LESTER 'RALPH' JONES ARREST RECORD - POSSIBLE POI IN PAIGE BIRGFELD CASE

BIRGFELD PROBE CASTS LIGHT ON MAN WITH VIOLENT PAST
By LE ROY STANDISH The Daily Sentinel
Friday, July 20, 2007

Jones’ CBI record shows 12 separate charges stemming from a Jan. 1, 1999, arrest by the Delta County Sheriff’s Department. The charges included two counts of harassment or false imprisonment; two counts of assault or menacing and second-degree kidnapping; a weapons offense; two misdemeanor traffic offenses; reckless endangerment; and false imprisonment.

On Jan. 13, 1999, Jones was arrested by the Paonia Police Department on suspicion of obstructing justice by intimidating a witness or victim and contempt of court for violating a restraining order.

On Feb. 9, 1999, Jones was arrested by the Delta County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of contempt of court for violating a restraining order, false imprisonment, assault in the third degree, sexual assault and burglary.

On Oct. 10, 1999, Jones was sentenced to five years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for kidnapping in the second degree, according to the CBI.

**EDIT TO ADD THIS NOTE FROM GRANDE**
"News Channel 5 has learned and confirmed through an anonymous source that Mr. Jones works in Grand Junction at an RV company as a maintenance repairman. The business happens to be just feet away from where Paige Birgfeld's red Ford Focus was set ablaze on Sunday, July 1st. Investigators have searched the Jones' home at 3072 Hill Avenue twice, removing a plastic bed liner and bags of evidence."


LESTER 'RALPH' JONES LOCATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Search of Pear Park Home Leads to Clues in Birgfeld Case
Posted on Jul 19 2007 by Keira Bresnahan
Most know Paige as a loving mother of three, who would do anything for her children, but in her secret life investigators say she operated an escort service. Now, we're finding out she may not be the only one in this case with a secret life. An anonymous source close to the investigation claims Mr. Jones strayed from his marriage and ordered up the service of an escort on more than one occasion.

Jones also has a previous criminal record. According to Delta police records back in 1999 Jones' wife at the time was in her car with another man when Jones chased them at speeds reaching 100 miles an hour. He ran the car off the road and then rammed her car with his. He then pointed a gun at her and ordered her to get into his car. He later plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, 2nd degree kidnapping using a deadly weapon and use of a weapon in a violent crime.

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