Tag: Brandon Ramos
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Denver spends tens of millions on lawsuit settlements, homeless sheltering
Last year, the city of Denver spent almost $20 million to settle and close lawsuits related to the conduct of its public safety departments. Housing more than 1,000 homeless people in the city required a further $45 million, according to a recent report from the Citizen Oversight Board (COB). The Board was created in 2004…
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‘A lot of bad things occurred:’ Denver man sentenced to prison in connection to LoDo shooting
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A judge on Thursday sentenced to prison the man who started the chain of events in Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood that resulted in seven people being injured by gunfire. Second Judicial District Judge Nikea Bland sentenced Jordan Waddy, 23, to 30 months in a correctional facility, followed by a year of parole, for a single…
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Man shot by officers in LoDo shooting sentencing postponed
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A Denver judge was supposed to sentence a defendant for felony gun charges on Tuesday in connection with the 2022 LoDo shooting that left six bystanders injured. But the hearing was postponed at the request of defense attorneys. Jordan Waddy, 23, and his defense lawyers requested the sentence hearing set in a Denver District Court…
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Denver police officer who fired into a LoDo crowd, injuring bystanders, pleads guilty
The Denver Police officer who faced 14 criminal charges in connection with a July 2022 shooting in Lower Downtown, which injured six bystanders, took a plea deal on Tuesday. Prosecutors dropped all 14 of the original charges in exchange for Brandon Ramos’ guilty plea to a third-degree assault charge. “No one, including myself, thought he was intending…
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Man shot by officers in LoDo shooting that injured 6 bystanders pleads guilty
Jordan Waddy pleaded guilty Friday morning to a weapons charge related to the July 17, 2022 shooting
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February trial set for Denver officer charged in 2022 LoDo shooting
The Denver police officer facing criminal charges connected with a July 2022 shooting in Lower Downtown, which injured seven people, pleaded not guilty Friday morning. Denver District Court Judge Nikea Bland set a Feb. 20 trial date for Brandon Ramos, who faces a number of counts including assault charges. The shooting happened in the early-morning hours of…
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Arraignment set for Denver Police officer charged in LoDo shooting
Civil cases set to follow criminal decision
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Courts delay Denver police officer’s civil cases in LoDo shooting that injured bystanders
LoDo police shooting case postponed till after criminal decision
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Judge rules Denver Police officer charged in LoDo shooting can be tried
A Denver judge has allowed the criminal charges against a police officer to move forward to trial in last summer’s shooting in Lower Downtown that injured seven people. District Court Judge Nikea Bland found probable cause from grand jury proceedings, she said in a brief hearing Monday morning. A Denver grand jury in January indicted…
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Denver police officer faces another lawsuit from injured bystanders in July’s LoDo shooting
Four bystanders allegedly shot by a Denver Police officer last summer in Lower Downtown as police confronted a man with a gun have filed a lawsuit. In the complaint filed Tuesday, the group alleges when Officer Brandon Ramos fired at a man with a crowd of bystanders behind him, Ramos’ “heedless actions resulted in devastating…