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September 30, 2021
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 47
Suspect arrested in shooting of Littleton police officer
Friends remember longtime community watchdog Jerry Hill’s would-be 85th birthday commemorated BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
If Frank Atwood could use one word to describe Jerry Hill, it would be “indefectible.” A fierce yet friendly watchdog for the community, Hill always had a finger on the pulse of Littleton, sitting on local boards and commissions and rarely missing a public city council meeting. On Sept. 21, friends of Hill gathered outside his former home in Geneva Village near downtown Littleton on what would have been his 85th birthday. Hill passed away on Feb. 24 after a short illness. Standing beside a verdant linden tree as the late afternoon sun seeped through its branches, Atwood joined with a host of SEE HILL, P4
Arrest followed lengthy barricade situation in Brighton BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
raising their incumbent opponents. Candidates for Littleton City Council and mayor filed their first-round reports of campaign donations and expenditures with the city clerk recently. Schlachter reported $10,990 in contributions, the majority of which came from Littleton residents, and just over $1,800 in spending, leaving him with more than $9,000 ahead of the mail-ballot election, which runs
Littleton police officer David Snook was hospitalized in intensive care after sustaining multiple gun shots wounds Sept. 20, police said. The shooting led to a multi-day manhunt for the person police believe is responsible, 33-year-old Rigoberto Valles Dominguez, who was arrested Sept. 24 after a standoff at a home in Brighton. According to Littleton police, Snook and a second officer, Jeff Farmer, had responded to a call of shots fired in the area of West Powers Avenue and Bannock Street in northeast Littleton the night of Sept. 20. After Valles Dominguez arriving at the scene they found two people believed to have been involved, one of whom police said was Dominguez. Both suspects fled on foot, with a man police believe was Dominguez entering an apartment building at 183 W. Powers Ave., police said. They alleged that as Snook followed behind, Dominguez turned and
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Frank Atwood holds a plaque at a Sept. 21 gathering outside the former home of Jerry PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN Hill in Geneva Village to remember the longtime Littleton watchdog.
Schlachter tops Littleton candidates in fundraising Incumbent councilmembers outraised by their challengers BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Kyle Schlachter, who is running for Littleton mayor in the upcoming election, is outraising his two rivals, Jon Buck and Carol Fey, as well as all other city council candidates by thousands of dollars, according to recent finance filings. He and another candidate for a different council seat are also both out-
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