A Lakewood man has been arrested by the child-sex-offender Internet investigations unit of the Jefferson County district attorney’s office.
Dorne Grady Butts, 51, was taken into custody on charges of Internet luring of a child and enticement of a child, police said in a news release.
Butts met someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl in a chat room in November, and the conversation became sexual, authorities said.
The “teen” actually was an undercover DA investigator.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23.
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BOULDER
DA confirms probe in baby’s death
A Boulder grand jury is investigating the unsolved death of an 11-week-old Louisville boy who died nine months ago from what the coroner concluded were abuse-related injuries.
Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy confirmed the existence of the grand jury investigation Wednesday, the first time she has released any information on her office’s involvement in the Jason Midyette case.
The grand jury officially began its investigation Oct. 26.
Critics have said that it has taken too long for Lacy to file charges in the death.
Jason died in early March from head injuries after spending about a week in the hospital.
An attorney for mother Molly Midyette declined to comment Wednesday.
An attorney for father Alex Midyette did not return phone calls.
DENVER
Hit-and-run suspect seeks reduced bail
A 36-year-old man, charged in the hit-and-run accident that killed three members of a Denver family, wants out of jail.
Lawrence Trujillo appeared at a brief court hearing Wednesday where his attorney, Robert Bernhardt, filed a motion asking for a reduction in Trujillo’s $250,000 bail.
Rebecca Bingham, 39, and her two children, 4-year-old Macie and 2-year-old Garrison, died Nov. 10 at 15th and Arapahoe streets.
The father, Frank Bingham, 41, survived.
Bernhardt said that the $250,000 bail is “oppressive” and that, since Trujillo was born and raised in the Denver metro area, it is unlikely he will flee.
A bail reduction hearing was scheduled for next week.
GOLDEN
Police pursuit results in 3-vehicle collision
A state trooper and a motorist were injured in a three-vehicle collision during a pursuit in Jefferson County early Wednesday, the Colorado State Patrol said.
The trooper, Bradley Fox, was pursuing a vehicle he had tried to pull over for reckless driving. Fox’s patrol car struck a Volks wagen, which in turn struck a street sweeper, officials said.
The Volkswagen driver, 18- year-old Dean Kokorus of Lakewood, was taken to St. Anthony Central Hospital, but the extent of his injuries was not known, police said. The street-sweeper driver was not injured.
The driver whom the officer was pursuing is still at large.
AURORA
Teen shot after party dies in hospital
A Gateway High School student who was shot after a party Saturday has died.
Derrek Davonte Ward, 18, was pronounced dead of a gunshot wound early Tuesday.
Police spokeswoman Shannon Youngquist Lucy said officers were investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.
It wasn’t clear whether Ward was the intended victim, she said. No arrests had been made, she said.
WESTMINSTER
Man pleads guilty in Internet sex case
A man who sought sex with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl he met online has pleaded guilty and faces a 10-year stipulated prison term when he is sentenced in February.
Eric Morgan, 23, pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted sexual assault on a child and second-degree assault. Although there was no actual assault, Morgan pleaded guilty to the assault charge to reach the agreed-upon sentence, authorities said.
Investigators said Morgan was in an online chat room just over a year ago talking with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. He repeatedly solicited her for sex.
The “girl” was actually an undercover, male Denver police officer posing as the child.
ARVADA
“I’ll Be Back Bandit” guilty on all counts
A 27-year-old Arvada man dubbed the “I’ll Be Back Bandit” was convicted Wednesday on all charges rising out of eight robberies and one attempted robbery in 2005 and 2006.
Julio Ontiveros-Perez was found guilty of eight counts of aggravated robbery, four counts of kidnapping, one count of attempted aggravated robbery and other charges, according to a news release.
Ontiveros-Perez entered businesses and would then leave. Then he would return a few minutes or sometimes days later to rob the clerk at gunpoint.
