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Nabbed: Man Accused Of Rape, Robbery, Charged After Manhunt
Jerome Lekendric Lucas, 34, was caught after a multi-state manhunt. He's accused of a Denver home break-in and raping and robbing a woman.

Jean Lotus is a Fort Collins native returning to NoCo. She has most recently been working in the Chicago area, where she wrote and edited for Chronicle Media, Pioneer Local and Wednesday Journal. In 2014, Lotus won the Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor award for best in-depth reporting. She also won two first prize University of Illinois Knight Awards for Investigative Journalism. She has a degree from University of Chicago and is a former daily reporter/night editor for the Lafayette, Ind. Journal & Courier (Gannett).
Jerome Lekendric Lucas, 34, was caught after a multi-state manhunt. He's accused of a Denver home break-in and raping and robbing a woman.

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