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District attorney files lesser charges in kidnapping case

The District Attorney's Office filed lesser charges against a man accused of kidnapping his estranged girlfriend than those for which he was arrested.

On Thursday, Todd Phillip Griffith was charged with second-degree kidnapping and two counts of third-degree assault.

The second-degree kidnapping is a reduction in the charge the Steamboat Springs police arrested Griffith on suspicion of Tuesday. Griffith is alleged to have dragged an estranged girlfriend, on foot, from Tamarack Drive to his home at the Dream Island Mobile Home Community.

The police had charged Griffith, 36, with first-degree kidnapping, a Class 1 felony punishable by a life sentence or death.

Second-degree kidnapping is a Class 4 felony and comes with a lesser punishment. The District Attorney's Office also charged Griffith with two counts of third-degree assault, false imprisonment, first-degree burglary with assault and menacing, and criminal mischief.

Hypnotherapist offering weight-loss program

Hypnotherapist Rebecca Armstrong is looking for 12 people interested in participating in a Hypnotheraphy for Excess Weight Loss pilot program. Participants should want to lose 20 pounds or more. They will meet weekly for one hour in small groups to be taught self-hypnosis and complete supportive and developmental assignments. The cost of the program is about $17 per participant. Call 846-1441.

Steamboat Pilot looking

for Editorial Board members

The Steamboat Pilot & Today is accepting applications for readers interested in serving on the newspaper's Editorial Board.

Two community members will be appointed to serve four-month terms on the board. Applications are due today. The terms will begin Jan. 1.

The newspaper Editorial Board includes publisher Suzanne Schlicht, editor Scott Stanford, city editor Melissa Roddy and reporter Tom Ross. Current community representatives are Paula Cooper-Black and Jennifer Schubert-Akin. The board meets weekly and reaches consensus on the opinions expressed in the newspaper.

Those interested in serving should send a letter of 500 words or less explaining why they would be a good choice for the board. Each application must include name, age, occupation and address.

Send applications to Editor Scott Stanford by e-mail at sstanford@steamboatpilot.com; by mail at P.O. Box 774827, Steamboat Springs, CO, 80477; or drop them by the Pilot & Today office at 1901 Curve Plaza.