DENVER—Prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s office today announced that Stephen Swett (age 24) was recently charged with two counts of cruelty to animals (M1) for abusing a puppy, most recently known as “Kayle.” “By charging Stephen Swett with cruelty to animals, we are giving this puppy a voice and saying as loudly as possible,…

DENVER—Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Charles Bisonette (age 24) was sentenced to serve a 30-year to life sentence for forcibly raping a developmentally-disabled woman (F2) in her own home. The case went to trial in January of 2019.  Bisonette was also found guilty by a Denver jury of sexual assault with force…

DENVER—Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has filed a notice to charge a juvenile (age 17) as an adult in the shooting death of another juvenile (age 16) on April 11, 2019, in the 100 block of South Yuma Street in Denver’s Valverde neighborhood. The male juvenile defendant is alleged to have committed one count of…

DENVER—Prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s Office have charged Marc Claire Francis (age 58) with Sexual Assault on a Child by One in Position of Trust (F3). The assault allegedly occurred in 1996. A native of Australia, Francis has been a youth soccer coach in Colorado for the past 28 years. He coached or held…

DENVER—The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced that prosecutors today filed a charge of murder in the first degree (F1) against Brice Fitch (age 24).  Fitch is alleged to have shot and killed a man with an AR-15 rifle while he was breaking into Fitch’s vehicle. Fitch was first advised on Monday, April 22, 2019.  His…

DENVER—Today, the Denver District Attorney’s Office filed felony menacing (F5), kidnapping (F4), false imprisonment (M2), and prohibited use of a weapon (M2) charges against Tushar Rae (age 30). Rae currently faces charges in Aurora for an April 3, 2019, incident at 10100 E. 13th Avenue. While investigating the April 3rd incident, Denver Police learned that…

DENVER—Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Ryan Austin Lee (age 43), who has a history of racial intimidation, was found guilty of two counts of bias motivated crime (F5) and two counts of assault in the third degree (M1). Unlike other crimes, securing a hate crime conviction requires that prosecutors prove what was…

DENVER—Denver District Court Judge Michael Vallejos today sentenced DeJuan Stamps (age 30) to life plus 24-years for the beating death of James Farmer Jr.. Mr. Farmer was hailed as a hero for dying while defending two teenagers whom Stamps randomly attacked on June 16, 2017. After Stamps first assaulted the two teen victims (a male…

DENVER—Prosecutors in the Sex Assault Unit of the Denver District Attorney’s Office filed charges today against a recently retired Denver Fire Department Lieutenant, Daniel Flesner, (age 47). Flesner faces one count of tampering with physical evidence (F6) and one count of invasion of privacy for sexual gratification (M1). Flesner is alleged to have secretly placed…

DENVER—On April 5, 2019, a pedestrian was struck and killed while in the crosswalk at 15th and Blake Streets in LoDo. Today, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced it has filed charges against the driver of the Toyota truck involved in that incident, Jerek Fabjancic (age 29). Fabjancic allegedly fled the scene and was arrested…