Ex-Metro student is burglary suspect
in police shootout

By Perry Swanson
The Metropolitan

A former Metro student could face charges of second-degree burglary in connection with the shoot-out Nov. 13 that left dead Denver police officer Bruce VanderJagt and the man who police think shot the officer.

Demetria Soriano, the student, attended classes at Metro during the spring semester.  Soriano, 22, was unavailable for comment on the case, but her attorney, James Dodd, said he expects an investigation will clear her.

ãGiven the actual facts of what my client knew and all the rest, sheâll ultimately be exonerated,ä Dodd said.
Sorianoâs family posted a $10,000 bond and she was released from police custody Nov. 14.

Press reports said Soriano went to Pine, Colo., on Nov. 12 to pick up the belongings of another suspect, Lisa Auman. They brought along two men, Dion Gerze and Matthaeus Jaehnig. The Jefferson County Sheriffâs
Department investigated a call reporting a burglary that afternoon. Officers from that department and Denverâs ended up chasing two of the suspected burglars up U.S. Highway 285 and into the apartment complex at 3323 S. Monaco Parkway, where Soriano lives.

Soriano was reported to have fled with Gerze toward Colorado

Springs. At the apartment complex, police entered a stand-off with Jaehnig, which resulted in the shooting death of Vanderjagt.
 
Jaehnig was later found dead of gun shot wounds to the head.

ãWhen we get done this will be a real tragedy,ä Dodd said. ãBut the tragedy will be the kind of meaninglessness of it.ä