>> reporter:'s bizarre actions are the main reason he was hospitalized, charges are filed.

to the southwest airplane. the individuals did suffer, it appears, some injuries from the crash. >> reporter: the damages, we are told, to the airplane, apparently happened to the tires. live at denver international airport, jennifer brice, cbs 4 knew his. a reminder to watch what you leave in your car, even at national parks. investigators release this photo of them and buying items estes park sunday. earlier that day, someone stole purses left in cars inside rocky mountain national park. the break-ins happened near the old fall river road inside the park. the park service once visitors to not leave valuables in your cars. new tonight, a man who posed at a police -- as a police officer is heading off to jail. a judge sentenced antonio arbigast. howard nathan is at the courthouse. did he have anything to say?

defendant. the judge says one year after the incident he can feel the fear coming off of this woman. finally, the judge said, if he had a gun in a similar circumstance come he might have used it. >> reporter: this is 23-year- old antonio marcus arbigast of aurora. he will be spending the next 60 days in jail for impersonating a police officer in a public lace. the adams county das office says he was driving a 1991 brown subaru legacy rigged with lights, wh pull over a woman on colfax and moline after 1 in the morning, may 18, she responded by calling 911 to report a man with flashing lights was trying to pull her over. but she did not believe this man was a cop appear >> he believed what he was doing on that night, enough to put the flashing lights on. >> reporter: arbigast worked as a security guard. >> anytime you impersonate a police officer you are violating public press. in this particular case, she had flashing lights. there was no reason for her to

police officer until it was too late. that scared her enough to run a red light. >> reporter: the d.a. says he is worried a story like this means people will not obey a legitimate police officer. >> absolutely. i worry people may not pull over for a legitimate police officer because they may not know whether or not that person is legitimate. if that starts to happen, we will have major problems on our streets. obviously, innocent people are going to get hurt. >> reporter: the attorney for arbogast declined to comment and noted that his reporting live in brighton, howard nathan, cbs 4 knew his. coming up, big steps to support the nation's blood supply against the zika virus. what the fda wants all blood banks to do now. the colorado woman investigators say hauled in thousands of dollars in government benefits that she was not eligible for. at 2:00 this afternoon, a few clouds, watch this come a storm comes up and looks like

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y23eiy yvpy new details tonighab copter 4 over that scene during the cbs 4 morning news today, a building that houses golf course and maintenance equipment caught fire. the fire did not reach the pro shop or new clubhouse being built. no word yet what sparked the club fire. new tonight, a woman is accused of stealing more than $65,000 in tax benefits she was not entitled to.

matt kroeschel, has been looking into how she got her hands on the money. >> reporter: we have learned this was a joint task force investigation, busting the six- year scheme, milking a government of more than 65 matt kroeschel, has been looking into how she got her hands on the money. >> reporter: we have learned this was a joint task force investigation, busting the six- year scheme, milking a government of more than $65,000, investigators say that 50-year-old of eagle was booked into the jail, she faces a long list of charges, the d.a. telling us they are cracking down on people who are getting benefits they don't deserve. >> health and human services is able to fund families who and from time to time, they are going to be double checking, and digging deep, getting bank records to make sure that people who are claiming they do not have income really don't. in this case, they were able to get their hands on documents which showed that an undeserving recipient had gotten thousands of dollars. and up in eagle county, the joint task force was formed to

different investigations, they have been able to get back $150,000 to taxpayers. live in the high country, matt kroschel, cbs 4 mountain newsroom. this is the news in health tonight, the government takes a step to protect our nation's blood supply from the zika virus. the fda wants u.s. blood blanks -- blood banks to start screening for zika, it has had caribbean islands very hard. recently, eskimos have been spreading the illness in south florida. banks already test donations for and other viruses. france's top court decides french mayors do not have the right to ban moline from the beach. more than 30 towns band the swimsuit which is one by some muslim women. they say it is in response to growing terrorism concerns. activists argue it is not only illegal, but also islam a phobic. also developing, aftershocks damage two key access roads in

town of amatrice. 267 people are dead following wednesday's earthquake. today, emergency crews closed a badly damaged bridge, they are working on finding alternative roads so that that part of town is not cut off. hey, ed, what do you know? scattered showers. >> we see nothing going along the front range at 2:00 this afternoon, further to the north and east, heavier showers and storms. storm warnings went up. as we begin to see these move into the area, they all died down and not much comes into denver at all. that is pretty much the situation right now. we've got those storms to the north and south, little ones trying to get going. still some moisture in some areas, we will see on and on storms through the evening hours but off to the west, still have that moisture flow. tonight into tomorrow, still have a chance for showers and thunderstorms. here is the hour by hour

outings will keep the showers going until probably after midnight. tomorrow, here comes the moisture flow, 3:30, right up into the foothills. if you spill over into the front range but died down. don't last very long. sunday, 1:30, just in the western sections of the metro area and never make it into denver. sunday looks to be a dry day for us, as we roll into monday, chance of showers and thunderstorms to push into the city as we look like anything will be severe. cooler over the eastern plains of colorado, we were warmer today, almost made the 80s but did stay in the 70s. 79 and 78. started off 50 and 54, normal still, 86 and 56, well below that. 97 and 40, the records for this date. 76 and 75, northwest reset 12 miles per hour, humidity 26%, study barometer. take a look at this close-up shot, from michael smith, the face of a dragonfly. there it is again, jeremy swanson, the aspen snowmass

