Police capture sex-assault suspect

STAFF REPORT e Commerce City and Brighton police departments’ sexual assault task force arrested 47-year-old Jason Mickel Brigham March 2.

Authorities located Brigham in Denver. After learning the type and model of the car Brigham was in, the task force shared the location the Denver police. He was processed at the Brighton Police Department before being taken to the Adams

County Detention Facility.

Brigham is awaiting trial for 13 counts of sexual assault on a child. Brigham was the subject of a nationwide extradition warrant -- $1 million cash bond -- for not appearing on those 13 charges.

Authorities took a picture of a car belonging to Brigham when didn’t show up at the county justice center Feb. 22. He had removed his GPS monitor, which turned up later at a nearby bus stop.