17th Judicial District Attorney Dave Young announced today that charges of assault on a peace office and aggravated motor vehicle theft have been filed against a man who stole a deputy sheriff’s cruiser and led authorities on a high speed chase Monday. Bernard Jesse Martinez (DOB 09/11/82) is charged with two counts of aggravated robbery (F3), aggravated motor vehicle theft (F3), two counts of second-degree assault against a peace officer (F4) for physical confrontations with two deputies at the Adams County jail, vehicular eluding resulting in bodily injury F4), and third-degree assault against a peace officer (M1). Martinez took off in a deputy’s vehicle after deputies were called to a disturbance at West 67th Avenue and Knox Court in unincorporated Adams County Monday morning. Martinez was arrested after an unmarked Colorado State Patrol car T-boned him in the intersection of 72nd Avenue and Pecos Street. He is due in court for advisement of charges on Friday at 1:30 in Division 6 of Adams County Court. The filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation that an individual committed a crime under Colorado laws. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:54:38 +0000
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