Fuel for a fire especially with see. Given a warm day like today, its a really big fire danger and we need to be aware of it. As people travel through colorado, or enjoy the warm weather, we need to Pay Attention to the dry grasses, and make sure that were not doing anything to start a fire. We still dont know what starts this fire in Lincoln County south of limon. The Sheriffs Office just shared this dashcam footage and you can see that a deputy is doing everything that he can to keep the fire from jumping the highway. We have seen a string of firess like this one recently. Somewhat surprising when not long ago there was such a significant snowstorm. The snow that we have on the ground really doesnt provide any moisture for the grasses. The grasses are dead. And if you have emberor anything that starts the fire, the fire will move through the grasses very quickly. Reporter their way to mention the importance of not throwing cigarette butts outside of car windows. Firefighters were just telling us that a person could be responsible for the entire cost for a fire if they are caught doing that, just something to keep in mind with such warm, windy, and dry conditions. Linzi watts, denver 7. Definitely windy. And in Green Mountain falls a house was destroyed after it caught fire early this morning. This is near cascade. The fire spread from the fire to nearby trees and grass. Its not clear what caused this fire. Developing now i70 in Glenwood Springs with stay closed. This is a new picture cdot is sharing of the road. A rockslide did serious damage to the road on monday and its been closed since then. Crews are removed the larger boulders, but there is still for repairs that the road need. Were expecting another update from cdot soon and well bring recommends that you use two alternnte routes one north, one south. We have a breakdown of both routes on the denver 7 app. A crash at a busy intersection hurts a person in a wheelchair and stalls traffic. This was right outside of our denver 7 studio at spear and broadway. Police tell us that a car hit a person in a wheelchair. That person was taken to the hospital. Police are questioning the driver to try to figure what happened here. Southbound lanes of i25 near lark pur are back open. One person was thrown from onn serious injuries. Investigators think one of the before it happened. Traffic was detoured for about three hoursing and as can you imagine this led to some retty there. This is a sobering reminder to never drink and drive. The adams county Sheriffs Office is sharing this video drunk driver. Last weekend a sergeant was in this suv at a red light when another vehicle slammed into the back of it. recover. Frustration boiled over in a collrado springs impound lot truck driver. Police say he began upset when he saw a driver towing his car. It, but the driver refused. Once he to get out of the impound lot a vehicle pulled up and someone fired several shotses before taking off. The towtruck drivers chased the suupects, but they got away. Brazen thieves are targeting Boulder County neighbors of they broke into cars, steal Garage Door Openers and get into the victims ohm. The homeowners were home at both of these burglaries. Louisville police tell us this is the man they are looking for. They say they investigated similar crimes earlier this month. Flags will return to fall staff. They were lowered last week after Supreme Court justice anylonin scalia and also lowered for mesa county deputy gear who was shot and killed last week by a teen. Pot may be day be certified as organic. A Colorado House Committee endorsed a bill assigning that certification. So gar the city of denver has received thousand of Marijuana Plants from growers suspected of using pesticides and speaking of pesticides two are trouble for using them. Theoreticals say pot is now considered a Public Safety risk dispensaries. Its not cleer how many plants while it got fairly warm today. Some folks died decided to chill out for a great cause and those Good Samaritans took to the polar plunge at the auroraers are vier. Eric, this benefits Special Olympics. Reporter sponsor of Special Olympics and i have to say it takes a lot of guts to go into the icy reservoir, but hens of people 1, 2, one gutsy taken at a time. good luck . Taking the ultimate plunge. Show up to jump in the reservoir, in february, yes, that fill miz heart raising money for those who need it most. There are so many incredible people out there that care about our organization and our athletes. 