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75 cents Arapahoe County, Colorado | Volume 94, Issue 7 A publication of
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Vandalism suspects appear in court Legal process for the three men accused of crimes moves forward By Tom Munds
tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Separate court hearings were held last week for each of three men suspected of the Jan. 12 vandalism at Englewood High School. In 18th Judicial District Court on March
28, 23-year-old Michael Alan Trickel of Denver entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree burglary and one misdemeanor count of second-degree arson specifically for burning an American flag during the vandalism. His sentencing hearing is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. June 20 in Division 407. Trickel was in custody and had been in the Arapahoe County Jail since his arrest. Two of the suspects, Anthony Ryan Meany, 26 and Chad Delgadillo, 28, were in 18th Judicial District Court for preliminary hearings on March 27. Both men had posted bond and were in court for their
hearings. Delgadillo’s attorney, Shazam Kianpour, said his client waived the pretrial hearing in light of a possible plea agreement. Judge Richard Jauch set the next court appearance for Delgadillo for 8:30 a.m. June 20 in Division 407. Judge Jauch then moved forward with Meany’s preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing is held to determine if there is sufficient evidence to take the case to trial. Deputy District Attorney Laura Anderson called Englewood Detective Brent Vogel as her first witness. Vogel testified how he was called to in-
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vestigate the Jan. 12 vandalism. He detailed how the trail led from the old portion of the school that was being demolished into the new portion of the school. He talked about the smashed windows and trophy cases Vandals continues on Page 14
Citizen survey coming City preparing special question for residents to answer By Tom Munds
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An emergency preparedness crew tends to a “victim” during a March 29 disaster training drill in Littleton. Photos by Tom Munds
Disaster drill preps for real thing Event helped train Citizen Emergency Response Team class members By Tom Munds
tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Cries for help from people with horrible-looking injuries filled the air March 29 at Bradford Auto Body in Littleton. It appeared very real but it was all part of the Citizen Emergency Response Team final class training drill. “We have 22 members of the class here today plus 16 volunteer victims,” said Mickey Kempf, project coordinator. “We also have members of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s (Office) and emergency medical personnel from Littleton Fire Rescue on hand to help us with the drill.” The students attended classes to learn
to deal with a disaster until first responders arrive, Kempf said. The scenario for the drill was to deal with the aftermath of a storm that pelted the area with 3-inch hail that was followed by a tornado. Makeup artist Marian O’Brien-Clark volunteered to use her skills to create the horrible-appearing wounds the victims supposedly suffered. She had designed wounds such a man who suffered a compound fracture of one leg and a woman who had a finger severed. Linda Sinclair, volunteer chaplain at Swedish Medical Center, came to help with the drill. “I have been to a number of disasters as a member of the Rapid Response Team through the Billy Graham organization,” she said. “I wanted to help out close to home. I was able to learn a lot of information I hope we will never need.” Littleton resident John Stephens completed the CERT class in 2012 and volunteered as a victim.
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Justin Shaltz assesses injuries suffered by “victim” D.B. Barnes during the March 29 disaster training drill.
He was made up to look like he had been impaled by a large piece of wood. “There were volunteer victims when I went to class so I wanted to help this year’s class with their drill,” he said For the drill, the “victims” went to their assigned locations inside and outside the rear building at Bradford Auto Body. Then the CERT students were divided into teams. One team checked the area and reported back and then teams were sent out to bring in the victims. Once everything was completed, the actions were evaluated and discussed at a lengthy debriefing, which wrapped up the day’s activities.
Members of the Englewood City Council worked with staff to draft the additional questions to be included in the citizen survey. Questions on the survey are a multiple-choice format. However, councilmembers agreed the survey should include a question that requires a written response that asks residents what they feel is the most important issue Englewood will face in the next 12 months. The city can also add three multiple choice questions to the survey. There was consensus approval for a question asking the best way the city can share information with residents. But there was a lengthy discussion about the second question for the survey, particularly about the wording. Basically, the idea is to ask residents if they would support or oppose a ballot question to fund infrastructure. If the voters approve a tax increase to provide additional funding the additional money could come from a permanent property tax increase or through bond sales, which are repaid by tax revenues. An additional portion of the increased revenue question would ask resident to prioritize where the additional revenue should be used. The potential choices would be fire department equipment and facilities, police department equipment and facilities, parks, recreation and open space, streets and bridge rehabilitation and improvement or city building rehabilitation and improvement. The council gave consensus approval Feb. 10 to conduct the survey this year. The survey will be sent out in May to 1,200 randomly selected residents. Standard survey questions ask residents for opinions about the city and its services. “Englewood has done citizen surveys before,” Mike Flaherty, deputy city manager, told the council. “Most recently, the city did surveys in 2007 Survey continues on Page 14