elevations. temperatures for tonight around here, mostly in the 50s over the eastern plains, we'll find 30s and 40s in the mountains out west, temperatures in the 50s. tomorrow, start to warm it up even more. look at the 80s over eastern plains, near 90 in the southeast. summer is still here. we'll see 60s and 70s for the mountains out west, pleasant, 70s to the mid-80s. there is your denver forecast for tonight, chance of a overnight lows. tomorrow, partly cloudy, a few isolated storms but look at this, we push it into the low 80s and over the next couple of days, we stay into the low 80s right on into next week for the chance of an isolated storm just about every other day. it is a great weekend to enjoy the outdoors in colorado and is free to go to national parks as the service celebrates its 100th birthday. you can find a list of the free parks in the links and info section of our website, cbsdenver.com.

>> that's right. coming up next in sports, what makes trevor siemian demand for the job?

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empower those who spend every day with our kids. that's why i worked with republicans and democrats to replace the no child left behind law and increase local control of schools. i'm michael bennet. i approve this message because i believe parents and our communities

broncos players say they support all three playbacks, certainly trevor. >> they have had to walk the company line of not knowing who to line up behind because you did not know who it was for the

looked at the camera and said the idea of trevor siemian starting for the broncos did not make any sense. looks like i was wrong. my logic was if you wanted experience, you go mark sanchez. if you want young talent, go with paxton lynch. instead, trevor siemian, the former seventh round draft pick from northwestern who has never thrown a regular-season past has emerged as the study and safe option for gary kubiak. my opinion never mattered but having the support of his teammates does. team, i knew he was a hard worker last year. he earned my respect as a rookie and coming into this year, to see where he could improve, it is even better. >> he is just so calm, there is something about him. he is calm and composed, does not get riled up. nothing really gets to him. when you see somebody like that with my -- that confidence, you look at him, even though he does not have an nfl snap under

there's something about him. >> he joined twitter today, by the way. there was a list put out this week of the best player from each team over the past decade, and they chose von miller for the broncos, citing what he did in last season's playoffs. it caught my attention because the list said, past decade, 10 years. 2006 to 2015, not just one year. so, we made a century link poll question, who is the best player from the past decade? peyton manning, von miller, champ bailey, somebody else? vote at cbsdenver.com. time for my favorite segments. animal runs on sports fields. any guest on this week's contestant? minor-league game between the spikes and muck dogs, something is causing a disruption in the outfield, if you guessed a goat or sheep, you win. the sheep was therefore an entertainment act, for the monkey rides, dog herders and sheep. started finally, katie ledecky

medals, and then she made bryce harper hold all of them. the reigning nl mvp held on -- turned into a medal rack, she threw out a pretty good first

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denver international airport doubling the number of its canine volunteers. today, that program went from 27 dr. 53. the animals roamed the concourses, helping passengers relax and unwind before a

dogs are certified service animals and their handlers all volunteer for the program. >> so cute, isn't it? that would help me relax at the airport. >> well, sure. that's what you need. our weather is not all that bad, we have been in the 60s and 70s come here comes the 80s, just in time for the weekend. a couple of showers and thunderstorms scattered around, let's look at the forecast. 83 degrees, into the 80s and with shower or thunderstorm sunday, we dry out, 86. that is about normal for this time of year, we get above that as we head 87. tuesday, a weak cold front pushes through, so, 83 degrees, maybe a few more clouds, then wednesday, back to 86 degrees. looks like the next couple of days we stay in the 80s. we stay kind of warm and dry again unfortunately, right on into next week. >> any pictures of your

>> i had them all lined up but i did nothing we would have time. you can watch live preseason football right here tonight, so we will not see you for cbs 4 news at 6. >> but, the news continues with the "cbs evening news." enjoy the game and enjoy your friday night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> brown: it's war on zika. with the virus spreading, the u.s. government orders all blood donations screened. also tonight, a governor's under fire for an x-rated attack. >> i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i spent my life helping black people, and you little son of a ( bleep ), socialist ( bleep ). >> brown: after dropping for years, traffic deaths are now skyrocketing. t >> our complacency when it comee to highway fatalities is killing us.

meets an old sailor who is preserving history by making some history of his own. >> thank you, so much!pr this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> brown: good evening, scott is on assignment. i'm james brown. today, the food and drug administration took the extraordinary step of ordering the nation's blood banks to begin screening for zika, even in places where the virus is not present. zika can cause severe birth defects, and to date, there have been nearly 2500 infections inou the u.s. linked to travel in countries affected by the outbreak. 42 were locally transmitted in florida, most likely from mosquitoes. dr. tara narula is a cbs news medical contributor. and i guess the first question up is why has the f.d.a. called for a nationwide testing? >> these are updated recommend ages that come from the recommendationing in february. and it comes in the light of new scientific evidence, and the