Accidental Photobomb Leads to Beating, 3 Arrests in LoDo

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The charges stem from a May 11 incident in LoDo when the bars let out and the defendants were taking photographs of themselves near 14th and Market streets. The unidentified 30-year-old victim accidentally walked into one of the shots, police said, and one of the suspects, Bryanna Warren, 25 began arguing with him and hitting him.

According to an arrest affidavit, the victim pushed Warren away and began walking away but was followed by Warren and Lindsye Newton, 25, as the argument escalated. Police said the victim pushed them both away and was then knocked unconscious by the third suspect, Terrell Moore, 27.

A police sergeant witnessed the blow to the victim’s head, and said he tried to protect the victim on the ground from the growing crowd. At one point, the officer’s attention was diverted and when he turned back, he said saw Newton hitting the unconscious man in the face with her purse.

Both Newton and Warren were charged with third-degree assault on an at-risk adult “for allegedly continuing to assault the victim while he was lying unconscious on the ground,” according to a news release.

Police initially charged the trio with public fighting but a medical report said the victim sustained permanent blindness in his right eye, facial fractures and intra-cranial hemorrhaging. That’s when the charges were upgraded.