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August 11, 2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED IN
TWO CASES
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has formally charged Curtis Adams in
connection with last week’s death of a 47-year-old man. Clyde
Ashcraft was found lying on a curb in the 4400 block of
Milwaukee Street on August 5, 2004. He died of his injuries the
following day at Denver Health Medical Center.
Curtis Adams
(DOB: 11-09-70) is charged with first-degree murder
(F1). He will appear in Denver County Court, room 12T, on
Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. to be advised of the
charge. He remains in custody in the Denver County Jail.
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Joseph Belville
(DOB: 10-05-70) is scheduled to appear in Denver County
Court, room 12T, on August 31, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. to be formally
advised of the charges against him. Belville was charged
yesterday with multiple felony counts by Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, including first-degree assault of an
at-risk adult (F ), aggravated robbery (F3), robbery of an
at-risk adult (F ), vehicular eluding (F ), menacing (F ), and
possession of a weapon by a previous offender (F ).
The charges allege
that Belville, who was wanted by U.S. Marshals for escape,
jumped into a vehicle at I-70 and Federal Boulevard on August 5,
2004 and stabbed the 61-year-old driver. The victim fled. The
charges allege that Belville led police on a chase that ended in
a crash at 24th and Lowell Boulevard when the stolen
vehicle rammed a U.S. Marshal’s car. Belville remains in
federal custody pending his Denver County Court date.
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