind the plot, just the hired gun. The man who orchestrated the murder was Amaya, who was found guilty June 1 of hiring Sierra-Rodriguez to kill Lucero-Carrillo in an attempt
to erase a $400,000 debt he owed cocaine dealers. His partner in crime, Jesus Daniel Medina-Meraz, 33, of Sheridan, pleaded guilty in April. Sierra-Rogriguez shot Lucero-Carrillo in front of a number of witnesses. LPD detectives followed leads back to the Detroit area and began to coordinate with the Detroit office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, which was conducting an investigation into Amaya’s drug activity. The two law-enforcement agencies worked together to identify suspects and piece together evidence. Prosecutors laid out how Amaya was the recipient of large shipments of cocaine from the Denver area to Pontiac, where he sold the drugs. When he fell into debt to his suppliers, includ-
ing the victim, he hired Sierra-Rodriguez to murder Lucero-Carrillo and, along with several others, arranged for Sierra-Rodriguez’s transportation and other details. Sierra-Rodriguez was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and MedinaMeraz to 32 years. Jose Alejandro VillalonEspinoza, 24, of Pontiac, pleaded guilty to his role in the plot in January. Rafael Maravillas, 27, of Pontiac, did the same in April. Another defendant, Franklin Baquedano, 25, of Waterford, Mich., was acquitted, but he faces drug charges after testifying that he thought he was assisting in a narcotics delivery from Colorado, not a murder. All convicted defendants face lengthy prison sentences, including a mandatory life sentence for Amaya.
Homicide suspects arrested Man, girl accused in August slaying By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@ourcoloradonews. com Littleton police have arrested Teddy Puente, 37, and an unidentified girl in
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Dr. Dallas Hiatt, O.D., a former optometrist who worked in Cherry Creek from 1960 to 1987, died October 18, 2012 at the age of 90. He owned the Sears Optometric practice and Swigert Brothers Optometry at 2nd Ave. and Clayton. He was honored as the “Oldest Living Marine” at the Marine Corps annual luncheon. He lived in Littleton and Parker and was a member of Littleton United Methodist Church for over 50 years. A 12:30 memorial service will be held at LUMC and a 2:15 military service will be held at Ft. Logan on November 9th, 2012.
the August death of 66-year-old Walter Zucchetti. Through a tip, the Littleton In- Puente dependent learned Zucchetti’s body had been discovered in his apartment on Aug. 13. The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office confirmed Zucchetti’s death on Aug. 27, but has declined to release autopsy results. Spokeswoman Tamara Davis on Nov. 2 said the case is still open and pending toxicology and tissue studies. Damon Montroy manages the apartment complex where Zucchetti lived, near the intersection of Prince Street and Lake Avenue. He and a maintenance worker discovered the body after Zucchetti’s brother called from New York to say he couldn’t contact the man. Montroy said he just got a quick look at Zucchetti from the waist down and could only see he was
wearing boxer shorts and that there were no obvious injuries. “He just looked dead,” said Montroy in late August, adding that he had no idea how long Zucchetti had been that way. Montroy was out of town when Zucchetti’s brother called, so he couldn’t check on him for a couple days. Zucchetti had lived there alone for more than two years, said Montroy, and he didn’t have a car or a job. He was known to use a computer at Bemis Library and occasionally go “up the hill” to gamble, Montroy added. Both suspects are being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Puente, who was arrested Nov. 1, is being held at the Arapahoe County Jail. The juvenile, arrested Oct. 26, is at the Marvin J. Foote Youth Services Center in Centennial.
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