Homicides don t get much more tragic and senseless than the June 10, 2020, slaying of 21-year-old Isabella Bella Thallas. Michael Close allegedly used an AK-47 to kill Thallas and seriously wound Darian Simon near West 30th Avenue and Fox Street after the suspect got into a verbal altercation with the victims related to the victims telling [their] dog to poop, according to a Denver Police Department report.
Although the Denver district attorney has charged Close with first-degree murder in the case, there s another complication. The AK-47 was owned by then-Denver Police officer Dan Politica, a friend of Close s who insists the weapon was stolen. Politica resigned from the DPD effective March 13, but a lawsuit filed on June 8 in Denver District Court on behalf of Joshua Thallas, Bella s father, and Simon claims that he and his company, Tyrant Arms LLC, were negligent in allowing Close to gain access to the weapon.
Marijuana dispensaries battle in court over Mile High real estate
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A marijuana turf battle near Mile High is back in court.
Mile High Medical Cannabis recently filed a lawsuit defending its Federal Boulevard lease against a competitor, on top of a pending contract complaint with its sublandlord.
According to the lawsuit filed on May 11 in Denver District Court, PG Retail and parent company Pure Greens filed a permit application to change ownership of the dispensary at 1630 Federal Blvd., where Mile High Medical Cannabis currently operates Lit Cannabis.
Cannabis cultivation company Pure Greens owns retail stores Mile High Green Cross on South Broadway and Nature’s Medicine in Salida.
The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 6.3.21
ACP 1500, a Delaware LLC v. Acosta Inc. d/b/a Acosta Sales and Marketing Company, a Delaware Corp.
Defendant, which leased approximately 38,463 square feet at 12100 E. Iliff Ave., Aurora, since February 2011, has failed to pay rent from March 2021, and has abandoned the premises, owing no less than $142,157.49.
Attorneys: Carrie Johnson of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Filed: 5/19/2021 v. Mattress Firm Inc., a Delaware corporation d/b/a Mattress King
Plaintiff says defendant has defaulted on a lease for 2,800 square feet at the Streets at Southglenn, Centennial, beginning in March 2009 and extended in 2019 through Nov. 30, 2024, and of this date owes no less than $52,000.
Sure, this ruling nudged the union back behind the line of scrimmage on one play. But parents and other community stakeholders in our schools are staring in dismay as they
If you had any doubt how much clout teachers unions have in Colorado school districts that are shackled to labor contracts, look no further than a court ruling just last week. It underscored union members’ contractual rights whenever they are asked to explain themselves to their superiors. School districts are bound in a straitjacket.
And then consider what it says about the state of public education in Colorado’s metro areas, where organized labor wields collective bargaining power over our schools.
The decision in question, by the Colorado Court of Appeals, actually went against the union the Denver Classroom Teachers Association in a court action it had filed against Denver Public Schools.