The alleged crimes happened in late 2023 while the officer was off duty, the department said.
An 18-year-old woman and a teenage girl were arrested in the assault that left a 27-year-old with significant facial injuries.On Feb. 13, two female suspects approached the victim, who was waiting for the RTD light rail at the Wadsworth Station, according to Lakewood Police. The suspects asked the victim whether he had cigarettes and attacked him when he said he did not, according to police.
He told investigators that the other teen also joined in and that during the assault, his glasses were broken. He also told investigators one of the teens had called him racist names. The victim got off at Union Station, where an RTD officer noticed his injuries and asked him whether he was OK. He explained to that officer that he had been attacked. Medical later showed he had a closed fracture to his nose and jaw, the affidavit says.
On the platform, she said, the other teen asked the victim for a cigarette and he ignored her, so she asked again, more loudly. When the victim said no, Drury said, the girl called him a racist name, according to the affidavit.
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