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November 19,
2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
WOMAN CHARGED IN POLICE
CHASE, ASSAULT
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has formally charged a woman with
multiple felony counts after she led police on a chase in a
stolen vehicle last Monday night.
Valorie Darrow
(DOB: 04-30-69) is charged with first-degree aggravated motor
vehicle theft (F3), first-degree assault on a peace
officer (F3), two counts of felony menacing (F5),
three counts of criminal mischief (F4) and eluding
(F5).
Darrow is accused of
stealing a sport utility vehicle about 6:15 p.m. on November 15,
2004, then trying to elude police. The charges further allege
that she confronted officers with a baseball bat near Sheridan
Boulevard and Evans Street and then tried to run one officer
down with the vehicle before she finally crashed the vehicle
into a police car and was taken into custody.
She was treated at
Denver Health Medical Center for injuries she sustained and is
currently being held in the Denver County Jail. Her bond was
set at $50,000. Darrow will appear in Denver County Court, room
12T, on Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at 9 a.m. to be formally
advised of the charges.
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