3 Special Olympics colorado athletes. Are you nervous . Yes. Ike anna hall. Are you excited . Yes without fundraisers like polar plunge wont be able to play the sports that she loves. Football and track. We raise dollar in the Community Form these program for people in colorado alone. Reporter the 30something degree water a few slip nofly zone left behind, but in this community our special olympic athletes will never be left in the cold. So you are ready for this one . They raised 127,000 just at this polar plunge. Lessa and eric emceed this event and there is going to be another polar plunge next week at the denver zoo. Lisa and eric have two teams that were talking about here. They have got a morning team versus the evening. Denver 7 team is trying to other and go to thedenverchannel. Com to donate for the olar plunge next week and yes, i will be doing the polaa plunge not looking for forward it it, but its for a good caused. You are going to do it eric. Yes, im ready. [ laughter ] thank you so much, eric. Mount english has become the third mcnabb in National Park in that set new visitation records. According to fort collins colorado, it surpassed yellowstone and yosemite in 2013. A heartbreakingtor story in castle rock and how one deputys mistake may have cost this mother of six her life. Then the best of the best are getting ready for the world games at Copper Mountain. Next, hannah and connor tell us why this competion is so big for special ollmpic athletes and the mountain . And Virgin Galactic unveils the new spaceship arch the devastating crash in 2014. The world a president has to grapple with. Sometimes you cant even imagine. Thats the job. And shes the one whos proven she can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Protecting Social Security. Expanding benefits for the national guard. And Winning Health care for 8 million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world and shes the one wholl make a real difference for you. Im Hillary Clinton and i welcome back now toe a denverr7 exclusive a mother of six is murder and our investigators found she might still be alive if not for a significant deputies. Chef investigator Tony Kovaleski exposes a lie that the deputy told and explains its role in christin locketts death. This is a story about a murdered mother of six. She is a really good mother who didnt deserve anything to happen o her. About a husbands violent history. The small gun is potentially homicidal and suicidal . Reporter and the story connecting dots between a critical phone call, and a deputys decision to distort the truth. Did your office consider criminal charges against this deputy . We did and i think we still do. Reporter months before the district deputys decision, cristin lockett was asking for help. He is ikely in the area. Reporter this arrest warrant came out of Lincoln County last july, kirstens husband was a wanted man. He was wanted in connection for multiple fflonn. Reporter five Days Later Police responded to the homef her brothers home in castle rock and inside kirsten was dead, stabbed multiple times and according to police, her husband rick was in the closet with her, along with a knife. There were two phone calls between our agencies, advising then of the armed and dangerous indicator on mr. Lockettdays before Police Arrested mr. Lockett a sheriffs deputy made a critical call to calculatele rock during their search for lockett. Information in regards to extra patrols and increased vigilance. Painful . It is painful. Reporter sheriff nestor answered our questions and confirmed one of his deputies distorteddthe truth. Claiming he called the Castle Rock Police department asking for increased patrols. When you learned that the deputy in fact, was not truthful, what was your reaction . I was actually hocked. I mean absolutely shocked that those calls werent made, because i was told they were. Reporter according to this document, cell phone data shows rick lockett was in the castle rock area for two days before the murder and shows that Deputy Wineski admitted he never made the call. F. Reporter did this deputy embarrass your department . I will be blunt and say he did. Their agency called the Colorado State patrol, colorado Castle Rock Police directly. Whether you direct when you hear that . It hurts. It hurt. Reporter your name and your picture. Your credibility. My face. Yes. Reporter captain now knows he misinformed the public because his deputy didnt tell the truth. I thought i could trust him and i for every intect and purposes i should have been able to trust him and that trust was violated. Reporter the integrity of your Police Department was putz into question here. Cattle rock police chief investigated Lincoln Countys claim. We discoveree that we did not receive the call from Lincoln County. Reporter that deputy is no longer employed in Lincoln County, surprised . Im not surprised. Reporter should that deputy be allowed to work in another department . No, im not going make a he wont work in this reporter resigned for personal reasons and the Lincoln CountySheriffs Office still does not know why he failed to make lockett. Wound could argue if those Kirsten Lockett might be alive tony, i dont know. I cant ever say we would know that 00 did Deputy Wineski have happened . I would say that is not my perspective. Ultimate plait the responsibility lies with the defendant in this case. Do i wish that those calls would have went out . Absolutely. I wish that. But they didnt. Reporter so now seven months later