Former CCD newspaper editor arrested

By Perry Swanson
The Metropolitan

Denver police have arrested the former editor of The Community News in connection with the theft of a laptop computer and forgery of a written order for the product.

A police report said someone sent a fake purchase order from the Community College of Denver to MacWarehouse for a laptop computer valued at $2,667. The name signed to the purchase order was Dennis Archuletta, the paperâs former editor.

Archuletta said Nov. 17 that someone used a computer-generated copy of his signature on purchase order to frame him for the theft.

As many as three other companies also received bogus purchase orders and delivered products to CCD that were ultimately stolen, Catalina said. He wouldnât say the names of the companies or estimate the value of the products, but he said the companies have not been paid for them.

The computer was delivered to The Community News office Oct. 29 at the Tivoli, the report said. CCD Director of Student Activities Felicia Sykes reported the incident to police.

Sykes confronted Archuletta about the incident Nov. 4, but he denied ãknowledge of the order, delivery or current location of the computer,ä the report said.

The Community News stopped publishing for the second time this year on Nov. 12 when Archuletta resigned as editor. The paperâs only issue this semester came out in October.