DRCOG CHIEF RESIGNS POST

Jennifer Schaufele has resigned her position as executive director of the Denver Regional Council of Governments. Her departure was effective Feb. 17.

The Denver Regional Council of Government, or DRCOG, is a planning organization where local governments collaborate to establish guidelines, set policy and allocate funding in the areas of transportation and personal mobility; growth and development; and aging and disability resources.

During her tenure with DRCOG, Schaufele helped lead several regional efforts, including the redevelopment of Denver’s Union Station and the lobbying for significant improvements to the Older Americans Act, which funds services for and protects the rights of older adults.

Doug Rex, director of transportation planning and operations, will fulfill the duties of executive director until a new person is named to the position.

Hunter becomes the hunted. A former Elbert

County deputy is wanted nationwide after missing his court appearance in a case of alleged poaching of deer.

According to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Steve Few faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges.

On Nov. 17, Colorado Parks and Wildlife received a report of suspected illegally harvested deer near Elbert. After a wildlife officer investigated, the Elbert Country Sheriff’s Office and the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office focused on Few as the primary suspect and discovered he was a deputy.

Few, originally from Georgia, had been with the sheriff’s office about 2½ months at the time of the incident, but resigned from the sheriff’s office. He was arrested in Georgia Dec. 20 and was released on bond.

A warrant was issued for his arrest when he failed to return to Colorado for the court appearance.

Man convicted in 2015 double shooting. A 34year-old

man has been convicted of first-degree murder in a deadly 2015 double shooting in Denver.

Jesse L. Oliver, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office, was found guilty Thursday after a six-day trial. He was also convicted of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon in the slaying of 34-year-old Bobby Brown and the wounding of a teen girl.

Investigators say that on Sept. 16, 2015, Oliver fatally shot Brown and wounded the girl outside of an apartment building at 13890 Albrook Drive in the city’s Montbello neighborhood.

Oliver is scheduled to be sentenced on May 17.

Dog shot during robbery

B colorado springs» A man broke into a home near downtown Colorado Springs on Thursday night and shot the homeowner’s dog during the robbery.

The encounter happened about 8:30 p.m. in the 700 block of East Vermijo Street. The victim told police the suspect entered his residence, pulled out a gun and demanded money.

“The victim said his two dogs were present at the time,” police said in a news release. “The suspect shot one of the dogs while demanding money.”

The victim was not injured. The dog’s condition was unavailable.