Two Women Had Sought Restraining Orders Against DA Now Banned from His Office
A Colorado district attorney arrested last week on charges of unlawful sexual contact, official misconduct and indecent exposure had prior legal run-ins with two women who unsuccessfully sought restraining orders against him.
The restraining orders sought against DA Myrl Serra were denied because of insufficient evidence that the prosecutor was a danger to the women or to one of their children, the Denver Post reports. Serra is the DA for a large part of western Colorado.
One of the women who sought restraining orders was Serra’s former girlfriend, Doris McCauley, who said he wouldn’t stop calling or sending her cards and gifts, the story says. She also had alleged in a letter to Serra’s lawyer that Serra had shared case information with her, including a DUI case against her ex-husband, and had advised her in a criminal plea agreement when he was a deputy DA. She also alleged Serra had twice forced her into sex acts, and that he had used government property for personal use, according to the Denver Post account.
The other woman who sought a restraining order, Carrie Jewtraw, was engaged to McCauley’s ex-husband, according to the story. Jewtraw had claimed Serra pulled her hair and shoved her fiancé. McCauley had a restraining order against Jewtraw at the time.
Details of the current charges against Serra are unknown because the legal documents have been sealed as the investigation continues. A protection order bans Serra from his office and from the courthouse, except in the criminal case against him.
