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WEEK OF JULY 6, 2023
VOLUME 157 | ISSUE 29
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Golden: Where the West rides!
$500,000 cash bond set for Marquez in fatal hit-andrun case BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
by a local band, Golden-based food and beer vendors, and other local sponsors. Golden Community Commons, a subset of Calvary Church, hosts the event and partners with a different nonprofit each month to share revenues. For June 27, it was the Rotary Club of Golden. The cruises, which started about 16 years ago, raises about $3,000 a
Ruben Marquez, the alleged driver in the fatal hit-and-run outside a Golden bar, has had his bond set at $500,000 cash only. Marquez, 30, is facing first-degree murder, vehicular homicide and multiple assault charges for allegedly driving a truck into a crowd of people outside The Rock Rest Lodge on Oct. 9. Adrian Ponce, 26, was killed in the incident, and at least four others were injured, including Rock Rest employees. Marquez appeared in court June 28, after a recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling found that courts can’t deny a defendant’s bail request, even in Class 1 felony cases. Because Colorado no longer has a death penalty, there are no longer capital offense cases and defendants can’t be held without bond, Judge Lindsay VanGilder explained on June 28. Thus, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office and other jurisdictions are expediting bond hearings in all pending murder cases. In general, judges decide the dollar amounts based on the individual cases and each defendant’s flight
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A cyclist wears a cowboy hat as Golden Bike Cruise participants head down the Clear Creek trail June 27.
Bike Cruise participants saddle up for fun summertime rides BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Goldenites were back in the saddle again June 27, as they donned their cowboy hats, untied their steeds
from the hitching posts, and rode off into the sunset. Hundreds of locals saddled up for the “Cowboys & Cowgirls”-themed Golden Bike Cruise, a summertime staple that fundraises for local nonprofits. The event, which is the last Tuesday of the month May through September, starts at the Armory parking garage and loops through north Golden before returning downtown. The bike cruise also features music
VOICES: 14 | LIFE: 16 | CALENDAR: 19 | SPORTS: 24
PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
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