Tag: Brian Mason
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Broomfield officer used justifiable amount of force in fatal shooting, DA rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District attorney ruled that a Broomfield Police Department officer who shot and killed a man who allegedly approached the officer with a sharp object used a justifiable amount of force. 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason announced in a decision letter Tuesday…
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Brighton mother receives 22-year sentence for child’s death from fentanyl overdose
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aviyana Casias never had a chance to experience her second year of life. Her mother, 31-year-old Nicole Casias, was sentenced by 17th Judicial District Judge Kyle Seedorf on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for Aviyana’s drug-poisoning death after pleading guilty to child abuse resulting in…
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Northglenn officer cleared after shooting man armed with pellet gun
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A Northglenn police officer was cleared following the shooting and injuring of a man armed with a pellet gun. The officer’s actions in this case were justified, 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason said in a decision letter to the Northglenn Police Department on Wednesday. The letter detailed the findings of the investigation that began…
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Broomfield woman sentenced after DUI crash kills 2 changing tire
Dusti Arsensdorf, 43, was sentenced to 24 years in prison following the 2023 crash
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Commerce City fight leads to death, first degree murder conviction
An Adams County jury convicted 29-year-old Omar Nieves of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Miguel Antonio Chavez-Eagle, 24, Adams County District Attorney Brian Mason announced. Nieves will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was arrested in 2023 following a shooting in Commerce City. Police suspected Nieves had shot Chavez-Eagle…
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Adams County man sentenced to 75 years for 3 sexual assault cases
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An Adams County man will spend 75 years in prison following a guilty plea regarding three separate cases of sexual assault in 2022. Adams County District Judge Brett Martin sentenced 36-year-old Devin Reese to 75 years in prison Tuesday following Reese’s guilty plea to three counts of first-degree assault and three counts of criminal attempt…
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Aurora man charged with first-degree murder, child abuse
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The Adams County district attorney charged an Aurora man with first-degree murder and four counts of child abuse following a February shooting. One of the victims believe the shooting occurred after the suspect found out his child wasn’t biologically his. Kelynn Lewis, 32, was arrested following a fatal shooting in the 1700 Block of Paris…
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
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A total of 522 people died from drug overdoses in Denver in 2023, the most since tracking began in 1923, according to Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner. Around 40% of those deaths involved the use of fentanyl, according to the office. In an effort to battle the ongoing fentanyl war that has blazed since…
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Adams County father convicted of multiple charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning
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An Adams County jury convicted a Brighton man of five charges in connection to the fentanyl poisoning and death of his two-year-old daughter after he left her unattended for 14 hours. Alonzo Montoya, 33, was convicted of the following charges following a two-week trial that began on Jan. 8, according to a news release from…
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Westminster man receives life sentence for stabbing brother with sword
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Westminster man who swung a large sword, striking and killing his brother, will serve a life sentence in prison, authorities said. Adams County District Judge Brett Martin sentenced 62-year-old Kenneth Sargent to life in prison without parole for charges of first-degree murder on Tuesday,…