A preliminary hearing for Boulder police Officer Christian McCracken, accused of planning the murder of his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, was postponed this afternoon until June 28.
McCracken, 32, told Boulder County Judge Norma Sierra that he wanted to waive his right to an immediate preliminary hearing. His attorney, David Moorhead, told the judge that he and his client were “working toward a potential disposition in the matter” with prosecutors.
The five-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department faces a count of attempted first-degree-murder, a count of felony menacing and three counts of felony stalking.
He was arrested in April after police say he told his roommate -- a fellow Boulder police officer -- that he intended to kill his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend in front of her, and then kill himself.
Both the ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend are Boulder police dispatchers.
McCracken, who had been on leave from the department since being injured in the line of duty last summer, also faces drug charges in relation to a Longmont case. The preliminary hearing in that case was also moved to June 28.