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Larimer County Sheriff deputies arrested retired military veteran Patrick Cipolla on a felony warrant for multiple counts of sexual assault, according to a press release sent Friday. Cipolla allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl over a period of years and is charged with: four counts of sexual assault by force three counts of sexual assault [...]

Larimer County Sheriff deputies arrest sexual assault suspect

Kyle Grabowski
Editor

July 6, 2012

Photo of Cipolla courtesy Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.

Larimer County Sheriff deputies arrested retired military veteran Patrick Cipolla on a felony warrant for multiple counts of sexual assault, according to a press release sent Friday.

Cipolla allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl over a period of years and is charged with:

four counts of sexual assault by force
three counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust

He is now being held in the Larimer County jail on a $1 million bond.

The sheriff’s office is asking that any one with information about the crime contact Investigator John Newhouse of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office at 970-498-5172 or Crime Stoppers at 970-221-6868.

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