AURORA | The final suspect sought in what police say was a violent kidnapping that terrorized two Venezuelan immigrants at a troubled northwest Aurora apartment complex has been returned to Colorado to face charges, police said Thursday.
Aurora police said Jorman Jose Cuba-Zabala, 26, of Venezuela, was arrested April 28 by officers in Chicago after allegedly stealing two pairs of sunglasses valued at more than $800 from a department store. Chicago police later learned he was wanted on an Aurora warrant tied to a December 2024 kidnapping and assault at The Edge at Lowry Apartments, according to an Aurora police statement.
The apartment complex has for more than a year been a flashpoint in the city’s debate over crime, immigration and housing conditions.
Cuba-Zabala was extradited to Colorado and booked Oct. 4 into the Arapahoe County Jail, where he remains in lieu of a $250,000 bond. He faces four counts of second-degree kidnapping, four counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of menacing with a deadly weapon and two counts of extortion, all felonies, Aurora Police spokesperson Joy Moylan said in a statement…