Charges dropped against 3 more officers in Christian Glass death
A Clear Creek County District Court judge on Tuesday dropped the charges against three additional law enforcement officers involved in the killing of Christian Glass at the request of prosecutors court records show Idaho Springs police officer Brittany Morrow former Georgetown police officer Timothy Collins and Colorado State Patrol trooper Ryan Bennie were each charged with a single count of failing to intervene in the excessive force of another officer in Glass death Prosecutors filed motions to dismiss the charges on Friday and Judge Cynthia Jones granted the dismissals Tuesday online court records show The Clear Creek County District Court clerk s office did not provide copies of the motions to The Denver Post before this story s publication Fifth Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum did not right away return a request for comment on the dismissals and it was not forthwith clear why her office sought to drop the charges Prosecutors initially charged all seven law enforcement officers who were at the scene when then-Clear Creek County sheriff s deputy Andrew Buen shot and killed Glass on June as well as a supervisor who was not present Buen was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the killing and sentenced to three years in prison in April The supervisor former Clear Creek County sheriff s Sgt Kyle Gould pleaded guilty to failing to intervene in and was sentenced to two years of probation The charges were subsequently dropped against five of the six other officers Charges against two Colorado Division of Gaming officers were dismissed in because the state law that mandates law enforcement officers must intervene to prevent another officer from using excessive force doesn t apply to gaming officers It appeared Wednesday that prosecutors have not sought a dismissal for former Georgetown Marshal Randy Williams the sole remaining officer who continues to face charges in Glass s death He is charged with both failure to intervene in the excessive force of another officer and assault both misdemeanors His attorney did not return a request for comment Wednesday Buen shot Glass after the -year-old called for help when his car got stuck on a rock in Clear Creek County Glass who had marijuana and amphetamine in his system was experiencing a mental healthcare situation and communicated dispatchers he was afraid of skinwalkers and people chasing him Seven law enforcement officers responded to Glass call and spent more than an hour trying to coax Glass out of the car while he was experiencing delusions and paranoia Eventually Buen decided to break Glass window and pull him from the carriage Related Articles Former Clear Creek County sheriff s deputy sentenced to years in prison for killing Christian Glass Jury finds former Clear Creek County sheriff s deputy guilty in Christian Glass killing Charges dropped against gaming officers connected to police shooting of Christian Glass additional Colorado officers charged in fatal police shooting of Christian Glass -year-old killed by Colorado deputy acted in self-defense committed no crime grand jury finds When officers broke the window Glass grabbed a knife and officers fired a Taser at him and shot him with beanbags in an attempt to force him to drop it Instead Glass twisted in the driver s seat and thrust the knife toward an officer standing next to the shattered window behind him prompting Buen to shoot Glass five times Glass then stabbed himself several times A grand jury probe that was separate from the criminal prosecution uncovered Glass committed no crime acted in panic and self-defense before he was killed and never authentically came close to stabbing the officers The involved law enforcement agencies agreed to a million settlement with Glass parents in Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
