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	Briefs: Archdiocese Loses Move to Dismiss Suits Denver Post [Colorado] April 19, 2007 http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_5698785 A dozen lawsuits filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver and the late Rev. Harold Robert White can go forward. District Judge Robert Hyatt ruled Tuesday against an archdiocese motion to dismiss the claims. Hyatt found that the plaintiffs' claims are not for the acts of abuse, which allegedly occurred between 1959 and 1978, "but rather for breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, negligent supervision, negligent retention, fraud, fraud-intentional nondisclosure, and conspiracy" by the archdiocese. The claims assert that the plaintiffs "only recently learned of the archdiocese's and parishes' misconduct" and statutes of limitations concerning when the abuse took place do not apply, he said. Additional local news briefs: LAKEWOOD Bail for fire suspect set at $1 million A woman arrested on suspicion of setting fire to her home in an attempt to kill family members appeared in court Wednesday, and her bail was set at $1 million. Nancy Jean Jewett, 47, of Lakewood was also told to stay away from her family. Police say she set fire to the home, in the 400 block of South Balsam Street, while family members were sleeping. No one was injured. DENVER Stephens named to lead police District 1 Denver police Capt. Doug Stephens was appointed commander of District 1 in the northwestern portion of the city after an extensive interview process, Chief Gerry Whitman announced. Stephens, a 15-year veteran of the Police Department, was serving as commander of the Pattern Crimes Bureau in the Criminal Investigations Division. He has overseen the reorganization of the bureau to focus on robbery investigations, financial and computer crimes, graffiti and other property crimes. As commander of District 1, Stephens will supervise 130 police officers. DENVER Life term issued in slaying of cellmate A federal prison inmate convicted of killing a cellmate was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. William Sablan, 42, was spared execution when his jury on April 6 said it could not unanimously agree on a sentence. Sablan was convicted in March of first-degree murder in the October 1999 death of Joey Jesus Estrella, 33. His cousin, Rudy Sablan, 37, also faces a first-degree murder charge. The two were accused of killing Estrella after a night of drinking homemade "hooch" and fighting in the cell they shared with Estrella at the federal penitentiary in Florence. GOLDEN Fitz-Gerald to run for 2nd District seat State Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, a Democrat from Jefferson County, announced Wednesday that she will run for the 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by Mark Udall, who is running for the U.S. Senate. Fitz-Gerald was elected to the state Senate in 2000. In 2005, she became the first woman in Colorado history elected Senate president. Will Shafroth, executive director of the Colorado Conservation Trust, has already announced he is running. HOLLY Temporary housing arriving for families Temporary housing - 50 travel trailers and mobile homes - will begin arriving today in Holly for people who lost their residences in the March 28 tornado. The cost of transport, being paid for by the state, is $5,000 per mobile home and $1,500 per travel trailer, for a total of $145,000. The units are coming 750 miles from Hope, Ark. "Since the tornado struck Holly on March 28, FEMA has been extremely responsive," Gov. Bill Ritter said. "These housing units will help provide some stability to those families in Holly whose homes were destroyed. They also will be invaluable as plans for rebuilding Holly move forward." DENVER Human-smuggling charges are filed Ten counts of smuggling humans and one count of criminal impersonation were filed Wednesday against Gopsalo Jose-Reyes, 36, who is accused of hauling 10 people from Mexico to Denver and then to Atlanta. Jose-Reyes, who is being held on $25,000 bail, was arrested Friday by Wheat Ridge police. He told them his name was Abram Calderon-Garcia. The arrest affidavit states that Jose-Reyes admitted he was in the country illegally and that he charged people $500 to $1,000 each to be smuggled into Colorado. GOLDEN Ex-teacher sentenced in chat room case A former Green Mountain Elementary School fifth-grade teacher was sentenced Wednesday to two years of intensive-supervision probation for attempted sexual assault a child under 15 years. Dana Craig Glazier, 49, of Lakewood pleaded guilty in February to exchanging Internet chat room messages - including asking for nude photos - with an investigator who he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Glazier must serve 20 days in jail, register as a sex offender and undergo sex-offender treatment.
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