Posted on 11/23/2022 7:12:01 AM PST by Red Badger
Colorado Springs District Attorney Michael Allen failed to pursue formal charges against a suspect in the Saturday mass shooting in Colorado Springs last year after the man allegedly threatened to bomb his mother, according to multiple reports. Allen’s office refused to answer why charges were not filed and claimed “a public criminal record does not exist” in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, allegedly shot and killed five people and injured many others Saturday night at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub Club Q. His mother had called authorities on June 18, 2021, accusing her son of threatening to harm her with a homemade bomb multiple weapons and ammunition, according to an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office press release, but Allen did not pursue formal charges in that case, according to The Gazette. (RELATED: ‘They Needed A New Boogeyman’: NBC Reporter Blames ‘QAnon Narrative’ For Colorado Springs Shooting)
After the DCNF inquired as to why Aldrich was not formally charged in the 2021 case, Deputy District Attorney Brent Nelson told the outlet that “a public criminal record does not exist.”
Colorado’s privacy laws prevent authorities from acknowledging the existence of a sealed record. ABC News and other outlets have requested that the court unseal the records regarding Aldrich’s 2021 arrest.
“Upon an inquiry into a sealed record, a criminal justice agency shall reply that a public criminal record does not exist with respect to the defendant who is the subject of the sealed record,” the law reads.
Police contacted Aldrich by phone after his mother’s report and discovering his location on a different street, but he refused to surrender, the release said. Authorities evacuated about 10 homes in the area, ultimately convincing him to obey and apprehending him less than five hours after his mother’s report.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO - NOVEMBER 21: Law enforcement officials continue their investigation into Saturday's shooting at the Club Q nightclub on November 21, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On Saturday evening, a 22-year-old gunman entered the LGBTQ nightclub opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others before being stopped by club patrons.
Aldrich was booked into the El Paso County Jail on two felony menacing charges and three charges of first-degree kidnapping, the release reported. However, the case has been sealed, according to multiple reports.
Anderson Lee Aldrich asked The Gazette’s report on that case to be taken off its website in August. “There is absolutely nothing there, the case was dropped, and I’m asking you either remove or update the story,” he stated in a voice message to the outlet.
Court records indicated Aldrich faces five charges of murder and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury in the Saturday night shooting at Club Q, The Associated Press reported.
The real crime here is that the MSM has been assuming his gender for the past 3 days. That is the crime. And what about violating his preferred pronouns?
Woke.
Narrative change in real time….not a right wing Trump supporter, but a non-binary person who just wants to be accepted.
The DA has decided that we're not allowed to know.
A good start would be for prosecutors to do their job and enforce the law.
They will dust off the old “Mental Illness Problems” meme...........
Good going their Mr. DA, you didn’t want to deal with the retard fag then, so you are dealing with him now.
Must have been someone powerful’s favorite catcher.
of course he walked free!! as I have been saying all along liberals are at fault here!!! this guy should of still been in jail from the LAST incident !!
So
If it’s a “ hate” crime,,,
that means the murderous perv
hated pervs ?
He should have been in a mental institution................
But in the meantime, walking through Colorado Springs that you’re without your mask would’ve had a swarm of cops after you. And they wouldn’t be dropping charges.
Maybe the DA was a fan of his father’s movies. :p
Either way, it’s Lauren Boebert’s fault.
The key word here is “public.”
He was carrying his LGBTQXYZ+ Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card. Don't make bomb threats without it.
YOU know why he was released.
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