🌱 Trucker To Serve 10 Years + BOCO Fires Cause Havoc + MJ Pardons

Brad K. Evans
Updated ·3 min read

Happy New Years Eve Lakewood! Let's get you all caught up to start today off with what's happening in and around Lakewood. 2021 kicked off with an insurrection, and goes out with wildfires that destroy hundreds of homes in Boulder County, a new COVID-19 virus that's spreading fast and a shooting spree that takes the lives of five people. Whew, it's been a rough year.

Friday's weather: Snow late in the afternoon. High: 37 Low: 11.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

  1. "Everything is gone," says Mom who fled her Superior home with 2 sons. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said during a news conference Thursday evening that 370 homes were destroyed in the Sagamore neighborhood and more than 200 additional homes may have been lost in Old Town Superior and many more in Lousiville. (CO Sun)

  2. Truck driver in I-70 crash prison sentence reduced to 10 years instead of 110. Gov. Jared Polis has commuted the sentence of the truck driver that crashed into traffic on Interstate 70 in 2019 that killed four people. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos will now serve 10 years in prison instead of his original sentence of 110. (CPR)

  3. Friends and family remember victims killed in Monday's shooting spree. Following multiple shootings Monday evening that ended with six people dead, including the suspect, and three injured in Denver and Lakewood, family and friends are starting to share their memories of the victims. (7News)

  4. Rolling blackouts in Mountains and San Luis Valley due to Boulder County wildfire.Xcel said the outages in Summit, Grand, Lake, Eagle, Saguache, Rio Grande and Alamosa counties will last about 60 minutes. (CO Sun)

  5. As year closes, Colorado Governor grants 1,351 pardons for marijuana possession. The individuals who received these convictions did not need to apply for pardons. However, these pardons do not impact convictions for marijuana possession on the federal or municipal levels. (Westword)

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Today in Lakewood:

  • New Years Eve Pre-Party Bash: Green Mountain Beer Co. (5-9 p.m.)

  • NEXT Gallery Winter Art Market: 40 West Arts District. (6 p.m.)

  • Cheers To The New Year: At Bar Louie. (7 p.m. to 1 a.m.)

  • New Years Eve 1920's Murder Mystery: At the Kava House. (9 p.m.)

  • Weekend Events in and around Lakewood. (Patch)

From my notebook:

  • Lakewood Police Department has set up a Resource Center in Belmar. For anyone impacted by the shootings this week, the Resource Center will be located across from the Hyatt House. The building says Core Cycling and Wellness on it. (Facebook)

  • To support the victims, families & survivors of Monday’s mass shooting incident in Lakewood & Denver - donations can be made through the Colorado Healing Fund here: (CO Healing Fund)

  • How to help the fire victims in Louisville and Superior. Several organizations are collecting donations to help people affected by Thursday's devastating wildfire in Boulder County. (9news)

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That's a wrap for 2021. See you next year for another edition of the Lakewood Daily! — Brad K. Evans

This article originally appeared on the Lakewood Patch