No charges will be filed against a man who carried guns into a downtown Denver hotel lobby where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stayed during the Democratic National Convention.
A criminal case against Joseph Calanchini, 28, of Pinedale, Wyo., has been “closed,” said Robin Finnegan of the Denver district attorney’s office.
Calanchini was arrested Aug. 23 when police found him carrying two rifles and two handguns in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. He was held in the Denver Jail on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon.
The day of his arrest, Pelosi was briefly evacuated from the hotel.
Calanchini told authorities he had the weapons because he was getting ready for a hunting safari in South Africa.
“The case was closed today,” Finnegan said. “He was never charged by our office.”
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
