A so-called transgender registered sex offender will not face prosecution after allegedly attempting to kidnap a child from a Colorado schoolyard, due to a judge’s dismissal of charges under a state law that critics say leaves dangerous offenders without accountability.
Solomon Galligan—who now reportedly goes by Carmen—was declared mentally incompetent by medical evaluators after allegedly trying to abduct an 11-year-old boy during recess at Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora in April 2024.
The mental health evaluation found Galligan could not be restored to competency, triggering an automatic dismissal of charges under a 2024 amendment to Colorado’s competency law.
That law requires dismissal when a defendant is deemed permanently incompetent to stand trial.
Ryan Brackley, assistant district attorney in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District, handled the prosecution.
He warned that the legal requirement to dismiss such cases leaves communities at risk.
“Someone could ask that she be put into a more long term, secure facility, but because the criminal case had to be dismissed, that’s not something that we have any control over anymore. And that’s why we find the statute deficient,” Brackley said.
He added that prosecutors want to prevent a “revolving door through the criminal justice system, into