A man with links to the Texas oil business was charged with felony sexual assault earlier this month after allegedly raping a woman at his hotel in Aspen, according to court documents.
Scott Wood, 61, of Brookshire, Texas, turned himself in to Aspen police Monday, then appeared in Pitkin County District Court where Judge Chris Seldin ordered him to post a $10,000 cash bond. Seldin allowed Wood to leave the state and return to Texas.
The victim told police she met Wood on April 2 at Cloud Nine Alpine Bistro on Aspen Highlands and they exchanged numbers. Later that day, Wood texted her, asking if she wanted to meet that night for drinks and she agreed, according to a warrantless arrest affidavit filed in Pitkin County District Court.
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prompted the lockdown of Pitkin County’s administrative offices for two days last week.
Pitkin County District Judge Chris Seldin said he had no option but to set bond for Andrew Johnston rather than release him from custody due to his failure to honor a previous court order forbidding his contact with another person.
Seldin said Johnston might benefit greater from mental health treatment instead of jail time during the duration of his cases. Yet that was not an alternative for Seldin in the case against Johnston, who has not been clinically diagnosed with any mental health issues.
“But society does not provide me with that option,” Seldin said. “Instead, it provides me with the option of either incarcerating Mr. Johnston, and these jails are tasked with the difficult job of trying not only to serve as a correctional facility, but also as a mental health treatment facility.”
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Two men arrested for allegedly stealing a drone, a backpack, a bong, a camera, booze and other items from a Snowmass Village apartment unit also are suspects in the rash of vehicle thefts this week, a prosecutor said in court Friday.
Police arrested Perry Vresilovic and Caleb Rucker, both 19, on Friday morning on suspicion of theft from a Snowmass apartment after three tenants reported their residence had been burglarized late Thursday night.
Pitkin County District Judge Chris Seldin advised the two men Friday afternoon of the charges of fourth-degree felony burglary and fifth-degree felony theft.
In court, Deputy District Attorney Don Nottingham said that after the arrest of Vresilovic, police found on his person keys to a 2011 black Porsche Cayenne that had been reported stolen from the West End neighborhood Tuesday night. Aspen police on Friday also recovered the Porsche, according to Assistant Police Chief Bill Linn.