Facing Indictment For Theft, Forgery & Racketeering, Colorado Builder Bolts Town

In Weld County, Colorado, the Grand Junction Sentinel reports:

• A Weld County developer who plans to build a subdivision some fear could threaten the Old Spanish Trail in Mesa County remains at large more than a month after he was indicted in a mortgage fraud case. Authorities believe he has fled to Mexico. The Weld County Sheriff’s Department is working with the FBI to try to find and arrest 50-year-old Mark Strodtman, Undersheriff Margie Martinez said Monday.

• A grand jury indicted Strodtman on March 24 on 11 counts of theft, 11 counts of forgery and one count of racketeering. An arrest warrant setting bail at $100,000 was issued the same day.

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