FAKE TICKET HANDED OUT IN CENTENNIAL

If you get a parking ticket in Arapahoe County, take a deep breath and look at it closely — it could be a fake.

The sheriff’s office on Thursday said deputies are investigating a report of a fraudulent parking ticket.

The bogus ticket was placed on a vehicle parked in a private lot in the 12200 block of East Arapahoe Road, according to a news release.

“The ticket appears to be issued by the city of Englewood, but the parking lot location is in the city of Centennial,” the news release stated.

While the incident doesn’t appear to be a direct attempt to financially defraud a victim, the sheriff’s office is taking it seriously. An investigation is ongoing.

The incident appears to be isolated, the sheriff’s office said.

Cadet swimmers face charges.

COLORADO

SPRINGS» Two Air Force Academy cadets face charges stemming from a hazing incident involving the men’s swim team at the academy.

The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported the criminal charges announced by the academy Thursday are without precedent in the academy’s 64year history because previous hazing cases have been handled through its administrative discipline process.

The two seniors are accused of obstruction of justice and dereliction of duty and are two of the 11 swimmers suspended from the team in February during an investigation.

The hazing involved trying to get the team’s freshman swimmers to throw up as well as stripping and blindfolding them.

Shooting range to reopen.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will reopen the gun range near the community of Basalt where a destructive wildfire was ignited this summer.

The agency announced in a news release Thursday that the Basalt State Wildlife Area shooting range will reopen to the public Saturday.

Officials say a controlled, safe shooting range is better than people shooting elsewhere. They also say improvements will be made to the range, including the installation of fire extinguishers and the permanent removal of vegetation and brush.

Two individuals illegally firing incendiary tracer ammunition are accused of starting the Lake Christine fire July 3. The fire spread quickly and ended up destroying three houses in the area. No lives were lost, but the fire has cost an estimated $17 million to suppress.

Suspect arrested in assault on Uber driver.

A 22yearold sex offender was arrested after he allegedly assaulted an Uber driver in Colorado Springs, police said.

The driver, a 63yearold woman, said she had responded to pick up a passenger in the 500 block of East Dale Street on Monday and the person allegedly struck, bit and attempted to sexually assault her, police said.

During the alleged assault, the woman was able to exit the car and the suspect got in the driver’s seat and drove away.

Detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit determined the suspect was 22yearold Raydrian Tyree Scott. Scott was arrested the following day and was still in posses sion of the car, according to police.

Scott was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center and charged with attempted sexual assault, among oth er charges he faces.

Two teens arrested in shooting death.

SPRINGS» Police have arrested two teenage boys for investigation of first