A Colorado man wanted as a suspect in a 2016 sexual assault case has been extradited from Ecuador to Jefferson County.
Peter Robert Dettmer, 69, faces 126 sexual assault charges, according to a district attorney’s office news release. He was extradited last Wednesday.
Dettmer was arrested in Colorado on June 10, 2016, on multiple sex assault charges and entered a plea of not guilty on Aug. 29, 2016, court records show. He then failed to appear for a trial scheduled for Jan. 23, 2017.
Arrested in Cuenca, Ecuador, on April 27, Dettmer’s extradition was carried out by the FBI with assistance from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs and the U.S. Department of State, the DA’s office news release said. His is the second extradition from Ecuador to the United States in the past 27 years.
The felony charges against Dettmer are 63 counts of sexual assault — victim helpless, 62 counts of sexual assault — victim incapable, and one count of sexual assault — victim incapable due to force/drugs/other specific factor, according to the release.
An advisement hearing in the case has been scheduled on Dec. 1.
