Tag: 17th Judicial District
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Parents of baby abandoned Christmas morning formally charged
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Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman, the parents of an infant boy who was left in a car seat on the median of a busy street Christmas morning, were charged with misdemeanor child abuse and reckless endangerment Monday in Adams County court. Sims, 42, who has been held in the Adams County jail since the child…
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Broomfield man sentenced to 24 years for DUI crash that killed mother, son
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A 17th Judicial District judge sentenced a man to 24 years in prison after driving with a blood alcohol content over three times the legal limit and killing a mother and son. Judge Priscilla Loew sentenced 37-year-old Jose Menjivar on Friday following his guilty plea to two counts of vehicular homicide on Sept. 19, according to…
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Jury chosen in Aurora paramedics’ trial for Elijah McClain’s death
The second day of jury selection this week ended with jurors chosen for the final criminal trial over Elijah McClain’s 2019 death in Aurora, and opening statements are expected Wednesday morning in 17th Judicial District Judge Mark Warner’s Adams County courtroom in Brighton. The jury will have to decide if two paramedics bear culpability for…
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Appeals court finds no discrimination in prosecutor’s removal of Asian juror from murder trial
The Court of Appeals also rejected the defendant’s other claims based on prosecutorial misconduct and a juror who brought a comic strip for the judge
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Man sentenced to 24 years in prison following Broomfield shooting
Joseph Maestas-Sanchez shot and killed a 71-year-old man.
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Adams County tumbling coach arrested in Florida on child sexual assault charges awaits extradition
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A Colorado tumbling coach who was arrested earlier this month on child sex assault charges while at a national cheerleading competition in Florida is in jail awaiting extradition to Adams County. A friend of Travon Booker said in a Facebook post which has since been removed that the trip to Daytona Beach had been planned…
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Adams County deputies who fatally shot man stabbing wife justified, DA rules
A district attorney review deemed Adams County deputies justified in their actions after fatally shooting a man who refused to drop a knife while stabbing a woman in 2022. The 17th Judicial District’s Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) investigated the incident, which happened on July 2, and District Attorney Brian Mason issued a decision letter…
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Not guilty pleas for suspects in Elijah McClain’s death
Five Aurora police officers and paramedics pleaded not guilty Friday to dozens of counts they face in connection with Aurora resident Elijah McClain’s death in 2019. Trials are scheduled for this summer. McClain, 23, died in hospital in August 2019 days after police officers forcibly restrained him, put him in a control neck hold and…
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Neighbors react to Adams County house party shooting that left 1 dead, 7 others injured
The search continued Sunday for suspects linked to an early Saturday shooting that left one dead and several injured at a house party near Dakin Street and Greenwood Boulevard, Denver. Adams County Sheriff’s Office investigators asked Sunday for the public’s help in locating a blue Chevrolet Tahoe seen leaving the scene after the shooting, in…
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Brighton couple face murder charges in death of 1-year-old child who ingested fentanyl
The parents of a 1-year-old girl who died after ingesting fentanyl at a Brighton home on just the second day of 2022 face first degree murder charges in a case that illustrates the drug’s pernicious hold in Colorado, which has seen a dramatic spike in overdose cases over the years, particularly from opioid abuse. “Fentanyl…