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September 25,
2003
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED IN
CARJACKING CASE
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has formally charged a man in
connection with a kidnapping and a separate attempted kidnapping
last weekend.
Cesar Escobar
(DOB: 1-6-73) is charged with second-degree kidnapping
(F2), aggravated robbery (F3), unlawful sexual contact
with force (F4), aggravated motor vehicle theft (F4)
and menacing (F5) in connection with the kidnapping of a
20-year-old woman from outside a liquor store on East Colfax
Avenue on September 20, 2003. He is also charged with
attempted kidnapping (F4, F5) and menacing (F5) in
connection with a separate attempted kidnapping involving a
27-year-old woman that occurred just an hour earlier at a car
wash on East Colfax Avenue.
Escobar remains in
the Denver County Jail and is scheduled to be advised of the
charges against him on Monday, September 29, 2003 at 8:30 a.m.
in Denver County Court, room 12T.
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(A mug shot is
available through the Denver Police Department's PIO Office at
303-760-5590.)
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