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The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 15-year-old male Tuesday in Monument in connection with two recent attempted at the Monarch Ski Area.
One of the incidents happened on Dec. 19 and the second on Jan. 1.
Officials said charges to be filed against the unnamed teenager include felony menacing, aggravated criminal extortion, enticement of a child, false imprisonment, two counts of criminal attempt to commit sexual assault, two counts of criminal attempt to commit second-degree kidnapping and harassment.
, the Sheriff’s Office and Monarch Mountain defended themselves against allegations they delayed telling the public about the attempted assaults in an effort to not scare away holiday visitors.
The two attempted assaults were announced Friday by the sheriff’s office in a news release.
Both victims were teenaged girls getting on a lift alone. Both were able to escape before the suspect fled.
In one of the attacks, the suspect fired a gun.
