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April 16,
2003
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED
IN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has formally charged three people in
connection with a robbery in which the victim was shot late last
week.
Jess Louis
Barajas (DOB: 12-15-68) is charged with aggravated robbery
(F3), first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft (F4),
and first-degree assault (F4).
Joseph Zuniga
(DOB: 12-27-65) is charged with aggravated robbery (F3),
first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft (F4), and
vehicular eluding (F5).
Marie Lovato
(DOB: 4-15-70) is charged with aggravated robbery (F3),
first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft (F4), and
criminal possession of a financial transaction device (F6).
The charges
allege that they robbed a store in the 1900 block of south
Federal Boulevard on April 11, 2003, and left the victim with a
gunshot wound to the leg. Police later captured all three after
they were spotted by a Denver police officer near Alameda and
Platte River Drive.
They are
scheduled to appear in Denver County Court, room 12T, to be
advised of the charges on Friday, April 18, 2003 at 9:00 a.m.
All three remain in custody in the Denver County Jail. Bond for
Lovato and Barajas is set at $50,000; bond for Zuniga is set at
$100,000.
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