Tag: Courts
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Denver man gets 40 years in prison for plotting wife’s murder
A Denver man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday for a murder-for-hire plot against his wife while he was in jail. Yaury Hill, 34, pleaded guilty Feb. 6 for trying to convince his roommate to kill his wife in a letter Hill sent while he was in the Arapahoe County Jail on Oct.…
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Colorado justices reject defendant’s claim of race-based murder prosecution
The Colorado Supreme Court rejected a convicted defendant’s argument on Monday that Arapahoe County prosecutors unconstitutionally singled out him and another Black teenager for murder prosecutions as adults, while offering lenient plea deals to their two non-Black co-defendants. Lloyd Chavez IV, a student at Cherokee Trail High School, died in May 2019 after four teenagers…
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Man sentenced to 13 years in prison for Golden police officer’s death
Stephen Geer, the man responsible for the death of 33-year-old Golden police officer Evan Dunn — the first on-duty death in the Golden Police Department’s history — was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Wednesday. Geer pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault in October. Police, firefighters…
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Parents still waiting for Jeffco counselor plea deal on sexual assault charge
A plea deal has been delayed again for the Jeffco Public Schools counselor who allegedly started a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student. Chloe Castro appeared in a Jefferson County District Court room in front of Judge Diego Hunt on Tuesday afternoon. Her defense attorney, Marshall Breit, noted that Castro would likely take a plea…
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Former Jeffco security guard found guilty of sex assault on a child
A Jefferson County jury found a former school security guard and pastor guilty of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. The jury deliberated on Friday after a four-day trial, eventually finding that 68-year-old Rubel “Tim” Martinez was guilty of the felony charge that stemmed back to 2016, according to…
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Lakewood man sentenced to 48 years in drunken murder retrial after appeal
A Lakewood man was sentenced to 48 years in prison Tuesday after a Weld County jury convicted him of second-degree murder for the second time. Kenneth Hoschouer, 45, was found guilty in December of murdering Christopher Grau, who was dating Hoschourer’s daughter, on July 5, 2019, according to a Tuesday news release from the 19th…
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Clear Creek man sentenced for murder of dog breeder
A Clear Creek County man will spend the majority of his life in prison after murdering a local dog breeder and stealing his puppies. Sergio Ferrer, 37, appeared in the Georgetown courtroom Monday afternoon, dressed in a black suit and hanging his head low as Fifth Judicial District Judge Catherine Cheroutes sentenced him to 55…
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Governor, legislators, advocates seek changes after cases expose gaps in Colorado’s competency system
After a series of high-profile crimes throughout the state last spring and summer exposed gaps in Colorado’s legal system for individuals declared incompetent to stand trial, lawmakers and an advocacy organization are pushing for changes this year. Extensive media coverage of cases such as Solomon Galligan’s — a convicted sex offender arrested last year for…
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Ex-Littleton bus aide pleads guilty in abuse case involving nonverbal student
A former Littleton bus aide pleaded guilty to more than 10 child abuse charges almost two years after a video captured her striking a nonverbal student on a school bus. Kiarra Jones, 29, pleaded guilty to 12 counts on Monday in an Arapahoe County District Court arising out of the abuse of three non-verbal autistic…
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Brighton officer faces no charges for giving man brain bleed in park bathroom
A Brighton Police Department officer will face no charges related to a 2024 incident where he injured a suspect so severely that the man suffered a brain bleed. Brian Mason, district attorney for the 17th Judicial District, found Ofc. Christopher Barfield did not use excessive force when beating up Adam Huerta in a bathroom while…