Tag: Adams County District Court
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Thornton man sentenced after attempting to kidnap girl at school
Diego James Gettler, 30, was sentenced on Feb. 27.
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Aurora man charged with arson after Monday apartment fire that killed dog
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The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed official arson charges against an Aurora man in connection to an apartment fire Monday morning. Paul Clark, 45, was charged with two counts of fourth-degree arson, one count of first-degree arson and aggravated cruelty to animals — all felonies — in connection to the apartment fire that occurred around 12:30…
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Adams County man sentenced to life in prison after murdering girlfriend
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An Adams County man will spend life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder stemming from the 2022 murder of his girlfriend in a Commerce City motel room. Adams County District Court Judge Brett Martin sentenced 28-year-old Angel Santana to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday after he was convicted…
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Adams County man sentenced to 30 years for assaulting pregnant ex-girlfriend
Tomas Bandera, 39, was sentenced for first-degree assault with a deadly weapon
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Commerce City man convicted of attempted murder after trying to light his mother on fire
Matthew Nicholas, 41 is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 28.
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Man pleads guilty in crash that injured 4 first responders
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who was driving drunk in December when he crashed into multiple first responders who were investigating an earlier crash pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to multiple charges in Adams County District Court. Benjamin Winters was arrested after the Dec. 7 crash on Interstate 76…
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Driver pleads guilty, gets 45-day sentence in 2022 crash that killed 10-year-old girl
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A man charged in the death of a 10-year-old girl who died after he slammed into the back of her mother’s car in October 2022 pleaded guilty this week and was immediately sentenced. Grace Baca was in the car with her mother, Megan Baca, when Jay Gergen slammed into their car on Oct. 8, 2022…
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Denver man convicted of murder in shooting death of Adams County girlfriend
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office convicted a 34-year-old man of murder Thursday in the 2021 shooting death of his girlfriend, according to a news release. District Attorney Brian Mason announced the conviction of Jeffrey Aschenbrenner, 35, after a five-day jury trial in Adams County District Court, according to the release. On Nov. 27, 2021,…
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Forensic pathologist: Elijah McClain died from ketamine injection, but manner of death undetermined
An amended autopsy report released Friday for Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died in 2019 after an encounter with Aurora police, confirms a forensic pathologist’s opinion that McClain died from “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint.” But the new report did not change his original determination that the manner of death —…
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Suncor Energy sues state over rejected air pollution monitoring plan
Suncor Energy Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division asking a judge to overturn the division’s Aug. 12 rejection of the company’s fenceline air pollution monitoring proposal for its Commerce City refinery. The company argues the monitoring plan it submitted meets the requirements set…