Written by: carmstrong
Judge drops criminal cases in Aspen carbon monoxide fatalities
Aspen, CO, Colorado
Rules that statute of limitations had expired
Rick Carroll
ASPEN — The criminal cases against a subcontractor and a former Aspen building inspector, both indicted by a grand jury for the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a Denver family of four, came to an abrupt end Thursday when a judge ruled that the statute of limitations on the charges had expired.Judge James Boyd issued his decision to dismiss the charges of criminally negligent homicide in a near-capacity Pitkin County District courtroom after 3:15 p.m. The defendants, former city of Aspen building inspector Erik Peltonen, 69, of Basalt, and Marlin Brown, 58, owner of Glenwood Springs-based Roaring Fork Plumbing & Heating Co., embraced family members and supporters after learning their fate.
ASPEN — The criminal cases against a subcontractor and a former Aspen building inspector, both indicted by a grand jury for the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a Denver family of four, came to an abrupt end Thursday when a judge ruled that the statute of limitations on the charges had expired.Judge James Boyd issued his decision to dismiss the charges of criminally negligent homicide in a near-capacity Pitkin County District courtroom after 3:15 p.m. The defendants, former city of Aspen building inspector Erik Peltonen, 69, of Basalt, and Marlin Brown, 58, owner of Glenwood Springs-based Roaring Fork Plumbing & Heating Co., embraced family members and supporters after learning their fate.
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