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November 28,
2003
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
MAN CHARGED IN
KIDNAPPING
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has charged a man accused of stalking
young girls.
Mark Crnolatas
(DOB: 3-1-58) is charged with second-degree kidnapping (F2),
sexual assault on a child (F4), felony menacing (F5), and
harassment/stalking (M3).
The charges are the
result of a Denver police investigation and allege that on
November 13, 2003, Crnolatas followed and harassed a middle
school student as she walked home from school. The charges also
allege he followed, kidnapped at knifepoint, and sexually
assaulted another middle school student on November 14, 2003 on
her way home from school.
Crnolatas remains in
custody in the Denver County Jail. Bond was set at $50,000. He
is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court, room 12T, on
Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. to be formally advised.
The presumptive
range for sentencing on a class 2 felony is up to 24 years in
prison; the range for a class 4 felony is up to 6 years in
prison; the range for a class 5 felony is 3 years in prison; the
range for a class 3 misdemeanor is up to 6 months in jail.
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