http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/18/denver-bar-fire-arrests/1640921/
The suspects are Joseph Hill, 27, and his brother, Lynell Hill, 24, and Dexter Lewis, 22. They were all arrested in Denver.
Did they leave a road map? I am amazed at how quickly that made arrests.
I was just getting ready to post about the arrests. I wonder if the bar had a security camera that wasn't damaged in the fire? I will link another story here about the arrests.
I believe in the article that Dexter Lewis's mom says he's not guilty.
The motive was robbery, according to the report.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/3-arrested-in-feros-bar-and-grill-fire-and-homicides
DENVER - Denver Police have arrested three men in the deaths of five people at Fero's Bar and Grill in Denver on Wednesday morning. Investigators said the motive for the homicides was robbery and the subsequent fire was set to cover up the killings.
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Public defenders representing Lewis made motions for access to the crime scene and to unseal police statements supported his arrest warrant. A judge denied both motions.
All three suspects are being held in jail without bond.
7NEWS reporter Amanda Kost spoke with Lewis's mother, Tammesa Jones, outside court.
"He didn't do it," the mother said. She added that Lewis is engaged and his fiancee is 7-months pregnant with their child.
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In May 2009, Lewis was arrested in Jefferson County on several counts of assault on a police officer, court records show.
He pleaded guilty to felony menacing involving a real or simulated weapon and prosecutors dismissed the other charges.
In a separate 2009 case,
Lewis pleaded guilty to felony robbery.
Lewis was sentenced to a total of three years in state prison and was on parole when he was arrested in the Fero's killings, court records show.
Lewis's parole conditions required him to stay out of bars, not drink alcohol, not drive and attend sexual offender treatment.
He was under the maximum level of parole supervision -- Intensive Supervised Parole -- which required him to have two in person contacts his parole officer each month, daily phone contact and take a weekly test for drug or alcohol use.
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My personal thoughts...I wonder what the sexual offender treatment was about. I didn't see in the article where he was charged with a sexual offense.
The article says that the fire had only been burning for 15-20 minutes. That was cutting it close for the perps to escape.
I'm glad that LE was able to apprehend these guys so quickly!
JMO, IMO, :moo:, and all other disclaimers
