Independence Investigates has obtained all of the criminal background records for the 20 individuals arrested in he past weekend during ‘Occupy Denver’ protests. Four of the individuals have significant criminal backgrounds. Eleven of the twenty have no criminal record at all, excepting any arrest for their activities regarding ‘Occupy Denver.’

Michael Corey Donahue has gained some measure of notoriety, primarily because his work at ‘Occupy’ has netted him three arrests already. But his criminal record begins in 2002, and in 2004, was accused twice of DUI and once of DWAI within a span of 6 months. Along with a couple of “failure to appear” notices, the other notable from Donahue’s record is that his original arrest at ‘Occupy’ includes a misdemeanor of “Sex Offense Unlawful Contact,” which the Denver Post reports was for groping a photographer.

26 year old Ambrose Cruz was charged with felony “menacing with a deadly weapon” by Denver Police in 2007. Cruz also has two entries on his rap sheet as “fugitive from another jurisdiction,” which most often means the individual failed to appear for a court date somewhere else.

In 2000, Scott Allen Greene was charged by Aurora Police with assault and battery, simple assault, and reckless endangerment. Further back in 1997, Greene received a mix of charges related to a domestic incident. Throughout his history, Mr. Greene has numerous “failure to appear” charges along with “fugitive from another jurisdiction.”

Charles Landon Smith has the longest record of the group, although most of the charges aren’t as serious as the three previously noted. Charges that stand out for Mr. Smith include panhandling, a handful of charges for “fare evasion” on public transportation, criminal mischief of defacing/damaging property, several marijuana related charges, and again, a host of “failure to appears” and “fugitive from another jurisdiction” charges.

The remaining group of those with background items unrelated to ‘Occupy Denver’: Ronald Sanchez, Joshua Morgan, Nicholas Baracz, Patrick Lif, and Kathleen Emma Dias.