Showing posts with label Strawberry Days Glenwood Springs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strawberry Days Glenwood Springs. Show all posts

May 14, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Criminal acts have consequences"

Marty Lich:
"Having read Debbie Centeno's May 8 letter, “Sister worried about gang colors at Strawberry Days,” I feel safe in reassuring Ms. Centeno that if she and her nephews do not have active warrants out for their arrests, are not self-proclaimed SureƱos gang members wearing blue bandanna gang colors, do not possess marijuana, drug paraphernalia, nor have forged IDs with another active warrant due to their illegal status in the U.S., and multiple deportations already, they will have a good time at Strawberry Days. And finally, that they do not attempt to flee from police, as her brother David Centeno did in June 2011, for that is a crime as well.

To refresh her memory, please refer to the Glenwood Springs police report published in the Post Independent June 22, 2011. Ideally Ms. Centeno's brother will be deported once again after he serves his time....."  (Read more?  Click title)

"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."

May 11, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Your Letters "It's not attire that attracts the police"

Wendy Hobbs:
"This is in response to Debbie Centeno's letter of May 8. I don't think it's the color of a person's attire at the Strawberry Days festival or their ethnicity that will attract police attention. My suggestion would be to not have an outstanding warrant or possess drug paraphernalia while attending the festival. Also, maybe don't carry a forged instrument — just a suggestion...."  (Read more? Click title)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

May 3, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel "Glenwood festival arrestee sentenced"

Dennis Webb:
"A man arrested last June as part of a controversial law enforcement action during Glenwood Springs’ Strawberry Days festival has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.

David Adrian Ramirez-Centeno will be deported after serving his sentence, said Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver.

Following his June arrest, he was indicted last September on a charge of unlawful re-entry of an alien with an aggravated felony conviction.

The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition and some local political leaders, event organizers and businesses had criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local law enforcement for having conducted the enforcement action during the festival.

ICE and Garfield Sheriff Lou Vallario have defended the action, saying it targeted local gang members. The sheriff’s office said in a news release today that a multijurisdictional gang unit in the county “will continue to cooperate with all agencies necessary to disrupt and dismantle gang activity and the threat it brings to our communities.....”  (Read more?  Click title)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."