May 24, 2005
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED IN “COLD CASE”
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Denver District Attorney Mitch
Morrissey has formally charged a man in connection with a 1992
sexual assault that occurred in Denver.
John Allen Ricks
(DOB: 07-27-73) is charged with first-degree sexual assault
with force (F3).
In July 1992, a 16-year-old girl
was walking along the 3900 block of west 10th Avenue
when a man grabbed her, dragged her down into a wooded area
along a creek and then sexually assaulted her. The case
remained unsolved.
In September 2004, the case was
reviewed as part of
Denver’s Cold Case DNA Project
and evidence was submitted to Denver’s Crime Lab for
state-of-the-art DNA testing. A DNA sample was recovered and
identified. It was entered into a national databank (CODIS) and
in April 2005 it was matched to Ricks, who was on parole for
robbery.
Ricks was arrested on May 19th,
2005 and remains in custody in the Denver County Jail. His bond
is set at $50,000 and he will be advised of the charge on
Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 9 a.m. in Denver County Court, room
12T.
The victim, who is now 29, is
living out of state and has been notified of the developments in
her case.
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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
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