CSU FRESHMAN STRUCK BY CAR ON 1ST DAY DIES

Anthony “TJ” Avery, a 19-year-old Colorado State University freshman who was struck by a car on his first day of classes last week, died Friday of his injuries, according to the Larimer County coroner.

“The manner of death is determined to be accident,” the coroner wrote on its website.

Avery, from Centennial, was hit by a car driven by a 32-year-old woman Aug. 26 at the intersection of West Piktin Street and Ellis Drive on the school’s campus.

He was transported to a hospital with serious injuries. Colorado State officials initially said Avery died Tuesday night and released a statement of condolences. The family, through a hospital spokeswoman, clarified last Wednesday afternoon that Avery was still alive, but they were working to make their son an organ donor.

CSU police are still investigating the accident.

Frisco man who worked for metro district pleads guilty to the theft of $300,000 to $600,000.

A Frisco man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felonies for stealing more than an estimated $300,000 from a metro district, for which he worked, over the course of 16 years, according to prosecutors.

Robert D. Polich, 66, pleaded guilty to theft and embezzlement of public property, according to a news release from the Colorado 5th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Polich stole between $300,000 and $600,000 from the Hamilton Creek Metro District between 1999 and 2015, the news release said.

In 1995, Polich was hired by the district, a quasigovernmental entity, to “perform billing, financial statements, financial management, budget preparation and the general supervision of the District’s operations,” according to the news release. He was fired in 2015.

“The theft was discovered by Metro District Board members after Polich was arrested for a separate theft in November 2014, for running a similar scheme as the financial manager of a local Summit County HOA,” the release said. “Polich plead guilty to felony theft in that case, and was ordered to pay back $160,000.”

Polich is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 5.

Polich, who faces a possible prison sentence of up to 12 years, will likely be ordered to pay an amount of restitution determined by the court.

Man gets 9 years for assaulting police officer.

A Colorado man who was shot by an officer responding to a domestic dispute has been sentenced to nine years in prison for assaulting the officer.

The Vail Daily reports 33-year-old Dylan Byrne Gregg was intoxicated and undeterred by a stun gun when he pushed an officer against a wall and began punching him in the head at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 30, 2018. The officer shot Gregg three times.

Officers had responded to a 911 call from Gregg’s wife, who said he was throwing and breaking things in the house. Police were in his house trying to calm him down when he charged the officer.

Authorities investigate body found near Aspen.

ASPEN» Colorado authorities are investigating the discovery of a body in a wooded area near Aspen.

The Aspen Times reports the decomposed body discovered last month was within a 10mile radius of an area where a woman went missing five years ago.

Authorities say two teenagers were hiking in the Fryingpan Valley in the vicinity of the Lake Chapman Campground when they found the human remains.

The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office in Aspen says the county corner is also working on the case, but it is too early to determine the nature of the death or whether there was foul play.

Officials say Dorothy L. Jenkins, 57, was reported missing in August 2014.

Undersheriff Ron Ryan says the case “immediately came to mind for us” after the discovery.

Meat left to rot after elk poached.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is investigating the poaching of a bull elk in the Sheridan area.

The agency says an elk was shot with only the head removed on private property about 13 miles north of the Interstate 90 Powder River Rest Area. The remainder of the carcass was left to rot.

The incident likely occurred Thursday in a hunt area that did not open for hunting until Saturday.

Access Yes coordinator Troy Tobiasson says not only was the elk killed out of season, the meat was wasted and those responsible trespassed on private property to commit the crime.