SUNRISE: AFA cadet to appear for hearing in sex assault case
An Air Force Academy cadet is expected to appear for a hearing Monday morning that will help Air Force officials decide whether the cadet is tried on suspicion of sexual assault.
Kyle Cressy, a senior who has played on academy’s soccer team, is scheduled to appear at 8 a.m. for the Article 32 hearing, which determines whether he faces a court-martial.
Cressy was one of three Air Force Academy cadets who were charged in late 2011 in connection with several alleged sex assaults. Investigators suspect Cressy sexually assaulted a woman on May 28 in the academy’s dorms.
Cadet Stephan Claxton appeared on Thursday for a similar hearing. Prosecutors claimed he sexually assaulted two women, one in November and another in March.
It will likely be several weeks before Air Force Academy officials decide whether Claxton is tried on suspicion of abusive sexual contact, wrongful sexual contact, assault and underage drinking.
WEATHER
Expect sunny skies and unreasonably warm tempretures today. Colorado Springs is forecast to high a high temperature of 62 degrees on Monday before dipping down to a low temperature of 29.
Tuesday should be cooler, with temperatures in the city forecast to top out at 48 degrees.
BEST OF THE SITES
-- gazettepreps.com: Skilled Italian transfer student leads revival for local girls basketball program..
-- outtherecolorado.com: ESPN might pull Winter X Games out of Aspen.
-- coloradosprings.com: 2012 Dining Guide.
-- csfreshink.com: Buffalo Chicken Dip, for the next game.
-- pikespeakparent.com: Kids help AFA's Bird celebrate his birthday.
-- springsmilitarylife.com: Wounded warriors hit the hill at Keystone.
AROUND COLORADO
Teen girl jumps from car, killed by coming vehicle
KIPLING (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old girl who jumped out of a car driven by her mother Saturday morning was hit and killed by an oncoming car.
The Denver Post reports that 17-year-old Catrina Fox jumped from the moving car on U.S. 285 near Kipling at about 1 a.m. She was hit by a 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser being driven by another teen, a 17-year-old boy.
Fox was killed. Police said they do not plan to file charges in the accident. The boy was uninjured.
Pueblo teen gets max sentence for 2010 killing
PUEBLO (AP) — A Pueblo teenager who shot and killed a homeowner who interrupted a robbery has received the maximum sentence of 40 years in a plea agreement.
The Chieftain reports that 18-year-old Torey Kuznicki pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2010 killing of Michael Hopkins. Kuznicki was 16 when he broke into the home of 50-year-old Hopkins, then shot Hopkins when the homeowner startled him. Kuznicki fled to suburban Chicago, where he was apprehended in a hotel several months after the shooting.
Kuznikci pleaded guilty to second-degree murder rather than face a first-degree murder charge. The plea agreement set a maximum sentence of 40 years, which Kuznicki received Friday. Kuznicki was charged as an adult.
Bergman named to Colo. ski, snowboard hall of fame
VAIL (AP) — The Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame says Bill Bergman, who helped develop the Keystone ski area, will be inducted into the hall in the pioneer category this year.
Bergman will be honored at a ceremony in October along with four other inductees who will be chosen in voting from March 15 to April 15.
The Summit Daily News reports Bergman is credited with transforming skiing into a corporate enterprise.
SIA Snow Show gives peek of next ski season's gear
DENVER (AP) — One of the best previews of what snow-sports manufacturers are making for next ski season comes at the annual show thrown by the trade group SnowSports Industries America.
At the SIA Snow Show in Denver this past week, GoPro showed a gadget that allows its cameras to be controlled from a remote control worn on the wrist, or from a smart phone or device. That means kids riding through the halfpipe with cameras on their helmets could have their parents on the sidelines controlling when to snap the best shot.
Glowboardz LLC offered snowboards with lights embedded in the bottom to light up the snow.
One trend that is sticking around is the rocker, or reverse camber, shape in skis and snowboards that have made them easier to ride.
HAPPENINGS
-- “Unheard Voices of the Colorado River Basin - Bringing Mexico and the Native American Tribes to the TAble” lecture, 7 p.m., Colorado College, Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave., free.
