Last week, Boulder County released a suspect in a knife menacing case on a personal recognizance bond based on a fake name she provided.
According to Boulder police, the suspect, 52-year-old Alyiah Faith Vega, has active warrants out of Boulder County, Lakewood and Edgewater related to dangerous drugs, criminal impersonation and DUI charges. But Vega gave police the name of a 31-year-old relative with virtually no criminal history. Her true identity wasn’t discovered until she failed to appear in court.
Vega is accused of threatening a teacher and a group of schoolchildren with a knife during a field trip downtown on Monday, May 5. She was arrested that day, released from jail on May 6, and failed to appear in court on May 8 — prompting a judge to revoke her bond and issue a warrant…