Aurora’s former police chief used her place of energy to have her associate’s ex-girlfriend arrested two years in the past on fees that finally have been dismissed, a federal lawsuit alleges.
Kristin Nichols, in a criticism filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court docket for Colorado, says Aurora’s then-Chief Vanessa Wilson “bragged about getting her present girlfriend’s ex arrested to different officers” after Nichols was taken into custody in August 2021.
The 85-page lawsuit — which additionally names an Aurora police detective, town of Aurora and varied Adams County officers — particulars a messy relationship rife with allegations of home abuse and little one custody battles between Nichols and her ex-girlfriend, Robin Niceta.
In a single incident two years in the past, Niceta was hospitalized after being hit within the head by an intruder. Officers on the hospital referred to as Wilson, who was courting Niceta on the time, the lawsuit alleges. Aurora’s police chief then referred to as an Adams County assistant district lawyer, Nichols contends.
“She used her place as police chief of APD to affect the assistant district lawyer to expedite the arrest of Nichols,” the criticism alleges.
Wilson’s lawyer didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. An Aurora police spokesman stated the division can’t touch upon pending litigation. Niceta didn’t return messages left Thursday night.
Nichols says she was charged with home violence-criminal try, second-degree assault, second-degree housebreaking and legal mischief based mostly on Niceta claiming she acknowledged Nichols’ voice in her home that day and testimony from Nichols’ 5-year-old daughter.
The criticism alleges that an Aurora police detective, Nathaniel Moss, didn’t inform the courtroom in Nichols’ arrest affidavit that the kid who gave him the data was 5. Police additionally allegedly listed Wilson as a witness as a result of she spoke with Niceta after the alleged assault, the criticism states, however didn’t point out Wilson was the chief of police.
JHB couldn’t assessment the data contained within the 2021 arrest affidavit as a result of it’s now sealed, in line with Aurora police.
All fees towards Nichols have been dropped in June 2022, in line with the lawsuit.
Nichols additionally alleged within the criticism {that a} caseworker with the Arapahoe County Division of Human Providers didn’t report a Christmas 2021 home violence incident involving Niceta and Wilson wherein Wilson was alleged to have been the perpetrator, in line with the lawsuit.
Adams County Household Providers acquired a referral concerning the incident from the FBI in Might 2022, however allegedly closed the case as a result of Wilson and Niceta now not lived collectively, the lawsuit states.
The police chief’s job, Nichols’ alleged, led investigators to deal with Wilson in another way than her in related home violence circumstances.
The federal lawsuit comes simply days after an Arapahoe County decide ordered Niceta to pay an Aurora metropolis councilwoman $3 million in damages after making an unfounded little one sexual abuse report. Danielle Jurinsky sued Niceta, saying the report was retaliation for the councilwoman criticizing Wilson on a talk-radio present.
Niceta, a former Arapahoe County caseworker, additionally faces legal fees stemming from these allegations. Niceta pleaded not responsible final month and is ready to face trial in Might.
Aurora’s metropolis supervisor fired Wilson in April 2022, saying he had considerations about her management and that the division wanted “refocused consideration.”
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