BOULDER — Police arrested a man this week who is suspected of using his position within Alcoholics Anonymous to inappropriately touch a woman during a meeting at a Boulder hotel.
Laureano Sifuentes, 64, had been under investigation by Boulder police since November, and he was arrested on Wednesday by Longmont police on a Boulder warrant.
According to police, Sifuentes is associated with a local Alcoholics Anonymous group, and he persuaded at least two women that he would help them through one of AA’s 12 steps, which requires disclosure of information in a private, one-on-one meeting.
Police said Sifuentes arranged a private meeting at a hotel with the victim and another woman. The victim told police that during the meeting, Sifuentes touched her sexually. She fled from the room and called a friend to pick her up.
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