05-07-2011, 11:10 PM
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18013474
Coloradan man linked to missing Aurora woman was arrested in Texas
Denver Post, 05/07/11
Travis Forbes showed up at his new rental home in Austin, Texas, offering his roommates gluten-free granola bars.
But the goodwill he earned Tuesday was forgotten Wednesday when a fugitive task force of U.S. Marshals and Austin police armed with assault rifles swept in and arrested him.
"It was a pretty intense operation," said Elliot Hallmark, 29, one of Forbes' new roommates.
Hallmark went online after the raid and saw that Forbes had acknowledged being a suspect in the missing-person case of Kenia Monge, 19, an Aurora woman who disappeared from Denver's Lower Downtown on April 1.
Forbes, 31, was arrested without incident on a felony aggravated car theft warrant out of Wheat Ridge, said Veneza Aguiñaga, an Austin police spokeswoman.
Lt. Wade Hammond, a Wheat Ridge police spokesman, said he is unaware of any connection between the stolen car and Monge's case. Extradition proceedings were pending.
Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said police continue to investigate Monge's case.
Hallmark said Forbes had contacted him through Craigslist. He agreed to rent a room in a home on Cherry Wood Road in central east Austin for $450 a month. At one point, Hallmark had trouble reaching Forbes by cellphone.
At first, Forbes told him he had met a drunken woman who took off with his phone. He later said he threw the phone in a lake, Hallmark said.
He told Hallmark that while driving a gold 1990 Toyota 4-Runner to Texas he swerved to avoid deer in the road and ran into a fence, damaging the bumper. He duct-taped the bumper back on, Hallmark said.
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Coloradan man linked to missing Aurora woman was arrested in Texas
Denver Post, 05/07/11
Travis Forbes showed up at his new rental home in Austin, Texas, offering his roommates gluten-free granola bars.
But the goodwill he earned Tuesday was forgotten Wednesday when a fugitive task force of U.S. Marshals and Austin police armed with assault rifles swept in and arrested him.
"It was a pretty intense operation," said Elliot Hallmark, 29, one of Forbes' new roommates.
Hallmark went online after the raid and saw that Forbes had acknowledged being a suspect in the missing-person case of Kenia Monge, 19, an Aurora woman who disappeared from Denver's Lower Downtown on April 1.
Forbes, 31, was arrested without incident on a felony aggravated car theft warrant out of Wheat Ridge, said Veneza Aguiñaga, an Austin police spokeswoman.
Lt. Wade Hammond, a Wheat Ridge police spokesman, said he is unaware of any connection between the stolen car and Monge's case. Extradition proceedings were pending.
Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said police continue to investigate Monge's case.
Hallmark said Forbes had contacted him through Craigslist. He agreed to rent a room in a home on Cherry Wood Road in central east Austin for $450 a month. At one point, Hallmark had trouble reaching Forbes by cellphone.
At first, Forbes told him he had met a drunken woman who took off with his phone. He later said he threw the phone in a lake, Hallmark said.
He told Hallmark that while driving a gold 1990 Toyota 4-Runner to Texas he swerved to avoid deer in the road and ran into a fence, damaging the bumper. He duct-taped the bumper back on, Hallmark said.
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