you have a husband behind bars, six children without a mother, and two communities left with questions . Its sad, its totally sad. 3 and it should have never happened. Reporter Tony Kovaleski reporting. Rick lockett is in jail, charged with liz wifes murder. Our investigators made several attempts to get a hold of Deputy Wineski, but he didnt respond. We have learned after living Lincoln County he was hired as a volunteer reserve deputy in neighboring cheyenne county, but shortly after we asked questions about hi hiring he was term innated. What a daa afternoon highs in the 60s or us around the ront range, but up in mountains beautiful as wwll. Here attLoveland Pass it looks different than last weekend witt heavy snow coming down. Right now in denver, beautiful blue skies overhead. The winds of course have been a little gusty, extreme at times over the last two days, but they are dying down. We have a brush fire burning in carson and we have been watching a ton of know of and there is say cold front heading our direction right now as we speak and then another bigger system coming in from the Pacific Northwest bringing rain and snow for the beginning of might have one busy morning snowy commute on tuesday. Thanks to that storm system. Today though you wouldnt know today. 47 is normal for this time of year. Our record 75 degrees and currently 65 degrees and humidity at 20 and winds 16 Miles Per Hour. And for the most part winds have been 2025 Miles Per Hour at times here along the front range. And gustier through the afternoon. As we go into tonight they should be 510 Miles Per Hour and that will continue into tomorrow as well. Unless ou are near the frontal boundary as it pushes down, there will be a little gusty as we had a few light showers through northeastern colorado. Earlier today a little light snow showers active, but light to moderate rainfall coming down. Denver were completely dry with nice clear skies. I wanted to show you the wider view of the satelliteradar picture because its quiet in colorado and the surrounding states. Ass e go into the few days, monday and tuesday, range changing to snow. This will affect us tonight and tomorrow. Frontal boundary will push to the south going in thissevening and you will notice the difference tomorrow afternoon. Overnight lows innthe low 30s and tomorrow instead of the 60s well be in the upper 40s dures the day. As for our futurecast not until monday afternoon do we start it see the moisture come in. It changes to rain as it comes down the evening for the front range and changes over to snow for tuesday for us. Moderate snow. 20s and 30s for overnight lows throughout the you ar at. Teens and 20s for the mcminnvilles and through the southeassern part of the stay, 30s for lows. Tomorrow cooler here with the upper 40s to around 50 degree range. Temperatures in he day, 40s gunnison. Tonight well have overnight low of 20 degrees mostly clear skies. Tomorrow 49 degrees. Cooler and breezy at times about. Sevenday forecast. Degrees tomorrow. Then 55. Rain moves in. 3 changes to snow. We get snow on tuesday with high of 36. And then were back up into the 50s and 60s by next weekend. So on saturday, sunny skies and 63 degrees. Yeah. Air and say wwee. Do you think its going to be a warmer than normal march for us. It could be, but its our snowest month. Well get is hit a few times. When ww return on denver 7 our Special Olympics reporter conner and hanna take to us Copper Mountain and show us how big the world game ready not foyt athletes. After a devastating loss, virgin tt2watu s4 bt qop< tt2watu s4 a q \x tt2watu s4 bm qtwt tt4watu s4 dztq 0 t tt4watu s4 entq 4 tt4watu s4 gzt y l tt4watu s4 hnt i tt4watu s4 iztq dx. Welcome back were just two weeks from the world games at Copper Mountain. A big moment for Special Olympics athletes from around the state. As you know by now we have been working on these stories with our new reports an nav and conner. Eric congave them homework haun they wrote this entire story themselves. Reporter im here at hanging out wi conner our fortune last 27 years and we asked Stephanie Sweeney coppers Communications Director how big of a deal it is for copper . They come in here and they are here for a full day. They are across multiple venues on mostly based ii our west village. Its boom cody field is a snowboarder and he is ready for the winter games. Very exciting. Little nervewracking, but it will work. Its the best term i could ever have inhir life. Reporter its a big deal for the coaches, too. Its once a year thing we all get together and its just a great experience for all of us. Reporter the winter games at copper is always a hit with the fans. At the statelevel you have so many people watching you, its like, this issmy experience. Reporter i meet a lot of good people. ` its louder than if you go to a bronco game [ laughter ]. There is like a medal celebrate. Im conner . Im hanna. Back to you. I love see thinking personalities. Excellent job. 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