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Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Yahoo
10 years later: Deadly shooting of Windsor cyclist John Jacoby still not solved
DENVER (KDVR) — After 10 years with still no answers. the FBI is searching for any information that could lead to solving the 2015 deadly shooting of a Windsor cyclist. On May 18, 2015, John Jacoby, a 47-year-old park caretaker for the city of Windsor and employee at King Soopers, was riding his bicycle on Weld County Road 15 about two miles north of Windsor's Main Street when he was shot twice by an unknown person at around 10:15 a.m., according to the FBI. Jacoby died at the scene. 3 pedestrians killed in separate Denver crashes Sunday morning: police 'He was a good kid. He didn't deserve this,' a close family friend said after his death. 'It's just something that shouldn't have happened because he never hurt a soul.' Jacoby's death rocked the town of Windsor, as FOX31's reporting from the time showed it was the first homicide in the city in eight years. 'In a town that is very calm, something like this is unusual and certainly we're going to take every step we can to get to the bottom of it and find out exactly what happened,' a Windsor police lieutenant said back in 2015. But 10 years later, no one has been arrested or charged. Investigators do believe the shooting of Jacoby was connected to another shooting that happened less than a month prior on April 22, 2015, in Fort Collins. In that shooting, two rounds were fired at a woman driving around 11 p.m. at the intersection of Harmony Road and the southbound Interstate 25 on-ramp. 2 dead after small plane crash near Broomfield: North Metro Fire Rescue The woman survived after being shot in the neck, according to the FBI. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of the person or people responsible for Jacoby's death. Anyone with information about this case can contact the Northern Colorado Shooting Task Force at 970-498-5595 or at taskforce@ Tipsters can also contact any local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or through Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Councilman John Jacoby not running for re-election in Lewiston
John Jacoby had no desire to get involved with town government after finishing a long career with the Niagara Falls Fire Department. But what started as a chance purchase of a plot of land in Lewiston in 1995 would lead to eight years of further public service. The two-term town councilman will not run for re-election this year. At 74 years old, he said he feels he accomplished what he hoped to when he first ran for the board. 'I feel it's time for someone to give a younger person the chance,' Jacoby said. Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Jacoby spent 32 years with the city fire department with one year as acting chief, retiring as a battalion chief. He said the move to Lewiston with his wife came when they saw a newspaper ad for the land, and it was just too good an opportunity to pass up. One day in 2017, a friend told Jacoby to run for the town board — he said he thought the friend was kidding. A week later, when that friend brought it up again, Jacoby was convinced to go to a Democratic Party committee meeting that same night, where he ended up as a candidate. 'It's been an interesting and rewarding experience,' he said, adding that he feels the majority of Lewiston residents have been satisfied with their town government. Jacoby was also elected to be chairman of the Niagara County Democratic Committee in 2020, though current chair Chris Borgatti finished that two-year term starting in August 2021. Among the town projects Jacoby is particularly proud of is the waterline project, particularly after several thunderstorms flooded sewer and stormwater lines the past few years, and getting legislation passed that outlawed short-term rentals in the town. 'Over 90 percent of people said to me, 'We don't want them,' ' Jacoby said. He was also involved with grants to fund town projects without adding additional costs to taxpayers. The town's purchase of the former Boy Scout Camp Stonehaven to turn into a nature preserve was done with assistance from a state Community Forest Conservation grant worth $300,000, the purchase totaling $675,000. Even now, the town is in the middle of an expansion project for Riverfront Park that would add a new pavilion, boardwalk, and kayak launch, funded through $1.46 million from the Niagara River Greenway Commission. The town board this past Monday awarded a contract to Murdaugh Development Concrete and Masonry worth $987,850. While Jacoby said his voting record showed he voted in favor of most items that came before the board, he was not afraid to ask questions on why money was spent in certain ways, which has resulted in modified projects that were less expensive and more efficient. 'The board members are receptive to each other, so we had projects we could vote on with no guilt on our conscience to the benefit of the taxpayers,' Jacoby said. Now that he is fully retired, Jacoby said he plans on traveling and improving his golf game.
