Man injured in jump from City County Building
Rocky Mountain News
Originally published 03:37 p.m., May 7, 2008
Updated 12:03 a.m., May 8, 2008
Josepheus Haynes, 41, was in custody on an assault charge.
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An assault suspect was in critical condition Wednesday after breaking a window and jumping from the third floor of the Denver City and County Building, authorities said.
Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said he didn't know if the man, identified as Josepheus Haynes, 41, was trying to escape or harm himself. Haynes was being treated at Denver Health Medical Center on Wednesday night, Jackson said.
Haynes, who was in custody on an assault charge, jumped from the window about 10:30 a.m. Witness Ty Berrien said Haynes was sitting in court when he was told to go before the judge.
"And he was just sitting there, turned around and he went headfirst out the third-story window," Berrien told CBS4 News.
Haynes, who was shackled, landed on a grate on the Colfax Avenue side of the building.
Haynes has a lengthy arrest record dating back to 1987, Colorado Bureau of Investigation records show. In 2005, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for first-degree criminal mischief after his probation was revoked, court records show.
Last November, he was sentenced to 300 days in jail for third-degree assault. He was arrested April 30 for investigation of second-degree assault, CBI records show.
Comments
Posted by holekeeper on May 7, 2008 at 10:57 a.m.
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Posted by NeilT on May 7, 2008 at 11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
holemaker?
Posted by EZBakeOven on May 7, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ouch!
Posted by SLAP on May 7, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I guess that plan B.
Posted by holekeeper on May 7, 2008 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
roflmfao, holemaker!!!!! NeilT you just made my day!
Posted by LamboMan on May 7, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's not the fall that get's ya, it's the sudden stop. And falling onto a grate to boot? Geez, he could have ended up looking like a tomato in a vegamatic!
Posted by samsmargolis on May 7, 2008 at 11:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
His aka is now Peter Pan. A bad Peter Pan, mind you...
Posted by DoubleChubbyChuck on May 7, 2008 at 11:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
And we get stuck paying his fricking medical bills. Maybe they should have had him on a higher floor so he would be laying in the morgue.
Posted by CaptainObvious on May 7, 2008 at 11:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wrong day to take the cape to the dry cleaners.
Posted by AnAngelDisgraced on May 7, 2008 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wouldn't you think that it might be wise to,i don't know, put shatter proof glass in a courtroom? My OFFICE has it... but the court room didn't? That's justice for ya...
Posted by holekeeper on May 7, 2008 at 11:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
he thought the invisible man would catch him.....only he didnt know what window he was under!
Posted by AC on May 7, 2008 at 11:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That looks like a third-floor window, not fourth floor. Which is it?
Posted by CWW on May 7, 2008 at 11:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What's going on? Yesterday a workman fell off the roof of our office building (but it was only two stories). Don't know why/how he fell, but they hauled him off to the hospital.
Posted by The_Punnisher on May 7, 2008 at 11:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You may escape from the laws of MAN...
But the laws of PHYSICS is another story....
Try to get a LIAR ( oops, I mean Lawyer ) to talk you out of this one..
Posted by DahmersCookbook on May 7, 2008 at 12:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Mabey he saw A gremlin outside the window tampering! This man could be A hero.
Posted by Trythinking on May 7, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gravity appears to be racist.
Posted by NeilT on May 7, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Easy, Punnisher...
You see, he slipped on a Mickey D's wrapper and put his arm/head through the glass.
Posted by Diff on May 7, 2008 at 12:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Homicide investigators? I don't get that?!?
HE was probably expecting the DPD to pull guns and shoot him down
Suicide by police...
Posted by Diff on May 7, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
CWW -
It's called GRAVITY, and it always wins
eventually
Posted by Trythinking on May 7, 2008 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The sidewalk has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Posted by Lewlew on May 7, 2008 at 12:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Trythinking, what was your statement intended to mean?
Posted by Trythinking on May 7, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I thought it was self-explanatory. The police deal with this type of "citizen" everyday. If police exercise caution and good judgment and shoot someone, they are always placed on administrative leave, regardless of situation. If someone gets killed it needs to be someone else’s fault, usually the police, certainly not the perpetrator's. In this case the sidewalk is to blame.
