An Aurora man will spend the rest of his life in prison after kidnapping and sexually assaulting a hotel clerk in 2020, according to court records.
Arapahoe County District Court Judge Jacob Edson sentenced 37-year-old Khafre Buxton on June 13 to 99 years to life in prison on seven felony charges, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
An Arapahoe County jury in April found Buxton guilty on all charges, including two counts of second-degree kidnapping, two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of sexual assault, one count of first-degree burglary and one count of unlawful sexual contact, court records show.
The jury also convicted Buxton of a violent crime sentence enhancer, according to court records.
Buxton knocked on the door of a Quality Inn at 1011 South Abilene Street in Aurora at about 3 a.m. on Dec. 19, 2020, according to the news release.
When the front desk clerk opened the door, Buxton threatened her with a machete, agency officials said.
Buxton took the clerk and a hotel security guard to the back office and emptied a filing cabinet of money before kidnapping the clerk, agency officials said.
He drove to a nearby hardware store, where he sexually assaulted her, according to the district attorney’s office.
Aurora police officers spotted Buxton’s car less than a mile down the street from the Quality Inn and initiated a traffic stop, agency officials said. That’s when the clerk was able to escape the car, and Buxton was arrested.
“The defendant terrorized an innocent front desk clerk and a security guard who were doing nothing more than working their routine job that night,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Gallo stated in the news release. “Instead of taking cash and leaving, Mr. Buxton continued his crime spree by kidnapping the clerk and sexually assaulting her.”
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