Man accused of driving into police pleads not guilty

A man accused of intentionally swerving his car toward police and hitting three officers during a protest over George Floyd, racial injustice and police brutality pleaded not guilty Monday.

A lawyer for Anthony Knapp, 37, entered the plea on his behalf to charges including attempted first- degree murder with extreme indifference as well as assault and leaving the scene of an accident during a short online hearing.

Knapp, who is being held in jail, did not speak except to say thank you to the judge at the end of the hearing.

The officers who were hit were standing next to a parked police truck that was monitoring a protest near the state Capitol on May 30. According to a court document explaining why Knapp was arrested, police said Knapp swerved toward the truck at a high rate of speed and hit the officers, breaking the leg of one of them. There were nine other officers in or near the vehicle that were also put at risk, the document said.

Man who lured women into RV found guilty of sex crimes.

A man who lured multiple women into his RV, offering a warm spot or a place to sleep, has been found guilty of sex crimes by a Jefferson County jury.

Darrell Eugene Wall, 50, was found guilty on Oct. 29 after a four- day trial, according to a district attorney’s office news release.

Wall assaulted five woman in separate attacks between June 2018 and November 2019, the DA’s office said. The jury found him guilty on two counts of sexual assault, and one count of unlawful sexual contact with force, both felony charges. He was also found guilty of two counts of unlawful sexual contact, a misdemeanor.

In October 2019, Lakewood police were contacted by a woman who reported that Wall sexually assaulted her, the release said. An investigation found four additional victims.

Wall is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 7.