DENVER (KDVR) — An Aurora man was sentenced to 99 years to life in prison after he robbed, kidnapped and sexually assaulted a hotel employee in 2020.
The Office of the 18th Judicial District Attorney said Khafre Buxton, 37, was sentenced to 99 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him of two counts of second-degree kidnapping, sexual assault, two counts of aggravated robbery, first-degree burglary, unlawful sexual contact and violent crime sentence enhancer.
This comes after a spree of violent crimes committed less than a week before Christmas in 2020.
On Dec. 19, 2020, the district attorney said officers received to an aggravated robbery call at a Quality Inn on the 1000 block of S. Abilene Street.
Around 3 a.m., the district attorney said Buxton knocked on the hotel door, and the front desk clerk let him inside. Buxton then pulled out a machete and took the clerk and a security guard into the back office to take money from the filing cabinet.
Buxton then kidnapped the female clerk and drove to a nearby hardware store where he sexually assaulted her. The district attorney’s office said officers found Buxton’s car down the street from the hotel and initiated a traffic stop, which is when the victim was able to get out of the car and run to officers.
Buxton was arrested without further incident.
“The defendant terrorized an innocent front desk clerk and a security guard who were doing nothing more than working their routine job that night,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Gallo said. “Instead of taking cash and leaving, Mr. Buxton continued his crime spree by kidnapping the clerk and sexually assaulting her. I commend the Aurora Police Department for their quick response times which ultimately led to the capture of the defendant less than a mile down the road.”
