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August 16, 2005
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
August 16, 2005
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED IN CAR-JACKING
CASE
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged a
man accused in a crime spree that included an attempted murder
and series of car-jacking attempts early last week.
Joseph Yacteen
(DOB: 03-25-79) is charged with
attempted first-degree murder – extreme indifference
(F2), second-degree assault (F4), aggravated robbery
(F3), two counts of attempted aggravated robbery (F4),
twelve counts of menacing (F5), and two counts of
first-degree criminal trespass (F5).
The charges allege that Yacteen, who was wanted for failing to
appear in a Denver court case, fled from RTD transit security
officers late Sunday night, August 7, 2005. The chase allegedly
set a crime spree in motion that included an attempted
car-jacking in the 1400 block of Stout and Champa Streets, a
shooting and attempted car-jacking a few minutes later in the
1400 block of Stout, and a car-jacking nearby in which he forced
four men out of a vehicle and fled the scene. He was taken into
custody nearly 24-hours later after barricading himself in a
vacant home at 2720 Josephine Street.
Patricia Vail
(DOB: 11-15-81) is also being
charged with accessory to crime (F4) for allegedly
helping Yacteen. Yacteen, who remains in custody, appears in
Denver County Court, room 12T, on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9
a.m. to be advised of the charges. Vail has been released on a
$50,000 bond and will be advised on August 26, 2005.
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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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