September 16, 2021
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VOLUME 155 | ISSUE 39
GOLDEN REMEMBERS 9/11
Two deaths in four days Private company ICCS handles inmate program BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
he also said that traffic studies on Ford Street have determined that the street does not qualify for traffic calming measures based on the criteria spelled out in the city code. “We’ve measured it dozens and dozens of times and every time you measure it you don’t really find an issue,” he said.
On Sept. 3, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced that someone in the custody of a private community corrections agency it partners with had died. It was the second time in four days that the Sheriff’s Office had to make such an announcement. The first death came on Aug. 31, when Damion White, 26, was found unresponsive at ICCS’ Lakewood residential facility for men in the early morning. He was later pronounced dead. The second death came on Sept. 2, when Sean William Hayes, 30, was found dead in the store where he was working as part of a work release arrangement. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Hayes died of an apparent drug overdose. Hayes was on his second day in work release custody after being transferred to ICCS on Sept. 1 to begin a 90-day work release sentence. White had been transferred to ICCS on July 14. As of press time, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office had not released autopsy reports for either death and likely would not for several more weeks. White’s death was also not the first of someone housed at ICCS this year. In May, 33-year-old female work release inmate Brittni Marie Miller was found unresponsive at ICC’s female facility in Lakewood.
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Golden police and firefighters stood for a picture below the American flag draped over Washington Avenue in Golden to mark the PHOTO BY BOB PEARCE/CITY OF GOLDEN 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. More photos on Page 6.
Tempers run high during North Ford traffic talk Residents say tragedy inevitable but city says it’s complicated BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Several residents who live on or near North Ford Street in Golden
expressed long-simmering frustration about what they feel are unsafely high vehicle speeds on the thoroughfare. That much was clear from a Sept. 9 community meeting about the issue. Golden Traffic Engineer Joseph Puhr began the meeting by explaining that residents have long voiced significant concerns about speeding in the area. However,
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