Frank Richard Duran, 30, also faces a sentencing enhancement for using a weapon, according to online court records. Prosecutors dropped burglary, motor vehicle theft, felony menacing, trespassing and child abuse charges.
The status of the animal cruelty, criminal mischief and additional theft and trespassing charges against Duran were unclear from online court records. Officials at the Weld County District Attorney's Office could not be reached for comment.
Authorities said that on Feb. 4 of last year, Duran stole a car, tried to break into a home, crawled beneath another, threatened to kill a Weld County man's child before stealing the man's car at knifepoint, and drove through a field in south Longmont before abandoning the car in Niwot.
While he was in Niwot, police officials said Duran broke into a home, set it on fire and tried to drown a Pomeranian named Cujo. The dog was not injured.
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| Before trying to kill their dog, Duran set fire to their house |
Deputies arrested Duran after he returned to the stolen car, apparently to work on the engine.
Duran remained in custody at the Weld County Jail on Monday. He is expected to be sentenced on April 1, according to court records.
Apparently Frank Duran likes going to jail:
Court records show Duran has convictions dating back to at least 2001 for theft, felony bond condition violations, assault, child abuse, resisting arrest, aggravated motor vehicle theft, violating a protection order, harassment, felony trespassing, obstruction and false reporting.
(Estes Park Trail Gazette - March 3, 2016)
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