edition district internet investigation unit also known -- what we have learned from the arrest warrant. he worked at western state colorado university in gunnison as a sociology and criminal justice professor. he spoke about his job and videos like this one posted on youtube. he now faces four lab charges, accused of having sexually graphic conversations via e- mail and web cam, conversations also happened by text. an arrest warrant affidavit says he told the investigator he preferred to talk by e-mail and skype because his phone number could be traced. that is how investigators eventually identified him for tracking his cell phone number. the da's officersinvestigators arrested him at his home this morning. we reached out to the university for comment this morning but did not receive a response. an air force academy cadet in jail tonight accused of

this is jack warmalz dna evidence linked him to an assault last month. the academy says they arr cooperating with police. a search on to find the driver who hit a woman crossing the street at park and tremont the 66 -year-old victim is still in icu. of the car they are looking for. alerts around town. here is the car they are looking for, and 1998 lincoln town car with a license plate of two k i 2 8 5 that making alert named after has a patina of ballet from downtown denver who was killed in 2011. a taxi ddiver saw the crash and helped find the suspect. to issue an alert police need specific details about the suspect car, the victim has to be seriously injured.

rottweiler named logo are used to live behind the stands. and six months he attacked three people but was to stay with his owner and we wanted to know why. live at the animal shelter in difficult? we back it takes a lot to deem a dog dangerous and even more to put an animal down. five years after his first attack, he is now being held at the denver animal shelter. that had something been done in 2011 it could've prevented three other people from being attacked >> it is kind of horrific for a person to have their children out not knowing if they are going to be attacked we back this neighbor too afraid to show her facebook said she is terrified of a rottweiler named loco that used to live down the street. >> when you know he is growling at you you don't use on attack. >> animal control has the dock now but only after he mauled

surgery. >> this is serious. >> the denver das office says that the dog owner is charged with a felony in this to be in there for owning a dangerous dog we back what is it need to take to reach the level of owning a dangerous dog? >> it takes quite a bit we don't see these cases very often at least at the felony levell >> normally these cases are dealt with at the city level we ask animal control while it took so long to take him from his owner but they would not give us an answer, citing the ongoing investigation. >> the only reason they were talking about dogs in the criminal realm at all is because it is a public safety put the dog down the owner would have to be found guilty and exhaust all appeal. issue an order to have the dog

his state is pending. denver animal control tells us they don't have a specific ordinance for euthanizing pets pretty much on a case-by-case basis to make a decision. something else interesting we learned had the dog been a pit bull which are banned endeavor, likely would've been put down much sooner. a small plane comes crashing down near homes in palmer lake bursting into flames you can see there is not much of the plane last -- left we don't know what happened to the two on board. day investigating. fire could spread out-of- mike nelson joins us with your first alert or cast. what will be his -- when will these what it. will be much lighter. we had nearly 50 miles per hour in denver and 60 miles an hour

still strong is our is our 20- 30 miles per hour with stronger gust in the foothills but as the sun goes down things will lighten up a bit. precipitation around a few showers northeast corner of the state a few flurries in the mountains the red flag warning continues until 7:00 tonight but later on they ill start to become much lighter. our preview of spring will continue in the seven day forecast although there is rain and snow, and it is a good thing. no surprise to us denver officially the best place to live this year according to the u.s. news & world report. out of 100 cities, denver the best when it comes to affordability, job prospects a quality life. colorado springs also made the list at number 5, proof more our status. thousands moving here every place to live can be almost impossible. your dream house was sold before you could see it. one place helping families get

family of find -- by finding a place to live in dennever hasn't always been easy. >> finding a home that fit all our needs was like finding a unicorn. like in denver right now we back that all changed. when she found this new, four bedroom apartment that comes with everything she has been looking for. >> it is hard to find a place that is not really expensive, has amenities. >> despite losing some square footage, she says there is so many functional spaces that make up for it. she and her husband also like being close to the city. >> everything is super close for us. driving has been a huge thing as well. >> finding a spot like this that accommodates working class families is rare. the reason why the vice president of zeppelin development says they decided to build frright resident. >> the. >> the development market right now is millennial focused a lot

the other 70%-80% that still want things by couple, walkable and trying to address the area of the population overlooked i of the project. >> even though they thought about buying a home herchances would be slim. the denver housing inventory broke a record low with just under 4000 available homes. the average apartment rent in denver is about 1500. just about $2200 for all of this space is something that fits your budget and family. people have been getting calls with threats of jail time, fines and deportation all a scam for people posing as iris workers saying that you owe money. the attorney general sent out a warning letter today if you have been calling us after getting these calls now the attorney generals office wants to hear from you so they can work on finding these scammers. now official, sports authority has filed for chapter

in a letter, the ceo explained why. because of how the retail environment is changing and the business needs to streamline which means closing 140 stores, three in colorado. the site some stores closing, as a customer you shouldn't see any major changes. another morning delivering the mail when it took an unexpected turn. robert bentley found atop their watering down the median this morning. he said several other cars whiz right by the two -year-old. 911. mark stuart spoke to him and we story tonight at 10:00. were you able to get your caucus location last night? with the overwhelming turnout him a state leaders are looking to see what can be changed to make things run better next time around. the lines were so long many people never got inside. >>reporter: that is right. i want to show you some images from last night.

