MAN SHOT BY LARIMER DEPUTY DIES AT HOSPITAL
COUNTY» An LARIMER armed man shot by a sheriff’s deputy has died at a hospital.
The unidentified 25yearold had led authorities on a long vehicle pursuit Monday, which ended when a deputy bumped the suspect’s vehicle and it ran into a ditch in the area of County Road 66 and Northeast Frontage Road, north of Wellington, according to a sheriff’s office news release.
The suspect was armed when he got out of his vehicle, and he was shot by a deputy, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office announced the man’s death Wednesday.
He died Tuesday at the Medical Center of the Rockies.
The suspect was allegedly involved in a “physical disturbance” in the Red Feather Lakes area before the pursuit and shooting.
The county coroner’s office is expected to release the man’s name. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing. The sheriff’s office has not released the deputy’s name.
February trial set for Redwine in son’s death.
DURANGO» A man accused of killing his 13yearold son in southwest Colorado is scheduled to go to trial Feb. 25.
The Durango Herald reports 57yearold Mark Redwine made a brief appearance Wednesday in District Court, where a judge set the fourweek trial despite defense attorneys’ suggestion that they won’t be ready in time.
Redwine has pleaded not guilty to seconddegree murder and child abuse resulting in the death of his son, Dylan.
He’s suspected of killing Dylan in November 2012, shortly after the boy arrived for a courtordered visit from Colorado Springs. According to the indictment, Dylan’s blood was found in Mark Redwine’s living room, washing machine, the bed of his pickup and on some of his clothes.
Dylan’s remains were found in 2013 and 2015 within 10 miles of Mark Redwine’s home near Vallecito Reservoir.
Firefighterparamedic arrested in child sex case.
SPRINGS» A COLORADO firefighterparamedic has been arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child.
Robert Patrick Stambaugh, 59, was arrested Wednesday without inci dent, according to police.
Stambaugh has worked for the city’s fire department since 1986.
He was booked Wednesday into the El Paso County jail without bail.
The police department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit is conducting an investigation.
BP contributes $350,000 to help the city’s homeless.
BP’s Lower 48 onshore operations, which recently moved its U.S. headquarters to Denver, is contributing $350,000 to cover the electric and gas utility costs for local homeless shelters for the next 12 months.
Mayor Michael Hancock said the donation, made Wednesday on World Homeless Day, will allow shelters to shift the money that would pay for utilities toward “more and better services that empower shelter guests out of home lessness.”
“Each night, more than 1,700 people, on average, are accessing shelters in our city, and our goal is for those same shelters to be the front doors to housing and other resources that help them achieve stability,” Hancock said in a statement.
Laura Leffler, the energy company’s chief of staff, said contributing to Denver’s Road Home program for the homeless is a great way to give back to the community.
Denver’s Road Home coordinates services for people experiencing homelessness.
It will distribute the funds to nonprofit organizations it contracts with to provide warm, safe spaces for overnight lodging and other humanitarian assistance.
Fort Carson plans controlled burns to reduce wildfire risk.
COLORADO
Fort Carson is planning prescribed burns over the next several weeks to clear dry grass from training areas south of the city.
The 210squaremile military installation will conduct the burns on various training sites into late December.
The installation tries to keep fire risks at a minimum by burning dead brush and grass every winter.