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Jefferson County struck by tragedy; affordable housing issue debated

Dec 30, 2025

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There was a plethora of news in Jefferson County in 2025, but the entire state — as well as the country — was appalled by the tragedy that struck the small mountain town of Evergreen in September. On Sept. 10, 16-year-old Desmond Holly entered Evergreen High School with a revolver and fired around 20 rounds,…

Joseph Koenig sentenced for fatal rock throwing incident that killed Alexa Bartell

Jun 3, 2025

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Sage Kelley

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A judge sentenced 20-year-old Joseph Koenig to life in prison Tuesday morning for the death of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, over two years after her death. Bartell’s family packed court benches — as they’ve done at every hearing since Bartell’s death on April 19, 2023. Many…

Judge allows ‘prior acts’ evidence in rock-throwing trial for suspect in Alexa Bartell’s death

Feb 13, 2025

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Carol McKinley

When Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik told interrogators that the night of April 19, 2023 wasn’t the first time he’d thrown objects at moving cars, the admission was a bombshell. This week, First Judicial District Judge Christopher Zenisek ruled that information from Karol-Chik’s video-taped interview about the “prior acts” of rock-throwing can be admitted at Joseph Koenig’s…

Expert on adolescent brain to testify in rock-throwing trial

Dec 12, 2024

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Carol McKinley

One of the country’s leading psychological experts on the maturity of the adolescent brain will be allowed to testify in the upcoming trial of a man accused of throwing the rock that killed Alexa Bartell. First Judicial District Judge Christopher Zenicek denied the prosecution’s motion to exclude the testimony of Dr. Laurence Steinberg saying it…

6 new incidents of rock-throwing at moving vehicles in Jefferson County

Aug 9, 2024

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Carol McKinley

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly a year-and-a-half after a 20-year-old Arvada woman was killed when three suspects on a rock-throwing spree hurled a landscaping rock through her windshield, someone is throwing rocks at moving cars again in Jefferson County, according to authorities. This time, the rock-throwing happened in six…

Alexa Bartell murder: as trial deadline looms, defendants may turn

May 7, 2024

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Carol McKinley

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the trial deadline looms for three suspects accused of killing an Arvada woman in a rock-throwing spree, it’s starting to look like two against one. Alexa Bartell’s tragic death shocked the Front Range last April. In an evidentiary hearing Tuesday, 1st Judicial Judge Christopher…

Defense in deadly rock-throwing case wants confession thrown out

Apr 25, 2024

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Carol McKinley

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a day-long motions hearing Thursday, one of three defendants on trial for Alexa Bartell’s April 2023 rock-throwing murder fought to have a four-hour confession he gave the night he was arrested thrown out of his upcoming trial. Attorneys for Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik claimed that…

Two more victims emerge in deadly rock-throwing case

Apr 1, 2024

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Carol McKinley

Two more victims have surfaced in connection with a deadly night of rock-throwing that ended up in the brutal death of a 20-year-old Arvada woman last year, a Monday court hearing revealed. Joseph Koenig, one of three rock-throwing suspects, has been charged with four additional counts — two each of attempted murder and second-degree assault in…

Trials of rock-throwing suspects set, but pleas postponed

Jan 4, 2024

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Carol McKinley

Two other suspects, 19-year-old Nicholas Karol-Chik and Zachary Kwak, 19, were also arrested for the rock-throwing They will be tried separately over a span of two months starting this June. The trials of Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, Zachary Kwak and Joseph Koenig are expected to take at least nine days each. Karol-Chik will be the first…

Rock throwing suspects to have separate trials, judge rules

Dec 16, 2023

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Carol McKinley

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There will be three separate trials for three teenagers who allegedly hit seven vehicles with large landscaping rocks while they were driving, bursting the windshield of one and causing the death an Arvada woman, a judge ruled Friday. Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, Zachary Kwak and Joseph…

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