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VOLUME 36 • NUMBER 43 • SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
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Arrest made in CHVPD officer shooting
Election Security Exercise
BY BECKY OSTERWALD MANAGING EDITOR The arrest of Angelo Alston, 17 was made Aug. 31 in Aurora. He has been charged with 32 counts related to the Aug. 20 shooting of Cherry Hills Village Police Officer Cory Sack during a home invasion. The felony charges range from attempted murder of a peace officer, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, theft and menacing. The teenager is being charged as an adult and appeared in court Sept. 6. The judge set bond at $1 million and if he is convicted, he could do additional prison time because six of the counts are enhancers. Alston was due to appear in court again Sept. 11. Sack, a seven-year veteran of the CHVPD was shot in the left leg above the knee and the right foot responding to a 911 call. He has undergone four surgeries for the injuries. Sack is in good spirits according to CHV police chief Michelle Tovrea. To donate to the Sack Family, please visit gofundme.com/ corysack. This is currently the only official fundraising site for the family. Investigators from the Cherry Hills Village Police Department, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and an ATF task force are still seeking additional suspects in this case.
Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Matt Crane (center) was cast as the state elections director on his team during a cyber-security exercise at the Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meeting Sept. 5. Crane showed great leadership qualities, being decisive, yet careful in dealing with the cascading critical events thrown at him as DHS official David Stern looks over his shoulder. More on Page 10. Photo by Freda Miklin
John Madden Company and Schnitzer West enter commercial real estate partnership Schnitzer West will manage John Madden office buildings in Greenwood Village Schnitzer West, one of the West Coast’s fastest-growing real estate investment, development and property management companies, announced Sept. 13 that
it has formed a joint venture with the John Madden Company to own and manage three buildings in Greenwood Village. The office space includes the Palazzo Verdi, and Fiddler’s Green I and II buildings in the Fiddler’s Green Core Plus with 726,742 square-feet of leased office space. Developed by The John Madden Company, the three properties feature state-of-the-art systems
built with sustainability at their cores, on-site amenities and efficient floor plates. The buildings include high-quality interior and exterior finishes, such as polished black granite stone flooring, floorto-ceiling murals, 60-foot-high ceilings, and ornamental lighting fixtures. In addition to providing superior transportation access with conveniently located light rail and bus stations, the portfolio
is located just off I-25, providing exceptional visibility to the over 230,000 vehicles a day. Constructed in 2008, Palazzo Verdi is a 312,049-square-foot, 15-story office building; Fiddler’s Green 1, built in 1999, is a 207,520-square-foot, six-story office building; and Fiddler’s Green II, built in 2001, is a 207,173 square-foot, six-story office building.
The joint venture expands Schnitzer West’s footprint in the Denver commercial real estate market which recently opened Civica Cherry Creek, a seven-story boutique office building in the Cherry Creek neighborhood. Over the last six decades, the John Madden Company has
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