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 May 19, 2003

Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,

720-913-9025

 

TWO CHARGED IN JAIL ASSAULT

 

Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. charged two city jail inmates today with trying to sexually assault a fellow inmate.

 

Jose Castillo (DOB: 12-20-71) and Alfredo Escobar-Ollguinn (DOB: 3-9-58) are charged with unlawful sexual contact using force (F4) and attempted sexual assault (F4).

 

The charges allege that on April 29, 2003 Castillo and Escobar-Ollguin tried to sexually assault a 19-year-old man in the city jail facility at 1351 Cherokee Street.  Another inmate who heard a commotion intervened and reported the incident to deputies.

 

Castillo and Escobar-Ollguinn are scheduled to appear in Denver County Court, room 12T, on Thursday, May 21, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. to be formally advised of the charges.

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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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