evening parking lots full. 10 blocks. some got frustrated and threw in theetowel leaving altogether. a lot of frustrated voters last party leaders to find a better way. the problem the presidential primary cost the state money and spending more money on something right now isn't anything lawmakers want to try to digest. let colorado vote says even with the seemingly large turnout last night, only about 14% of registered democrats were able to caucus. unaffiliated voters could participate. it may be too late to get a bill in this legislative session but it is coming we will have a primary in time for 20/20. conversations dollars -- over the starting about the best timing for figuring this out but there is no doubt in my mind by 20/20 we will not have a presidential calm -- presidential caucus like we did

we spoke to some who said they felt disenfranchised. local party leaders say the task is too big to take on their own on shoestring budgets and lack of space. this is something the state needs to pony up as some money for that because everybody wants to vote can vote. live in deever. politics aren't -- light against night we are halfway through colorado's legislative session. what is there to show? we will be joined by some of colorado's top ccpitol reporters to take a look at what has been accomplished and what still needs to be donn. the pesky snow that won't melt in your yard could be causing damage to your yard. >> what you need to look for now that it is warming up. the future of space travel being tested in our backyard

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. just as easy as printing on a piece of paper machines can now make white parts. >> being used right here, right now in denver. an up close look at the work being done at the university of denver. >> the benefits of 3-d printing are astounding. >>reporter: 3-d printers can build just about anything from the ground up with incredible detail. >> i just need to make sure thatti have that pressure exactly right. we back at this denver university lab, what they are creating could one day change your life. >> straight from a hospital or ct scan or mri. >>reporter: using picttres from inside your body, researchers

replica of organs or tissue. in this case a heart valve. we watched as something that has taken nature millions of years to perfect, printed for us and 22 minutes. >> this exactly matches the shape of a patient's heartfelt. >>reporter: researcher ben stewart explains this cylinder is like scaffolding on the building to be functional inside the body it would go from a bio printer to a bioreactor with human cells, that would attach to the scaffolding, take % on its shape and this would dissolve. >> the native fibers and native cells replace the entire scaffolding you see here. leaving nothing but naturaa, real blood vessel. >> the lab still has a ways to go before heartfelt reach a real beating heart. but that is the goal. >> some people i know have said

life or my friend's life. >>reporter: debra wilcox cofounder of danvers 3-d printing store. the shop partnered to bring the printer here. it is in use elsewhere too and they printed this replica of a human hair. ground breaking developments. not like there has been this huge body of research out there that we can look at and learn from. ww are writing the book and they are writing important chapters right here. >>reporter: advanced tools and >> use it to create something that will benefit all people. >> that could become to -- be coming to a body near year. >> that is very cool. later this year, they expect to start putting synthetic heartfelt through a bioreactor with human cells. from there, animal testing. the four valves could benefit human. when a spacecraft akes off at is longer than a rock

feel it. engineers at lockheed martin in littleton are using sound to test the orion spacecraft durability. he used more than 1500 speakers to surround the craft and pipe in extremely loud noise that simulates the vibration levels experienced during blast of. the test only lasts about a minute because that is the time it takes for a rocket to clear the atmosphere. developer said this new acoustic method will save time and money since the contest the spacecraft on site. how cool is that. warm weather finally melting the snow but some homeowners are finding a new problem. >> something called snow mold it happens when snow covers grass for a long time probably on the north side of your house and this is what it looks like. large patches of straw colored gas -- glass. on -- landscapers are getting lots of calls about this.

quickly off the melted the west of us looking over mile high stadium. here'' a few from our camera look at the dust blowing out here as cars go by on those dirt roads. winds lighter, skies mostly clear tomorrow looks like a good day. the rate of over the last few hours you can still see a bit and east. rain showers even a couule rumbles of thunder across kansas and a few light snow showers in the mountains. top temperatures to -- 61 the normals extreme 74 and seven below 0 with a few clouds on the horizon 54 downtown 50 through the airport, winds west northwest 23. strong winds aloft at the jet stream level moving away. we get a bridge overhead with lighter winds aloft. tomorrow not calm but certainly not as stormy as far as winds concerned. skies mostly clear tonight and

aspen, 18 steamboat, 30 denver 32 for collins. tomorrow nice day. low to mid 60s on the plains readings close to 70 in the southeast and mostly 40s in the mountains. front range numbers 40s and 50s to the west, 60s over the metro area, 64 platteville 66 fort collins and broomfield 65 downtown. hitting up into the mountains betting on 54 coming in at black hawk and generally 60s over most of the metro. lighter tonight 30 four a low and clear skies. tomorrow a sunny day, a bit breezy. 65 for high temperature. the extended forecast numbers still look way above normal this time of year. temperatures in the 60s through much of the weekend although early next week changes coming up with showers, mountain snow and colder temperatures, especially by next tuesday. tonight at 10:00 we will talk about more of what to expect as we head into the springtime months.

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out with warren lined out at a shot at the nfl. a longshot at best but not the story. jordan survived the aurora theatre shooting tragedy, all its whizzing over his head which he still thinks about all the time says he is paying tribute to the victims by making the most of every day chasing that nfl dreams. >> thinking about the opportunity, a lot of people weren't given aaother chance to wake up after that event and i have been given a chance to wake up everyday since then it is a blessing i want to make the most of it and honor those people that weren't able to wake up the next day. >> now to furniture row danvers own racing team took a big hit today from nascar crew chief suspended for a race, find 50 grand and the driver penalized 15 points knocking them from second to eighth in the senate this happen before a roof flaps violation. furniture row appealing scene they found the problem and

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