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Frank Moya's heroics make headlines in Denver media The term "defense attorney" took on a whole new meaning for Frank Moya ('78) on Nov. 9. Moya, a lawyer who worked at the Denver Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post, made news when he stopped a brutal attack outside a suburban Denver courthouse. |
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was hired by the News at age 21 after he served a reporting internship.
He was known simply as "The Kid." His familiarity with local journalists
brought added attention when under the headline "A real-life heroic
defense," the News praised Moya in an unusually affectionate editorial: "Earlier this week, Moya actually put himself in harm's way. As he was leaving the Arapahoe County Justice Center after a client's sentencing hearing (you can't win 'em all), he was told a man was beating up a woman in the parking lot. "Moya dropped his files and rushed to the scene, where he found a man kneeling on top of his estranged wife and stabbing her with a 9-inch metal woodworking tool. "Using the street skills he learned growing up in a tough north Denver neighborhood -- and working summers as the swing man on the 'kill floor' of several Denver slaughterhouses -- Moya kicked the man several times in the face. The man dropped the knife but charged Moya, who had to punch and kick him some more until another attorney rushed up to help subdue him. "We're not surprised at Moya's heroics. His ambition and toughness convinced the Denver Rocky Mountain News to hire him at the tender of 21 in 1972. He spent six years here as a police, legislative, city hall and general assignment reporter. He later worked days at the other paper, and spent his nights going to law school." The woman's injuries were limited to stab wounds on her left hand. Moya had a bruised toe. "That's what I get for wearing these fancy Italian loafers," he told a reporter. As the News editorial pointed out, "The Kid" did all right. |
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