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Week of August 11, 2022
ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
Northglenn-ThorntonSentinel.com
VOLUME 59 | ISSUE 1
New air service begins to Texas, California
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan offers daily flights BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A near miss for this rider getting trampled by the bull during the Professional Bull Riders contest Aug. 1 at the Adams County Fair. The rodeo clown is helping to steer the bull away from the rider. See more photos on page 15. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD
Pinuelas draws 40-year sentence for second-degree murder conviction STAFF REPORT
A 23-year-old man drew a 40year sentence in the state department of corrections after he plead guilty to a second-degree murder charge. Guillermo Pinuelas entered his plea in early June. The incident happened in Northglenn in April 2021. A press release said Pinuelas went to the home of 24-year-old Kaid Dunlap to collect a debt. Dunlap didn’t have the money, and Pinuelas returned the
next night. Dunlap didn’t have the money then, so Pinuelas shot Dunlap 13 times on the balcony of the apartment. The statement said Dunlap’s brother held him in his arms as Dunlap died. Bullets penetrated the doors and walls of the apartment. The victim’s brother, sister-in-law and their child were home at the time. The statement said police arrested Pinuelas in his apartment the next day after he disposed of the murder weapon and after trying to bleach his car and wash his
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clothes. In the statement, 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason called the crime “horrific and senseless.” “Thirteen shots into an occupied apartment, a cold-blooded murder, a young life lost, a family forever altered. For what? To settle a perceived score? It’s truly outrageous,” Mason said in the statement. This kind of violence will be met with thorough investigation and swift prosecution, as it was here.”
Passengers across the Front Range have another option when it comes to flying from Colorado to California or Texas at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. Air Carrier JSX came to RMMA on Aug. 4, offering public air charter daily direct flights to and from Dallas and Burbank twice a day, Sunday through Friday. Two flights will be inbound from Burbank and two from Dallas. Then, two will be outbound to Burbank and two will be outbound to Dallas. The company describes itself as a “hop-on jet service.” According to Airport Director Paul Anslow, they are not 14 CFR PART 139 certified, meaning while passengers still have to go through security, they don’t have to go through standard TSA. “You can show up at the airport 20 minutes before your flight, get through the security check-in and be on your flight,” Anslow said. “(That) is a whole heck of a lot different than when you think about going down to Denver.” Flight times are about 2 hours, according to Alex Wilcox, CEO of JSX. Ticket prices for August on the company’s website, www.jsx.com/ booking/select, offer one-way flights to Dallas or Burbank for less than $300 and round-trip flights for about $500. “If you are flying here, you’ll be at the destination by the time you get through security at DIA,” he said. That perk also comes from the fact SEE FLIGHTS, P6
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