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Colorado Springs mayoral candidate arrested yet once again, and again, and..., for domestic violence
Mayoral hopeful arrested again in yet another domestic violence case
Multiple prior arrests and restraining orders
Woman bites Colorado Springs police officer's finger off
Evans woman wanted for attempted murder after man responds to her ad
Broomfield woman repeatedly stabs her common-law husband
Lakewood mom accused of sex trafficking her 12-year-old daughter
Abstracted from various news sources
January 3, 2015
— Justine Herring, 48, a real estate broker and candidate for mayor of Colorado Springs in the 2015 election, is accused of domestic violence menacing with an AR-15 rifle at Memorial Park, a public space near downtown and frequented by families and youth sports teams, on Saturday, according to Colorado Springs police. Authorities say she pointed the rifle at a man and threatened him.
She was arrested January 5 th after the victim called police and charged with felony menacing involving domestic violence. While in custody she was also charged impersonating a peace officer.
Police also say that earlier that day Ms. Herring waved a firearm and threatened the same victim in the 800 block of Bryce Drive, representing herself as a member of a federal law enforcement agency. The next day, while still in custody, she was rearrested and charged with felony menacing and impersonating a peace officer
Justine Herring, who recently came onto the city's political scene, has a criminal history of misdemeanor offenses, including driving under the influence and domestic violence, records show.
After her arrests Ms. Herring told KRDO, a television news station in Colorado Springs, that she planned to continue her bid for mayor and then run for president in 2016. “Bad publicity is better than no publicity,” The narcissistic Ms. Herring posted on Facebook in November.
Abstracted from story by Jesse Paul, The Denver Post
January 12, 2015 — Justine Herring, the Colorado Springs mayoral hopeful charged earlier this month in a laundry list of crimes including accusations she pointed a rifle at a man, was arrested again Monday on charges of assault and violating a protection order.
Police say Herring, 48, was involved in a verbal altercation with her common-law husband at the couple's home on the 600 block Glen Eyrie Circle at about 8 AM.
“During the verbal altercation, Herring threw a large metal pipe at her common-law husband, striking him in the hand and causing a minor injury,” police said. “Herring then threw an object at her common-law husband as he left the residence.”
Justine Herring had been ordered to stay away from the home. Her common-law husband did not require medical attention.
Herring was charged in Monday's arrest with second-degree assault and violation of a mandatory protection order. The mayoral hopeful was, once again, booked into the El Paso County Jail.
Records show Justine Herring has a criminal history of misdemeanor offenses, including theft, driving under the influence, as well as domestic violence. The mayoral candidate has been arrested several times prior to 2015 and she's been involved in a half-dozen protection orders.
May 2012 — Ms. Herring was cited for misdemeanor theft and trespass in El Paso County. She pled guilty to the theft charge and was given a deferred judgment that she completed in March 2013, according to court records. A deferred sentence involves a guilty plea but is supposed to allow a defendant to clear their record if they complete the conditions of their sentence. However, as noted here, the faux conviction still shows in public records.
February 2012 — Justine Herring was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), careless driving, and having an open alcoholic beverage container in her vehicle. She pled guilty to the DUI and was again given a deferred sentence, court records state.
August 2009 — She was arrested in Colorado Springs for misdemeanor assault in a domestic violence incident. The district attorney dismissed the case, court records state.
Restraining orders — Justine Herring has been involved in six protection orders, including four that were filed in the past five years. Court records show Herring filed two protection orders against men and two against women. Two women filed protection orders against her.
She also pled guilty to violating a protection order in 2010 and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and 12 months of probation, court records show.
The correlation of this insane behavior with her mid-40's age suggests her problems are related to perimenopause.
by Bailey O'Neill, Fox 21 News
March 1, 2015 — A Colorado Springs woman is accused of biting off an officer's finger early Sunday morning.
Police were called to the 800 block of South Circle Drive at 6:15 AM after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance in the area.
Their investigation revealed that the suspect, Sueanna Harris, 29, threatened to stab her husband with a 9-inch kitchen knife.
Mrs. Harris was transported to Memorial Hospital for medical clearance. At the hospital she viciously bit an officer's finger off.
Police did not say why Ms. Harris attacked the officer.
Abstracted from article by Michael Roberts, Westword, and other news sources
July 5, 2015
— At 2:27 PM on Sunday officers were dispatched to an address on the 1500 block of Caddoa Drive, according to the Loveland Police Department. There, they encountered Craig Janda, 64, who said he'd been attacked by a twenty-year-old woman, Jenessa Rosenbach, he'd met online.
