By Tillie Fong
The Rocky Mountain News
DENVER — A former Denver firefighter — accused of slashing tires on nine vehicles at four fire stations last month — was charged Wednesday with four felony counts of criminal mischief.
Glenn Guyman, 53, of Highlands Ranch, was arrested Friday but has since been released on $25,000 bail. He will be advised of the charges on March 10.
If convicted, he could face two to six years in prison for each count.
On Jan. 18, the tires of nine vehicles at four Denver fire stations were found slashed or punctured. The targets included personal vehicles of firefighters, as well as city-owned vehicles.
Damage to the vehicles totaled $4,500.
The vehicles were parked at or near Station No. 11 (Second Avenue and Broadway), No. 24 (Yale Avenue and Colorado Boulevard), No. 28 (Quincy Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard) and No. 30 (Belleview Avenue and Dudley Street).
According to the arrest affidavit, Denver police were tipped off to Guyman by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, which had an extensive history with him.
Guyman pleaded guilty in a domestic violence case in Douglas County in 2006 and was sentenced to wear an ankle bracelet, which reported his location every 10 minutes.
Denver investigators pulled the report on Guyman’s whereabouts on Jan. 18, and found that he had been within a block of each of the four Denver fire stations where the vehicles had been vandalized.
Detectives determined Guyman had been a Denver firefighter who was terminated for unspecified reasons in 2005.
The Denver Fire Department has a policy of not discussing former employees. In addition to the Denver charges, Guyman is involved in two other open cases.
In November, he was arrested in Broomfield on charges of criminal mischief, tampering and harassment. The case was bound over to district court last month. In December, Guyman was arrested on charges of harassment and obstruction of government operations in Douglas County. He is scheduled for trial on those charges next month.
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