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February 14,
2003
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
GIPSON
SENTENCED IN SEX ASSAULT CASES
James Gipson (DOB:
11-19-73) was sentenced today to an indeterminate sentence of 50
years up to life in prison for a series of kidnappings and
sexual assaults that occurred in August and September of 2000.
Gipson worked in
concert with Melissa Todd to commit the sexual assaults, in
which Todd lured women from such locations as Denver’s 16th
Street Mall under the guise of attending a lingerie party. Four
women were kidnapped and later sexually assaulted. Todd is
serving a 25-year prison sentence for her role in the assaults.
Gipson pleaded
guilty last fall to four counts of sexual assault, four counts
of first-degree kidnapping, one count of burglary, and
additional sentencing aggravator counts.
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