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| Elite Colorado unit nabs hundreds of parolees on the lam in first year |
| By denverpost.com- Kirk Mitchell |
| Published: 08/06/2014 |
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The violent sex offender with 29 arrests going back to 1974 had been on the run three months when special parole agents and Lakewood police officers crept up to his hideout in the Big Bunny Motel on West Colfax Avenue. Armed with a Glock, an officer took a key he retrieved moments before from the manager, slipped it into the door lock and led the rush inside. The no-knock raid left the stunned — and nude — sex offender with no fight-or-flee options. Richard Romero, 59, thus became the 812th parole fugitive whose case was either solved by arrest or cleared by discovery by the elite Fugitive Apprehension Unit after its first full year of operation. "The team has done a phenomenal job," said Alison Morgan, deputy director of parole for the Colorado Department of Corrections. "The results speak for themselves. The team members are excited about it." Read More. |
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