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CHARGE FILED AGAINST OFFICER
July 26, 2001
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
The Denver District Attorney's Office has formally charged Ronald
Hughes (DOB: 3-29-48), a Denver police officer, with one count of third
degree assault (M1).
Hughes was served with a Criminal Summons and Complaint on Friday, July
20, 2001 alleging that he used unnecessary force during the course of an
arrest on June 14, 2001. The suspect who was being placed under arrest, a
17-year-old juvenile, suffered an abrasion on his head allegedly caused by
the officer's flashlight.
Hughes is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court on August 30,
2001, at 8:30 a.m. in Division 11S.
The presumptive range for sentencing on a class one misdemeanor is 6 to
18 months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000.
*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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