Tag: Assault
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Former Denver bar owner sentenced for sexual assault
A former Denver bar owner convicted in November of multiple counts of sexual assault was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison. Jay Bianchi, who owned Sancho’s Broken Arrow, Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple and Quixote’s True Blue and co-owned So Many Roads Brewery, was convicted on Nov. 14 of three counts of sexual assault…
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Texas man convicted of assaulting two women in Highlands Ranch
A Texas man was found guilty Wednesday of assaulting two women in the bathroom of a Highlands Ranch home in 2024. Zebediah Scales, 39, was convicted on four assault counts for beating up his girlfriend and her friend in the bathroom of his girlfriend’s home after accusing her of cheating on him on Nov. 2,…
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Ex-Littleton bus aide pleads guilty in abuse case involving nonverbal student
A former Littleton bus aide pleaded guilty to more than 10 child abuse charges almost two years after a video captured her striking a nonverbal student on a school bus. Kiarra Jones, 29, pleaded guilty to 12 counts on Monday in an Arapahoe County District Court arising out of the abuse of three non-verbal autistic…
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Brighton officer faces no charges for giving man brain bleed in park bathroom
A Brighton Police Department officer will face no charges related to a 2024 incident where he injured a suspect so severely that the man suffered a brain bleed. Brian Mason, district attorney for the 17th Judicial District, found Ofc. Christopher Barfield did not use excessive force when beating up Adam Huerta in a bathroom while…
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6 victims of Denver rapist sue parent company of Tinder, Hinge
Six women who were drugged and sexually assaulted after matching with a Denver man on online dating apps are now suing the apps’ parent company. The plaintiffs, all victims of Stephen Matthews, a Denver cardiologist found guilty in 2024 of sexually assaulting 11 women, allege that IAC and its subsidiary Match Group Inc., which owns…
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Aurora detention officer facing felony assault charge for breaking detainee’s arm
An Aurora Detention Center officer is facing a felony assault charge after he was accused of using excessive force against a inmate in October. Christopher Freitas, 41, allegedly pinned and pulled the right arm of Austin Young, 28, around a cell door, causing it to break, after Young punched another detention center officer while he…
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Denver police officer arrested for allegedly tampering with evidence of assault by deputies
A Denver police officer accused of sexual assault was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of tampering with the evidence from a different assault by two Denver sheriff’s deputies. Henri Soni, who was already under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he had met while responding to a noise complaint, now faces four additional felony…
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Two hospitalized after being attacked with hammer, knife at Loveland tanning salon
Two people were hospitalized after a man attacked them with a hammer and knife at a Loveland tanning salon Tuesday night. Both victims required emergency medical treatment after Loveland Police Department investigators said Kyle Behrens, 20, entered Endless Summer Tanning located in the 1500 block of Madison Avenue around 7 p.m. Tuesday. Behrens, known to…
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Police arrest Greeley man on suspicion of attempted child sexual assault during sting
As part of an ongoing child predator operation, Aurora police arrested a Greeley man Wednesday on suspicion of trying to sexually assault who he thought was a 12-year-old girl. Daniel McCarthy, 39, faces charges of internet luring of a child and attempted sexual assault on a child after he allegedly tried to persuade the “girl”…
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Denver police officer arrested on suspicion of assault during domestic disturbance
A Denver Police Department officer was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of a simple assault in relation to a domestic disturbance. Cody Haggard, who has been with the department since 2024, was arrested by Arvada police on suspicion of a misdemeanor offense, according to a Thursday news release from DPD. Haggard was most recently assigned…