COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - At a news conference today Colorado 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen called on lawmakers to change a statute related to the sealing of previously dismissed criminal cases.

“I’m calling on the legislature to amend the sealing statute, to allow an immediate unsealing if a serious crime is committed, or by prosecution request, requiring the court to unseal within 24 hours of a new crime being committed.”

The current statute requires attorney’s to claim that previously sealed cases “do not exist” even when they have been released as they were in this case.

“The language in the statute creates the ridiculous scenario where we know, the media knows, and the public knows, that something happened. That something was filed with the court, and yet we have to make false statements to comply with the law if the case is sealed.”

The ridiculous scenario Allen referenced occurred just weeks ago when KKTV obtained arrest papers from Anderson Aldrich’s 2021 arrest for kidnapping and felony menacing. That case, which was dismissed after Aldrich’s grandparents did not testify, was sealed after the alleged Club Q shooter requested that it be sealed once it was dismissed.

Allen also said he wanted to clear up what he called a false narrative about how red flag laws could have applied to this case.

“Red flag does not apply to the DA’s office as it’s currently written.”

As written, the law states that a family member or law enforcement officer must...

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