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07-24-2011, 02:23 PM
Patrol officer Kevin Carlile accused of punching man in dispute over TV
By John Aguilar - Boulder Daily Camera Staff Writer
A Denver officer is facing criminal charges after police say he and a friend punched two men in the face at the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie following a dispute over which baseball game to watch on TV.
Kevin Carlile, a five-year veteran of the Denver Police Department, has been taken off patrol duty and put on "non-line" assignment pending the outcome of an investigation into the late June incident, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Thursday.
Carlile, a 37-year-old Broomfield resident who was assigned to the patrol division in Denver, and Christopher Douglas, a 39-year-old resident of Thornton, were issued summonses on suspicion of misdemeanor charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
They are scheduled to appear in Erie Municipal Court on Sept. 12.
Erie police Lt. Lee Mathis said officers from his department were called to the golf course clubhouse around 9:30 p.m. June 28 on reports of a fight in progress.
According to witnesses, Mathis said, Carlile and Douglas were watching the Rockies game in the clubhouse bar when two other men picked up the remote and changed the channel to the final College World Series Championship game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Florida Gators.
Mathis said words were exchanged about the channel switch and eventually escalated to a physical confrontation, with Carlile and Douglas each punching a man in the face and causing minor injuries.
Neither man went to the hospital, he said.
Carlile and Douglas were stopped by Erie police in the clubhouse parking lot and issued summonses.
Mathis said all four men were drinking.
Asked why Carlile and Douglas weren't arrested, Mathis said the injuries to the alleged victims only constituted a misdemeanor offense.
"If it's a misdemeanor, we'll often just issue a summons," he said. "(Carlile's) profession did not factor into the investigation of this."
The alleged assault in Erie brings more unwanted publicity to the Denver Police Department.
Nine officers have been fired from the force since March, the most recent on July 6 when an officer was terminated after he used unauthorized military ammunition in a confrontation that left an innocent bystander wounded.
In March, two Denver police officers were fired in connection with a 2009 beating of a 23-year-old man in Lower Downtown.
By John Aguilar - Boulder Daily Camera Staff Writer
A Denver officer is facing criminal charges after police say he and a friend punched two men in the face at the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie following a dispute over which baseball game to watch on TV.
Kevin Carlile, a five-year veteran of the Denver Police Department, has been taken off patrol duty and put on "non-line" assignment pending the outcome of an investigation into the late June incident, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Thursday.
Carlile, a 37-year-old Broomfield resident who was assigned to the patrol division in Denver, and Christopher Douglas, a 39-year-old resident of Thornton, were issued summonses on suspicion of misdemeanor charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
They are scheduled to appear in Erie Municipal Court on Sept. 12.
Erie police Lt. Lee Mathis said officers from his department were called to the golf course clubhouse around 9:30 p.m. June 28 on reports of a fight in progress.
According to witnesses, Mathis said, Carlile and Douglas were watching the Rockies game in the clubhouse bar when two other men picked up the remote and changed the channel to the final College World Series Championship game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Florida Gators.
Mathis said words were exchanged about the channel switch and eventually escalated to a physical confrontation, with Carlile and Douglas each punching a man in the face and causing minor injuries.
Neither man went to the hospital, he said.
Carlile and Douglas were stopped by Erie police in the clubhouse parking lot and issued summonses.
Mathis said all four men were drinking.
Asked why Carlile and Douglas weren't arrested, Mathis said the injuries to the alleged victims only constituted a misdemeanor offense.
"If it's a misdemeanor, we'll often just issue a summons," he said. "(Carlile's) profession did not factor into the investigation of this."
The alleged assault in Erie brings more unwanted publicity to the Denver Police Department.
Nine officers have been fired from the force since March, the most recent on July 6 when an officer was terminated after he used unauthorized military ammunition in a confrontation that left an innocent bystander wounded.
In March, two Denver police officers were fired in connection with a 2009 beating of a 23-year-old man in Lower Downtown.