October 29, 2002

Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,

720-913-9025

CASE UPDATES

Robert Smith (DOB: 12-30-52) was formally charged today with one count of unlawfully carrying a firearm in a public transportation facility (F6).  The charge alleges that Smith was going through security at DIA on October 28, 2002 when screeners noted what appeared to be a firearm in his carry-on luggage.  Smith will be advised of the charge on November 13, 2002 at 9 a.m. in Denver County Court room 12T.

Maurice Farris (DOB: 8-30-86) was formally charged as an adult today in connection with the murder of 42-year-old Charles Dixon on October 6, 2002.  Dixon was found with a gunshot wound to the chest at Colfax and Verbena Street.  Farris was arrested last week.

A man who allegedly escaped from the Denver County Jail via a trash chute was formally charged yesterday, October 28, 2002, with escape.  Estuardo Varco (DOB: 5-11-77) was originally in jail for an 18-month misdemeanor sentence for tampering.  He now faces an additional misdemeanor escape charge.

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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 ____________