Surgery Tech Admits To Exposing Many to Hep C

It is an unthinkable and detestable admission from a surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C. She now says she may have exposed thousands of others by switching used syringes with ones filled with a powerful painkiller.
Kristen Diane Parker described for prosecutors how she slipped through a hospital's drug screening process and began stealing drugs as she coped with a heroin addiction.
Parker pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by deceit. She admitted stealing syringes from operating carts while employed at Denver's Rose Medical Center and Colorado Springs' Audubon Surgery Center.
Prosecutors say her scheme exposed nearly 6,000 patients at the two hospitals to the incurable liver disease. Thirty-six of them got infected. She faces 20 years behind bars.

Arrest Made In Connection To Assault In Fort Morgan

An arrest has been made stemming from an assault that occurred in the 100 block of Park Street on Thursday, January 14, 2010. Christopher Hunter, 46, was arrested Saturday afternoon after he was released from the hospital where he was recovering from wounds he suffered during the assault. Richard Solum, 34, and Virgil Roberts, 46, victims of the assault, were both treated and released from the hospital on Thursday. Mr. Hunter and Mr. Roberts were involved in an argument when Mr. Hunter shot Mr. Roberts with a BB gun. Mr. Hunter also had a knife in his hand. Mr. Solum grabbed a hold of Mr. Hunter to try and stop him from shooting the BB gun. When Mr. Hunter grabbed him, he was cut in the back with the knife. Mr. Solum was able to take the knife away from Mr. Hunter and in doing so, Mr. Hunter was also injured. Mr. Hunter is being held without bond at the Morgan County Detention Center. He is being charged with Second Degree Assault, Menacing, and Reckless Endangerment.

Sterling Library Event Postponed

Officials at Sterling Public Library say they will hold the progam that had been set for tonight, next week. It's called "Appreciate a Dragon Day,and had originally bee scheduled for this evening. The event has been postponed until 6:30 p.m. next Monday. Staff will share stories about our special mythical friend, the dragon. Following the stories participants will play nine holes of miniature dragon golf. This is the second rescheduling of the event -- earlier officials had set the postponed date as the 28th.