17th Judicial District officials filed assault charges against a man who allegedly threw knives at Broomfield police officers in an armed standoff last week.
The district attorney charged Brett Carlini, 28, with eight counts of first-degree assault with a weapon, plus a second-degree assault on a peace officer charge, for allegedly starting an armed standoff with authorities at the WoodSpring Suites on Edgeview Drive in Broomfield on Thursday, Aug. 28.
At around 11 a.m. that day, Broomfield Police Department officers arrived to arrest Carlini on several felony arrest warrants, before he became physical…