DENVER — A judge found a man not guilty by reason of insanity for a January 2022 incident along the Cherry Creek Trail that critically injured his young son.
The judge directly entered the verdict related to Michael Ninomiya's mental health on Thursday. He was remanded to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services and will be placed either at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHIFL) or Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP).
Around 4:15 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2022, Ninomiya called 911 to report an incident along the Cherry Creek Trail, Denver Police (DPD) said. The details of that call were redacted in an arrest affidavit.
Firefighters found Ninomiya and his son, who was five at the time, in a fenced-off drainage culvert along the High Line Canal near Boston Street and Cornell Avenue, according to the affidavit. At the time, the boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Ninomiya was taken to the hospital to be treated for a cut to his forehead.
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The Denver District Attorney's Office had charged Ninomiya with numerous counts including attempted murder.
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