SAMARITAN STOPS TO HELP WOMEN, IS ROBBED

» A good Samaritan who stopped to help two woman along a Weld County road was robbed of cash, according to the sheriff’s office.

The robbery happened about 1: 40 a. m. Oct. 26 at Colorado 392 and County Road 35, north of Greeley, according to a news release.

The victim told deputies he was driving home when he stopped to help two women, who were beside a parked vehicle with emergency lights flashing. When the Samaritan got out of his vehicle and offered assistance a man got out of the other vehicle with the emergency lights flashing, which was a ruse. The man was armed with a club, and he pinned the victim to his vehicle and went through his pockets, finding cash and stealing it, according to a news release.

The assailant and the two women got back into their vehicle and drove off.

All three suspects were wearing hooded sweatshirts.

The suspect vehicle is a red Volkswagen Jetta with dark window tinting. The tinting is imperfect and pocked with air bubbles. The rear wheel on the passenger side was missing a hubcap.

Inmate sex, texting lead to changes at jail.

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A jail inmate cited COUNTY in October with using a smuggled cellphone to text his family was sanctioned last spring for having sex with a female inmate, Sheriff Joe DiSalvo said Wednesday.

Both incidents, along with at least two others in the past 14 months, have led to changes at the jail, including uniforms of different colors for women and more frequent inmate check- ups, he said.

“I am embarrassed,” DiSalvo said. “I can’t even give you a good excuse. We did not do a good job.”

The consensual sex between BrolinMcConnell, 31, and Jennifer Helms, 36, occurred April 4 in the middle of the afternoon in his cell and lasted for at least two hours, DiSalvo said. Inmates are supposed to be checked on by jail deputies every 30 to 40 minutes, he said.

Bridge will open Tuesday, weather permitting.

It’s GLENWOOD SPRINGS official, the Colorado Department of Transportation anticipates being able to open the new Grand Avenue bridge in Glenwood Springs to traffic by Tuesday— 10 days ahead of schedule.

The exact time, late Monday night or early Tuesday, is to be determined, as are the number of lanes that will be open to traffic initially, CDOT spokeswoman Tracy Trulove said Thursday.

Joint- venture general contractor Granite/ RL Wadsworth had a $ 250,000 bonus as incentive to get the new bridge over the Colorado River even partially open to traffic 10 days ahead of schedule.

The current plan is to open three lanes of the bridge initially, with a reversible lane of traffic alternating between the busy morning and evening rush hours. A full four lanes are expected to be opened by the end of November.