To the Editor:
When thieves become so abundant and arrogant that they kill an innocent victim to hide their crimes, decent citizens of our beautiful valley must be ever more vigilant. Here are a few tips to to make watchfulness more effective.
Crime
An indoor garden is child abuse?
Brief by Central Staff
Crime – August 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
Growing the wrong plants in your house can be a form of child abuse in Park County.
Stuart Sorensen of Fairplay was found guilty in district court of felony cultivation of marijuana, as well as the petty offenses of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Murder will be prosecuted in Park County
Brief by Central Staff
Crime – August 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
A murder that may have happened in Denver County will be prosecuted in Park County, even though the Park undersheriff “would have liked to have seen them [Denver] handle it,” since “they have more resources.”
Leadville murderer gets life without parole
Brief by Central Staff
Crime – January 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine
Jerry Garmany of Leadville was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole on Nov. 19 by District Judge David Lass.
In August, a jury found him guilty of stabbing his girlfriend Noreen Byrne to death and seriously wounding her mother, Cora Byrne, on March 26, 1999. The charges included first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and first-degree assault.
Predicting crime rates from Zip code demographics
Brief by Central Staff
Crime – June 2000 – Colorado Central Magazine
How safe is your town from crime?
CAP Index, a company in Pennsylvania, uses census demographic data to generate a statistical likelihood for crime, rather than following the traditional reliance on police reports.
The company has a theory that the amount of “socia