WALSENBURG, Colo. ? State prosecutors in Colorado have filed charges against each of the three siblings accused in a cross-country crime spree that began in Florida.
Prosecutors filed the charges Monday afternoon ahead of a court hearing in southern Colorado for Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, and Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21.
Prosecutors charged each with five counts of attempted second-degree murder, five counts of first-degree assault, with each of those charges carrying a separate sentence enhancing charge of a being crime of violence. Each sibling also is charged with vehicle theft, theft by receiving and displaying fictitious or altered license plates.
Prosecutors accused Ryan Dougherty of being the driver during an Aug. 10 chase in Colorado and charged him with vehicular eluding. Lee Grace Dougherty, who was shot in the leg after authorities say she pointed a gun at three officers, is charged with three additional first-degree assault counts, each with an accompanying charge of being a crime of violence.
Each defendant is being held on a bond of $1.25 million.
Prosecutors have declined to discuss evidence involving any of the Colorado charges, citing a limited gag order issued by a judge at the request of lawyers for two of the siblings.
Authorities previously said the trio robbed a bank in Georgia and shot at police officers in Florida and Colorado. They're also suspects in two car thefts in Utah. Federal authorities did not return a call Monday requesting comment on whether they were also pursuing charges.
The cross-country manhunt for the Doughertys ended in Huerfano, Colo., on Aug. 10 after a chase on Interstate 25 that began when the trio was spotted near Colorado City, Colo., about 140 miles south of Denver.
The Doughertys are suspected of shooting at pursuing officers before they ran over spike strips placed by authorities and blew a tire. No officers were hit. Lee Grace Dougherty was shot in the leg after she got out of the car that crashed into a guardrail and aimed a gun at an officer, authorities said.
"I deserved to get shot," she later told authorities, according to an arrest affidavit.
At a court appearance in Pueblo, Colo., last week, Dylan Dougherty Stanley had his right forearm in a cast.
Mike Emmons, an attorney for Ryan Dougherty, said his client had a large lump on his head and possibly a concussion. It was unclear when the injuries might have occurred.
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