Ms. Rosenbach, an Evans resident, first met with Craig Janda earlier in the summer after he reached out to her through a Craigslist ad labeled, “ Just wanna have a good ole time.” The earlier meeting included an apparently pleasant conversation complete with wine on Janda's sun porch.
A very different scene unfolded July 5 when Ms. Rosenbach and her co-conspirator, Gabrielle Close, 20, went to the man's Loveland home. Ms. Rosenbach massaged Janda's shoulders and then pulled out a knife and dragged it across the man's throat.
The women fled the scene, and the man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Ms. Rosenbach and Close turned themselves in to police in the following days.
Jenessa Rosenbach was charged with first-degree attempted murder after deliberation and first-degree assault with a deadly weapon for slicing Craig Janda's neck.
In May 2016 Ms. Rosenbach pled guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree assault. Eighth Judicial District Judge Devin Odell immediately sentenced her to 16 years in prison, sidestepping a lengthy and potentially more damning jury trial.
She could have faced a significantly longer prison sentence if a jury convicted her of the more serious charges that were dismissed as part of the plea.
Jenessa's co-conspirator, Gabrielle Close pled guilty to being an accessory to a crime and tampering with evidence. She faces two to seven years in prison.
Abstracted from story by Jennifer Rios, Broomfield Enterprise
August 11, 2015 — Nerio Pinales called 911 at 3:06 AM about an assault that occurred at a house in the 500 block of W. 126th Circle.
Nerio Pinales had worked until about 2 AM at his second job and then came home where he was viciously attacked by Carmen Blanco Bermudez, his common law wife. She stabbed him seven times and tried to slit his throat. The stab wounds punctured his liver and gall bladder.
Pinales fled to a neighbor's porch where he was able to call 911.
Carmen was charged with attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and first-degree assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury. She had who had no prior criminal history, and has been in jail since her arrest.
She and her husband have three children who were 13, 11 and 8 years old at the time.
Pinales, who would later undergo several surgeries, said in court that he didn't really understand why all this was happening. “I feel sadness because I think she might go away with a lower sentence,” he said. “It seems like she's the victim, but she's not. I am the victim here.”
“I've been hurt not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, financially,” he said. “My kids are really sad also. All my family.” He wanted the court to know “there have been a lot of people hurt” in this attack.
In March, Bermudez pled guilty to first-degree assault causing serious bodily injury. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
A major depressive disorder was “more or less the root of this issue,” her attorney said, referencing three psychological reports on Bermudez.
He recommended housing her in the correctional facility's mental health unit, a decision that will be made by the Department of Corrections.
Abstracted from story by Jesse Paul, The Denver Post
October 14, 2015
— A 43-year-old Lakewood mother is accused of human trafficking after accepting gifts and money from an Australian man who sexually assaulted her 12-year-old daughter
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Julie Anne Greiner has been charged with child sex trafficking, child pimping, and a pattern of child sex assault — all felonies.
Greiner's daughter met 23-year-old Thomas Keski, of Australia, in an online chat in mid-2014, Jefferson County prosecutors say.
The two bonded there, according to an arrest warrant, and their relationship became sexual over video chat.
Keski sent money and gifts to the girl and Ms. Greiner, including thousands of dollars that was sometimes used to pay Greiner's rent and other bills.
The warrant says at one point Thomas Keski sent Julie Greiner to buy an engagement ring for her daughter, which she did.
Thomas Keski and his mother came to Colorado where he met Julie Greiner and her young daughter. Keski then took the group on a trip to Hawaii. On that trip “Keski and the child slept in the same bed while Julie Greiner shared a room with Keski's mother.” [Note that none of the participants apparently objected to these arrangements.]
Ms. Greiner told her daughter she “didn't see a problem with” the age difference between Keski and the young girl. [And in the Muslim world it would have been natural!]
An officer told Greiner during an interview that “...it (looked) like she pimped her daughter out to this guy for about $10,000.”
Lakewood police have been working with authorities in Australia and Thomas Keski has been arrested and charged there, according to prosecutors.
Julie Greiner was arrested and being held at the Jefferson County jail in lieu of $50,000 bond.
[The EJF wonders if this is even a crime? If the daughter were five years older and the man twenty-eight there would have no problem. Also, as noted, in many countries marriages between girls of twelve to men in their twenties are commonly arranged. Are we once again simply applying Puritan morals to natural selection?]
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