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November 1, 2002
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED IN
MURDER & ROBBERY
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. filed formal charges against a man
today in connection with last week’s aggravated robbery at a
Subway sandwich store.
Frederick Barker
(DOB: 12-14-83) is charged with aggravated robbery (F3)
and first-degree assault (F3).
The charges allege
that on October 21, 2002, Barker attacked and robbed a Subway
store worker at Colfax Avenue and Quince Street. The victim is
recovering from his injuries in the attack.
Barker will be
formally charged with first-degree murder after deliberation
(F1), first-degree felony murder (F1), and aggravated
robbery (F3) on Monday in connection with the murder and
robbery of Babajide Kassim, a Denver cab driver. Kassim was
found dead in his cab on August 26, 2002 near 39th
Avenue and Olive Street.
Barker remains
under investigation and additional charges are possible at a
later date.
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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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