Sixty-one-year-old Denver police technician James Edward Dennis has been charged with two felony counts of sexual assault on a child, according to 9News.
The charges were filed in Arapahoe County Court on Sept. 22.
According to an Aurora Police Department arrest affidavit, Dennis took a young girl out to lunch in March and then to a house for sale where no one lived.
There, the girl told police, Dennis assaulted her.
The girl eventually told her mother and her grandmother, 9News reported. The case was investigated resulting in Dennis’ arrest and the felony charges.
Dennis has been suspended without pay by the Denver Police Department. He’s been a Denver officer since 1979.
9NEWS left a message at the office of Dennis’ attorney for comment. His office says he is on vacation.
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