Wounded University of Colorado grad faces felony trespass charge

?BOULDER?? The Boulder County district attorney's office on Friday announced it will file felony trespassing charges against the 21-year-old University of Colorado graduate who was shot after police say she drunkenly wandered into a couple's Boulder home early Wednesday morning.

Defense attorney Colette Cribari said the incident was "out of character" for Ripple, who graduated from CU two weeks ago.

"She didn't enter the house with any intent of committing a crime or harming anyone," Cribari said Friday afternoon. "We're thankful she was not killed or more seriously hurt, but we're disappointed they decided to file charges on top of all this."

Prosecutors will file charges of first-degree criminal trespass of a dwelling ? a felony ? next week, according to the DA's office. A warrant is being issued for her arrest, and police and prosecutors are working with Ripple's attorney to arrange for her to turn herself in.

Cribari said Ripple remains hospitalized, but would not say where. Friday morning, Boulder Community Hospital officials said Ripple was not a patient there.

Police say Ripple entered the bedroom of a house at 425 College Ave. at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. The screen door was closed but unlocked.

The owners of the house, identified by county property records as Timothy Justice and Doreen Orion, were in bed when they heard Ripple come in. In the darkness, they shouted to warn the intruder to leave and that they had a gun, but Ripple continued walking through the bedroom, and Justice fired one shot, police said.

When the homeowners turned on the lights, they saw Ripple on the floor with a gunshot wound to her hip, and called 911, police said. They said they did not recognize her as anyone they knew.

The house is at the western end of Boulder, where College Avenue dead-ends into the foothills.

Officials said preliminary tests indicate that Ripple's blood-alcohol content was above 0.2 percent at the time of the incident. By comparison, a driver is considered impaired with a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content.

Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett said his office typically prosecutes about 12 to 15 cases per year involving drunken trespassing. He added there was a similar case Thursday night, though nobody was hurt. "We see this pretty frequently," he said.

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