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🌱 How home security footage helped crack a recent Carbondale burglary case

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Hi there, Carbondale! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How home security footage helped crack a recent Carbondale burglary case
  • Which Naturalist Nights talks are coming to Third Street Center?
  • Why did prosecutors add new charges in this high-profile case?

Also on today's calendar: TRIVIA — El Dorado Bar & Lounge and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 52 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 50, low: 26.
  • Thursday: Periods of sun, with a high of 49 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Local news in brief, Dec. 15 (aspendailynews.com) — Carbondale police recently arrested a local man in connection with a residential burglary caught on home security video, recovering stolen property afterward. The broader regional news brief also covers Aspen’s upcoming composting requirements and the discovery of a missing Woody Creek teen’s body, but the Carbondale case is the key public-safety update for local residents.
   

• ACES provides list of winter programming (aspendailynews.com) — Carbondale residents can catch ACES’ free Naturalist Nights talks on Wednesdays at the Third Street Center this winter, covering topics from beetle outbreaks to public lands. Additional ACES programs in Aspen, including Potbelly Perspectives and special speaker events, round out a full season of nature-focused storytelling, science, and outdoor activities across the Roaring Fork Valley.
   

• New charges in assault, kidnap case (aspendailynews.com) — A Carbondale-based defense attorney is representing an Aspen man who now faces additional assault, identity theft, and child abuse charges in a complex kidnapping case. The filing expands the count against him to 12, while a judge ordered prosecutors to provide more detail on the new allegations ahead of a January 5 court date for both defendants.
   

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