July 12, 2004
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
Charges filed
against former airline employee
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter Jr. has formally charged a man who is
accused of taking more than $33,000 from his employer.
Jose Gutierrez
(04-17-80) is charged with Theft (F3).
The charge alleges
that between April 23, 2004 and June 8, 2004 about $33,155 was
taken from Mexicana Airlines. Gutierrez was responsible for
making bank deposits for Mexicana Airlines.
The money was
discovered by a Mexicana Airlines office in Los Angeles. When
confronted with the allegations, Gutierrez went home ill and
never returned.
Gutierrez is
scheduled to appear in Denver County Court to be formally
advised of the charge on July 23, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in
courtroom 12T.
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