Tag: Adam Fresquez
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Tesla charging station shooter found not guilty after murder trial
A collective wail was heard from the Jefferson County courtroom when District Judge Diego Hunt read the not guilty verdicts of a man who shot another man in the back twice, killing him. Defendant Jeremy Smith walked out of the courtroom a free man after jurors found him not guilty of second-degree murder and reckless…
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Trial begins after 2023 fatal shooting at Edgewater Tesla charging station
The trial of Jeremy Smith, the man suspected of shooting and killing another man in an Edgewater road-rage incident, began Tuesday morning in a Jefferson County courtroom. Smith, 40, was arrested on Dec. 12, 2023, in connection to the May 3, 2023, shooting death of Adam Fresquez. He was eventually charged with second-degree murder and…
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Twin brothers with Colorado police department face theft charges
Twin brothers and sworn police officers in a small town in the San Luis Valley face theft charges, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Friday. Center Police Chief Aaron Fresquez and his brother, Sgt. Adam Fresquez, operated a private K-9 training business while on-duty using town resources. The two men, 35, allegedly trained K-9 dogs…
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Bond set for deadly Tesla road rage incident suspect
A Jefferson County judge on Wednesday set bond for a man accused of shooting another to death after a road rage incident in Edgewater. The families of both men involved in the May shooting at the Tesla charging station spoke at the bond hearing. Adam Fresquez, 32, was maced and shot in the back twice…
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Family in Tesla road rage case wants Edgewater police off of the case
Adam Fresquez’ family feels they’ve waited long enough for answers in his four-month-old death investigation. Tuesday, they asked the Edgewater City Council to take the case from its police department and give it to “a more credible agency,” intimating that the force may be too small to be able to handle a complex investigation. Fresquez’…