Man stabs woman outside Denver courthouse
Rocky Mountain News
Published July 10, 2007 at midnight
A man with an ice pick stabbed a young woman today as she was walking to the Denver courthouse.
With their guns drawn, Denver sheriff’s deputies caught the alleged attacker as he attempted to flee, Sgt. Frank Gale, the sheriff’s spokesman, said.
Deputies said they don’t believe the alleged assailant and his victim knew each other, and investigators were trying to figure out a motive for the assault, the sergeant said.
The 22-year-old victim was taken to the the hospital where her condition was not known. The sheriff’s office was working to get an identity on the victim.
Gale said the stabbing occurred about 10:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of Cherokee Street, between the U.S. Mint and the courthouse.
Charles Smith, 48, was being held for investigation of first-degree assault. Smith recently was in the custody of the sheriff’s department, though, Gale said he did not know the specifics of the case.
Smith has previous convictions for drug possession, indecent
exposure and failure to register as a sex offender.
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