Tag: Sex Assault
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Denver police searching for suspect in RTD sex assault
Denver police are searching for a man who allegedly committed sexual assault on a Regional Transportation District light rail train. The incident took place at about 11:05 a.m. on March 21 on an RTD light rail train leaving the Perry Street Station, according to a Metro Denver CrimeStoppers bulletin. The suspect was described as a…
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Colorado justices concerned about retrying defendant after jury signaled acquittal
Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared uncomfortable on Tuesday with allowing a criminal defendant to stand trial a second time after a Larimer County jury signaled it was deadlocked on some counts but had found him not guilty of the more serious charges. Omar Alexander Mena stood trial last summer for three counts…
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Denver man arrested on sex assault charges after allegedly meeting with Pueblo teenager
A man was arrested by Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputies Monday for sex assault after meeting with a 16-year-old, according to a news release by the sheriff’s office. Around 3:30 a.m. Monday, deputies were patrolling Pueblo West when they found two vehicles with four total occupants parked after public hours at Liberty Point. The release stated…
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Colorado Supreme Court rules police-guided text messages from victim’s father did not coerce defendant
‘An officer’s repeated exhortations for a suspect to be honest don’t necessarily overbear a defendant’s free will,’ wrote Justice William Hood
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Aurora police arrest man for allegedly sexually assaulting an infant, possessing child pornography
Warning: This article contains disturbing details about sex assault. A Colorado Springs man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting an infant and possessing thousands of pieces of child pornography, an arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette detailed. Aaron Mocalkins, 30, faces over 20 charges including sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault of a…
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Colorado Supreme Court orders 2 new trials where prosecutors presented misleading evidence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed new trials were necessary in a pair of cases where judges allowed prosecutors to present a skewed narrative to jurors by omitting evidence that suggested the defendants had not committed the charged offenses. The link between Jacob Vanderpauye’s…
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Patients speak out about alleged sexual abuse by Grand Junction ICU nurse while on life support
After videotaping his unconscious patient while sexually assaulting her, Chris Lambros recorded a bizarre note-to-self. “Don’t ever get rid of these videos,” he whispered into his cellphone. “You need to keep them forever … This your Dexter collection.” An arrest affidavit on Lambros outlined this episode, alleging he recorded five lewd videos over the patient’s eight-day…
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Paralympic gold medalist swimmer accused of rape, abuse; lawsuit claims cover up by Colorado-based sports groups
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An autistic paralympic swimmer claimed he was “maliciously groomed” by decorated swimmer Robert Griswold and then raped and mentally abused for a year, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court for Colorado Friday. The 63-page lawsuit alleged that Griswold, a Paralympic gold medalist, sexually assaulted now-19 year-old…
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Jeffco sex assault conviction reversed after appeals court says judge allowed expert to vouch for victim
The state Court of Appeals reversed a man’s sexual assault conviction from Jefferson County after finding the trial judge allowed an expert witness who had not met the victim to essentially tell the jury she was being truthful. In the 2018 trial of Steven Matthew Ramirez, Jeffco prosecutors called a “cold” expert to testify — so…
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Recent flurry of Colorado hazing incidents possibly a reaction to pandemic isolation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recent cases of high school hazing in Colorado Springs, Cañon City and Littleton shed light on a phenomenon that experts say is rarely documented but could be exacerbated by a sudden return to school after the isolation teenagers faced during coronavirus quarantine. “There’s been a…