Toilet Man Aces Polygraph

Added: (Sat Nov 12 2005)

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Bob Dougherty, the Colorado man who found himself glued to a toilet seat in a Home Depot store in Louisville, Colorado in 2003, has taken a polygraph test confirming that he never made any claim of a similar incident in Nederland, Colorado in 2004.

On Tuesday the Rocky Mountain News reported that Ron Trzepacz, a former Nederland public works director, claimed Dougherty had told him he had been stuck to a toilet seat in Nederland in 2004. Dougherty vehemently denied the charge and issued a press release volunteering to take a polygraph test.

A Denver TV station, KDVR (Fox 31), took Dougherty up on his offer and paid for a polygraph test. The test was conducted by Jeff Jenks of Amich & Jenks, Inc. The test, conducted in Nederland on Wednesday, showed that Dougherty was truthful when he denied ever telling Trzepacz or anyone else that he had been glued to a toilet seat in Nederland in 2004. "There were no indications of deception, and Mr. Dougherty's stress level was very low," Jenks said.

Jenks, who had conducted more than 34,000 polygraph interviews for clients that include many Colorado law enforcement agencies, was asked to perform the polygraph testing by Fox 31. Neither Dougherty nor his attorney had any role in choosing the polygrapher.

Dougherty's attorney, Mark Cohen, said he hoped the polygraph would put to rest "once and for all" any doubts about Dougherty's credibility in connection with his allegations against Home Depot.

Asked why Trzepacz would make such a claim about Dougherty, Cohen said, "I don't know. In 2004, after being diagnosed with diabetes and PTSD, Bob was certainly talking to his friends and neighbors here in Nederland about the Home Depot incident in 2003. Perhaps Mr. Trzepacz was confused." Cohen also offered a second possible and more sinister explanation. "Bob was very supportive of Town Marshal Ken Robinson after Trzepacz and Town Clerk Sheridan Garcia made allegations against Robinson and ask the Town's Board of Trustees to fire him." The Town hired Boulder Deputy City Attorney Jerry Gordon to investigate the charges against Robinson, and he found that their allegations against Robinson were unfounded. Trzepacz subsequently left the Town and moved to New York. Ms. Garcia recently tendered her resignation to the Town.

NOTE: The professional qualifications of Mr. Jenks are attached as an Adobe PDF file.

Other contact info: Jeff Jenks (303) 431-9544
Whei Wong, KDVR, (303) 595 3131
Chief Ken Robinson, (303) 258-3250


Mark S. Cohen, P.C.

Mark S. Cohen, P.C.
COHEN HORNER, LLP
110 Snyder Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 617
Nederland, CO 80466
Phone (303) 258-0561
Fax (303) 258-7893