S T E A M B O AT
TODAY
FRIDAY
JUNE 19, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
®
Vol. 21, No. 146
RO U T T
INSIDE
FREE
C O U N T Y ’ S
DA I LY
N E W S PA P E R
Scam reach wide
Mustang Roundup
Thousands of dollars allegedly conned across US
E X P L O R E S T E A M B O AT Your weekend guide Page 1B
Zach Fridell
SPORTS
PILOT AND TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
High bar hopes Page 25A
■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . Business. . . . . Classifieds . . . Colorado. . . . . Comics . . . . . . Crossword . . .
10A 24A 16B 22A 10B 15B
Happenings . . . 7A Horoscope . . . 10B Nation. . . . . . . 23A Sports. . . . . . . 25A ViewPoints . . . . 8A Weather . . . . . 14B
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MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
A line of Ford Mustangs drives south on Routt County Road 129 on Thursday afternoon during a Steamboat Lake driving tour as part of the annual Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup in Steamboat Springs. An autocross is being held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today at Meadows Parking Lot. The Show n’ Shine on Lincoln Avenue is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
■ LOTTO Thursday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 9-14-23-28-29 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
■ WEATHER
Partly sunny. An evening storm. High of 68.
Page 14B
Four Routt County residents accused of taking part in a Jamaican lottery scam were part of a wide-ranging network that bilked dozens of people across the country out of tens of thousands of dollars, according to arrest warrants filed in Routt County District Court. Evidence, charges and information continue to pour in from investigators, who say the ongoing investigation is being done cooperatively with federal law enforcement agencies. Steamboat Springs residents Troy Cox, Yanique Mendez, Simon Guthrie and Catrina Graham were arrested in May, and each face felony charges of violating Colorado’s Organized Crime Act, in addition to other charges. The preliminary hearing for Cox and Mendez was continued Thursday. Their attorneys recently received more than a thousand pages of discovery from investigators. Routt County Judge James Garrecht agreed to the continuance and set a new preliminary hearing for July 13. “They targeted elderly people, telling them they won either the Jamaican or Australian lottery,” See Scam, page 14A
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