For over a month, prosecutors say they've been on a wild goose chase to find Zev Baumgarten, the property manager who claims Venezuelan gangs took over his apartments.
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Baumgarten is due in court for seven different summonses, each listing a slew of property code violations issued this year by the City of Aurora for properties he manages at the Edge of Lowry at 1218 Dallas Street, and Whispering Pines at 1357 Helena Street. The citations include failure to maintain the building and its landscaping, parking on landscaping, failure to keep the property free of litter, substandard structures, and accumulation of trash.
But given the long list of code violations, Stiggers admitted"I don't think dismissal of this is proper," and opted to give Costigan and his office more time. Aurora now has until February 14 to bring Baumgarten to courtwhere Costigan will be able to question Baumgarten under oath about whether he's the property owner, Stiggers noted.
"We did toss every single avenue we had to get the defendant served within the rules," he told Stiggers. The only other idea that Costigan and Stiggers suggested in court was a probable cause warrant, or an arrest warrant as opposed to a court summons. Costigan said he plans to explore that possibility with extra time Stiggers gave him.
He also went to Baumgarten's business address at 1644 Pennsylvania Street in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood, which turned out to be"a multifamily residence," Dangerfield said. Costigan said that the City of Aurora has also tried to serve Baumgarten by mail, even mailing a summons to Bud Slatkins, a Denver attorney who represented Baumgarten in civil cases.
Costigan requested the February 14 deadline because Baumgarten is due in court on that date for code violations dating back to 2020 at 1568 Nome Street, the apartment that
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