Posted by Heidi on May 7, 2008 at 1:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think it was the fault of whomever was in charge of the budget when the window was installed.
Posted by Buckwheat on May 7, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We-e-e-e-e-e-! I can Fly!!!! Nope, guess not!!!! now if that was a redneck he would have started out by saying, "Hey everybody, watch this!!". "Dang it, I thought we was on da 1st floor!?" Funny how that Karma (sp?)thing works.
Posted by CaptainObvious on May 7, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey AC, nice work. They changed the headline to the correct floor.
And Trythinking, I got it. It was good too. I'm surprised you even took the time for the paint-by-numbers explanation. You have more patience than I do today. I would have chalked it up to "If I have to explain, you'd never understand..." and considered the matter explained.
Posted by mtb on May 7, 2008 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Heidi, that may be the original window from 1941 or so when the building was constructed so it may be hard to find that person :). maybe an upgrade in the 60's or 70's but it is definitely not tempered glass. even during renovations the last few years, existing windows remained unchanged . . .
tho you would think they will find money in the budget to update the windows but conservationists always cringe at this idea
Posted by BeefEaterGrins on May 7, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by Trythinking on May 7, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"Gravity appears to be racist."
WINNER! We have a winner here!
Full of Win, sir!
Posted by Heidi on May 7, 2008 at 1:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
mtb, then that settles it. The jumper was a republican ;)
Posted by Buckwheat on May 7, 2008 at 2:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Superfly????
Posted by Gene on May 7, 2008 at 2:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Not that I care, but how hard would it be to get the guy's name, after 3.5 hours and a witness from the courtroom is quoted.
Posted by MarineGrunt on May 7, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Guy gets a new nickname from me... "Dirt Dart"!
Posted by freedomfighter1 on May 7, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
the headline should have read: "What kind of bird can't fly?"
For those who do not know this one, it's a jail bird.
Sorry I had to do it.
Posted by CaptainObvious on May 7, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
LMAO - BeefEaterGrins.
"Full of Win, sir!"
That's funny.
Posted by Trythinking on May 7, 2008 at 2:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
BeefEaterGrins and CaptianObvious,
Thank you for your support.
Posted by rmnreader on May 7, 2008 at 3:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Trythinking - I too got a good laugh out of your the sidewalk has been placed on administrative leave comment. Thanks!
Although I must admit Lelew's question gave me quite a chuckle too!
Posted by Trythinking on May 7, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You're welcome.
Posted by somebunnyluvsme on May 7, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You see, what we have here is a total failure too communicate. The guy obviously became confused when told to go before the Judge. Being a deeply religious criminal, he naturally thought he was being ordered to go before his maker for final judgement. A secretary on the second floor asked him how he was doing as he fell by, and he was reported to have said, "SO FAR, SO GOOD". That was followed with a resounding Splat!!
Posted by musicman80 on May 7, 2008 at 4:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
sidewalk has been placed on administrative leave, he says..LOL
Posted by mtb on May 7, 2008 at 5:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
a little research and i've found those are the original windows from 1926 . . .
Posted by Heidi on May 7, 2008 at 6:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Nice work, Sherlock! All these years and no suspected criminal has been able to escape out that window. What is wrong with our law enforcement? Maybe you should apply for a job there, mtb! Now your mission is to find out the jumper's name.
Posted by SteveC on May 7, 2008 at 8:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
He was almost a Darwin Award winner.
Posted by theQ on May 7, 2008 at 10:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I wish all of them would jump out of a window........but higher.
Posted by happymike44 on May 7, 2008 at 10:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well what can I say not the sharpest knife in the drawer.So wonder was e late for his justice league meeting.Then decided to make a quick escape to catch up with spidey and the gang.Well I hope the sidwalk is okay,wouldm't want it to apply for workmen's comp.Ha Ha But face it the guy is in need of some good mental health experts to sort out his scrabled brain. The only way you can die from falling out of a window 5 floors or higher.Bet everyone was surprised when he pulled his lttle houdini act.Presto chango is gone-o.Ta Dah
Posted by GWBushwacked on May 7, 2008 at 10:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Poor guy. Jokesters, joke, but it could be you---but alas people are in denial in that they think they are invincible(I guess not a bad coping mechanism knowing that one day we are all going to die). He was probably mentally ill...I have known people(being that I work in mental health field) with the most normal of lives that have something traumatic happen and have a psychotic breakdown.
