Staff report
A man faces an attempted murder charge after attacking a
Littleton woman, according to police.
Leroy James Chavez, 48, was arrested in the early morning hours
of April 6. He is being held in the Arapahoe County jail without
bond.
At 12:45 a.m., officers were called to the 5900 block of South
Bemis Street on the report of a woman who had ran to a neighbor’s
home in need of help, according to a Littleton Police Department
news release.
Officers received information that a former acquaintance of the
victim, Chavez, whom she had a restraining order against, had
forced his way into her home, assaulted her and attempted to kill
her.
Chavez was fleeing the scene in his vehicle when he was observed
by responding officers, according to the news release. He was
stopped and taken into custody. The woman sustained a number of
injuries, but none were life threatening.
Chavez is being charged with criminal attempt to commit murder
in the second degree, second-degree kidnapping, robbery,
first-degree burglary, assault, domestic violence and violation of
a restraining order.
