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July 7,
2003
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
JUVENILE CHARGED
AS ADULT FOR ALLEGED HOSTAGE SITUATION
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. filed adult charges today against a
17-year-old male who allegedly created a hostage situation in a
juvenile detention facility.
Hector Gurrola
(DOB: 2-6-86) has been charged with holding hostages
(F2), second-degree assault (F3), assault during
escape (F3) and attempted escape (M). The charges
allege that on June 18, 2003, Gurrola was being processed at the
Gilliam Youth Detention Facility following his arrest for
violating probation. The charges further state that he attempted
to escape from a holding cell, grabbed a detention facility
employee in a chokehold, assaulted her with his fists and a pen,
and threatened to kill her if she did not let him leave or if
other employees came any closer to him. Other employees
eventually subdued him and restrained him until police arrived.
Gurrola has
been transferred to the Denver County Jail and is being held on
$100,000 bond. He will be formally advised of the charges
against him in Denver District Court, Courtroom 13, on July 11,
2003 at 8:30 a.m.
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