Posted by wow on May 8, 2008 at 2:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What about the poor sidewalk? If there are no criminal charges against this dude for his unprovoked flying attack on the innocent concrete, the sidewalk and it's grate should be allowed to seek damages in civil court...for pain, suffering and staining.
Posted by bropous on May 8, 2008 at 7:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Poor guy. Jokesters, joke, but it could be you..."
HUH?
This idiot was up for the latest in a string of assault charges, standing before the judge. He dove through the window trying to escape justice. So how could that be me, the person who made the hilarious comment about adminsitrative leave for the sidewalk, or anyone else making jokes? Mental health? No, this fellow is an idiot who thought he could escape justice.
The poetic justice is that his victim in this assault was right there to see it happen.
Bozo Boy hit the grate pretty hard, knocked his shoes off his feet. Blood was splattered all over the grate. He didn't have enough momentum to carry him out to the wet grass as the glass in the window slowed him down.
And you just wait, his family will now sue the city for not having shatterproof glass on the courtroom window. The windows are not upgraded in that building because it is a "historic" building.
He was found guilty of "third degree attempted resisting gravity."
Posted by holekeeper on May 8, 2008 at 7:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
hey rocky mountain news staffers why was my wwwweeeeeeeeee ouch comment removed whan I have seen several others on here much worse than that one? If you are going to be jerks and remove things you need to be fair. Mabey I should be fair and remove my name from your subscribers. You wont write back because you are to afraid
Posted by airbornebigfoot on May 8, 2008 at 8:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
wow, just like on Super Dave (Osborns) show.
this guy just qualified for the
United States Dirt Diving Championships.
Posted by musicman80 on May 8, 2008 at 8:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
GWBushwacked have some humor...
Posted by holekeeper on May 8, 2008 at 9:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOFFF!
Posted by scrabbler on May 8, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Holekeeper: I suggested removal of yer comment simply because it was wetodded...sike i didnt. But FYI anyone can suggest removal of any ones comments. Oh back to the topic...did anyone you tube this? I would like to see the blood splatter...heh
Posted by bropous on May 8, 2008 at 10:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
holekeeper, who knows why the comment was removed, but thanks for letting us know what it was. Was it only the weeeeeeeee ouch part or something else? Curious minds want to know...
Did not YouTube the blood spatter, scrabbler, sorry, but the blood was pretty darned disturbing. They are power washing the grates and cleaning up the mess.
Hey folks, whatever you do, if you borrow a quarter from this dude's sister, PAY HER BACK!!!
A serious question, though: Why is this individual not charged with a Hate Crime?
Posted by OhBrother on May 8, 2008 at 10:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You remember the show "living color" where they had that skit with the handicaped super hero named "handiman" ( I am on RMN but I'll give it a shot)? I wonder if he jumped out the window like that, I would have paid money to see it! come on, you know you would have laughed...either way this isn't the type of thing that can happen to anyone, if your best solution to avoiding legal ramifications is to do a swandive out of a 3rd story court house window then it might be time to stop watching loony tunes and read a book.
Scott
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Posted by mrNiceGuy on May 8, 2008 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Handiman, yes!
It would have been amusing if there was the shatterproof glass. He'd have smacked it like a bird then thump. You know he'll probably come back and sue the city for not having shatter proof glass thus causing him injury. Sounds like a case for the strong-arm.
Posted by holekeeper on May 8, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
bropous,
Yes it was just the thing I said. I got a letter from the staff and it was explained that a majority of the users found my remark offencive to I am here to say sorry to you all I did not mean to offend you by saying what i said. I thought it might be funny. sorry that i wrote thos 31 letters that didnt really spell any words trying to make you laugh. and I am sorry about posting them in all of the other poats as well.
Posted by Heidi on May 8, 2008 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
wow, they really put the guilt trip on you holekeeper! Salvation for you!!
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