Foreclosure discussion slated for March 1
State Rep. Sara Gagliardi, D-Arvada, will hold a panel discussion from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 1, at Susan M. Duncan YMCA, 6350 Eldridge St.
The discussion will address foreclosure counseling and prevention and feature local officials and emissaries from the real-estate field.
Homeowners, borrowers facing foreclosure and anyone else seeking information about the foreclosure process is invited.
Montoya gets 20 years for attempted murder
A 23-year-old Lakewood man on Feb. 15 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to murder his roommate, 28-year-old Florentino Estejo-Rivera in June.
Michael Lee Montoya stabbed Estejo-Rivera numerous times with a knife at a Lakewood apartment. Montoya pleaded guilty to attempt second-degree murder Jan. 3.
According to the arrest affidavit, Lakewood police were called after Estejo-Rivera went to a neighbor’s house for help. Estejo-Rivera was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital, where he was treated for multiple stab wounds resulting in a punctured lung and liver laceration as well as other injuries.
Estejo-Rivera told police that the attack occurred during an argument with Montoya over possession of Estejo-Rivera’s car keys.
Man gets 66 years for death of Kapko
A Fort Collins man on Feb. 15 was sentenced to 66 years in prison for a series of crimes that culminated in the death of 19–year-old Brian Kapko in August 2005.
Matthew Wartena, 21, and another man were driving a stolen car and fleeing police when they collided with two cars on eastbound I-270, near the I-76 ramp, killing Kapko.
Co-defendant Dennis White pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in April 2006. He is serving 48 years in prison.
Two days prior to this offense, Wartena was driving a stolen truck when he shot and killed 25-year-old Aaron Rivera in Adams County.
He was arrested in that case after his arrest in Jefferson County. An Adams County jury found Wartena guilty of second-degree murder in January.
He will be sentenced in that case in March. On the night the two men killed Kapko, they were out stealing license plates to replace the plates on the stolen truck Wartena had used in the Adams County homicide.
Indecent exposures
Arvada police are searching for a suspect in a chain of indecent exposures outside local businesses.
The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male between 20 and 30, between five-foot-five and five-foot-nine, with a thin to medium build.
According to witnesses, the man lingers about outside businesses for up to an hour and eventually exposes himself and masturbates. Arvada police are contacting local registered sex offenders in search of leads, and are encouraging anyone with information to contact police. Thus far businesses targeted by the suspect include spas and beauty schools.