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July 23,
2003
Contact:
Denver DA's Office, 720-913-9000
CHARGES FILED IN
LODO NIGHTCLUB ASSAULT, ESCAPE
Denver District Attorney Bill
Ritter, Jr. filed formal charges today against a man accused of
causing a serious injury in a weekend fight at a local club.
Francisco Martinez (DOB:
2-10-75) is charged with first-degree assault (F3) and
escape (F4). The charges allege that on July 20, 2003, the
victim and he were fighting in a LoDo-area nightclub. Martinez
allegedly struck the victim on the neck with a beer bottle,
causing a major laceration.
After police responded and the
defendant was placed in the back of a patrol car, a large fight
broke out in the vicinity of the club. The charges further
allege that Martinez escaped from the patrol car during the
confusion and that he was found a short time later hiding in a
stairwell.
Martinez is being held in the Denver
County Jail on $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Denver
County Court, room 12T, on Friday, July 25, 2003 at 9 a.m. to be
advised of the charges.
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