News from Neighbors
2 tornadoes confirmed in Fleming area
STERLING JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, Sept. 14 — The National Weather Service confirmed late Friday afternoon that damage to a pole barn and power lines northwest of Fleming Wednesday night was the result of tornadoes.
“Severe thunderstorms developed north of Denver, by late afternoon, and then tracked east northeast across the plains through early Wednesday evening,” the NWS released in a statement.
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Dave Cooper places second at world, first at state horseshoe pitching
BURLINGTON RECORD, Sept. 5 — Dave Cooper, Burlington, traveled to Wichita Falls, Texas, to participate in the National Horseshoe Pitching Association 2019 World Tournament July 29-31 and brought home the second-place trophy in the World Class C1 Elders Division, before heading to Fort Collins to secure the state elders championship in August.
The elders division consists of men age 70 and older.
Cooper said there were 16 men in his class at the world tournament, and there were no easy matches.
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Deputy had sex with underage girl in patrol vehicle, affidavit says
AKRON NEWS-REPORTER, Sept. 11 — A teenage girl said a former Washington County deputy had sex with her in his patrol vehicle while he was in uniform, which resulted in an arrest for sexual assault on a child, according to an arrest affidavit from the 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Jon Hart, 37, was arrested in October 2018 and agreed to plead guilty last week to charges of first-degree official misconduct and sexual assault, both misdemeanors.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors will dismiss two charges related to sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.
In August 2018, the victim in the case disclosed to her probation officer a sexual relationship she had with Hart.
She told investigators that in the summer of 2015 she almost got into a fight and Hart drove her home, the affidavit said.
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Fleeing fugitive injures Barry Dee in car accident in Sterling
HAXTUN-FLEMING HERALD, Sept. 11 — Rural Haxtun resident Barry Dee was severely injured in a car accident in Sterling when his car was rear-ended by a fugitive attempting to elude law enforcement Sunday afternoon, Sept. 1. Dee is currently at Denver Health with major trauma following the accident.
According to a press release from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, deputies attempted to contact a Jeep Liberty in the 7-Eleven parking lot in Sterling when the vehicle immediately began driving recklessly trying to elude officers. In doing so, the driver almost struck a pedestrian in the parking lot along West Main Street. A pursuit was initiated but eventually terminated.
A short time later, the vehicle was located again, this time along South 6th Avenue, and as officers approached, it again fled and a second pursuit was initiated. The driver almost struck a Logan County sheriff’s deputy head on in the second pursuit, which was later called off due to unsafe speeds and reckless driving within the City of Sterling.
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