March 6, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Belly Up bomb threat suspect likely to be tried"

Chad Abraham:
"A judge said on Monday that she will likely rule there is enough evidence to bind over for trial a Glenwood man who allegedly called in a bomb threat regarding the Belly Up to get into a sold-out concert.

After a nearly two-hour hearing in Pitkin County District Court, Judge Gail Nichols ruled that there is probable cause to believe Asa Robinson, 30, assaulted Aspen police officer Gregg Cole on Nov. 22.

Robinson is charged with two counts of assault of a peace officer and false reporting of explosives. Nichols only ruled on one of the assault counts, saying she wanted to study a custody issue related to the other charge and a hearsay issue related to the false reporting count.

Cole testified on Monday that he went to the Belly Up after the bomb threat was called in to the county emergency dispatch center around 9:40 p.m.

The center’s phones have caller ID, and another officer, using the number, was able to get Robinson’s account information from Sprint, the cell-phone carrier, Cole said. Robinson’s photograph was on file at the police department from “previous contacts,” the officer said...."
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