January 13, 2004

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Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025

WOMAN CHARGED IN ARMORED CAR ROBBERY

Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. formally charged a 20-year-old woman today in connection with the December robbery of an armored car.

Cassandra Gomez (DOB: 9-21-83) is charged with aggravated robbery (F3) and theft (F4). 

An armored car employee leaving a restaurant on the morning of December 8, 2003 was confronted by three armed men wearing Santa hats.  He was sprayed with a chemical spray and robbed at gunpoint.  The charges allege that Gomez was driving the get-away car following the robbery.  The Denver Policy Department has identified one of the other suspects in the case (see DPD’s news release dated today); the investigation continues.

The presumptive range for sentencing on a class 3 felony is up to 12 years in prison; the range for a class 4 felony is up to 6 years in prison.

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*The filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation that an individual(s) committed a crime(s) under Colorado laws.  A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.  See Colo. RPC 3.6