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Aspen developer Nikos Hecht was arrested Thursday night after emergency dispatchers received a call reporting a violation of a protection order.
Hecht, 50, faces three class 1 misdemeanors: domestic violence, harassment and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Additionally, he faces the class 2 misdemeanor of prohibited use of a weapon and violation of a protection order.
According to a Pitkin County Sheriffâs Office report from a responding deputy, Hecht was found sitting outside of a residence belonging to a protected party, undressed and bleeding from his finger. A black Range Rover belonging to Hecht was in the driveway, having crashed into another vehicle already parked in the driveway.
Nikos Hecht in a Pitkin County Jail mugshot from his domestic violence arrest in July 2015. A booking mugshot from his latest arrest was not available Friday.
Clad only in his underwear and high on drugs, a local developer and hedge fund manager held a gun to his head Thursday night outside a relative’s home near Aspen and threatened to kill himself, according to police reports.
Nikos Hecht, 50, admitted to police he’d consumed alcohol, marijuana and cocaine half-an-hour before driving his Range Rover to the home and crashing it into another car parked in the driveway. He then allegedly began banging on a front window with a bloody hand while holding the black Beretta handgun to his head and demanding to speak to a person inside, the reports state.