CHARGES FILED
AGAINST WOMAN IN TASER INCIDENT
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has formally charged a woman who
shot at police officers earlier this week and was taken into
custody after being shot with a Taser.
Suzette
Spanhel (DOB: 4-26-55) has been charged with
first-degree assault on a peace officer (F3) and
failure to leave (M1).
Denver police
responded to 42nd and Decatur on Monday, October
27, 2003 on a report of a suicidal party. A woman inside a
home who was armed with a gun was threatening to harm
herself and police officers. The charges allege that she
fired at officers and refused to come out of the home. She
was taken into custody after police successfully deployed a
Taser and forced open the front door.
Spanhel will
appear in Denver County Court on Monday, November 3, 2003 at
9:00 a.m. to be advised of the charges. She remains in
jail. Her bond has been set at $50,000.
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