Three missing brothers found safe

Three brothers, missing since 2:30 a.m. Monday in Frisco, were found safe Wednesday morning at the Conoco Station at Copper Mountain, Summit County sheriff's authorities said.

The children were identified as David Ray Hickman, 14, Cody Andregg, 11, and Dakota Andregg, 9.

The boys' mother, Heidi Andregg, 32, was arrested later Wednesday on three counts of child abuse. The boys and a sister were placed in protective custody with local social services.

The three boys, who have a history of running away, according to the Summit Daily News, apparently took off this time because one of them was due in court on a theft charge.

Summit County sheriff's spokeswoman Paulette Horr said someone called the county communications center saying that three youngsters matching the description of the three missing boys were at the Conoco station.

PEEPING TOM CONVICTED A former state trooper faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for setting up a mirror to watch a woman in a department store dressing room last year.

Eric Leon Bufkin, 34, of Golden, was convicted Tuesday of a misdemeanor charge of attempted sexual contact, peeping Tom.

The woman became suspicious when she noticed a mirror aimed up at her from under the dividing wall of her stall. Bufkin ran when the woman cried out, and witnesses who followed him to his unmarked, government car wrote down his license plate information, prosecutors said.

Bufkin used a mirror designed for law enforcement to read vehicle identification numbers on the underside of automobiles, prosecutors said.

Bufkin testified that he got the idea from a voyeuristic porn Web site.

He Is scheduled to be sentenced May 22.

COUNTY TOUTS SOLAR POWER Boulder County plans to install about 40 solar panels on top of the west wing of the county courthouse on Pearl Street this summer in an effort to generate electricity to power, in part, four future hybrid-electric vehicles in its fleet.

County officials say they also would like to place several working photovoltaic panels on the courthouse lawn to demonstrate to the public how solar- energy generation works.

The project, paid for by a federal grant, is part of an effort by the county to highlight its use of alternative energy and to show how green power can be incorporated into an operation such as county government.