Tag: Denver District Court
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Denver teen sentenced for shooting at officer after scooter chase
Steve Calderon, now 18, was sentenced to seven years in the Youthful Offender System
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Kroger-Albertsons merger trial: Colorado, grocers offer opening arguments
The state and the grocers presented their opening arguments on how prices could change — for better or worse — if the $25 billion deal goes through.
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Denver cardiologist found guilty on 35 counts of sexual assault
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury on Tuesday found a Denver cardiologist guilty on almost all of the sexual assault counts that were leveled against him in a weeks-long trial. Of 38 sexual assault-related charges Stephen Matthews faced, the jury found him guilty of all but three. On those,…
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Former Regis professor formally charged in wife’s murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Friends and family of a Denver woman who police say was brutally beaten to death by her husband packed a Denver courtroom Friday. Nicholas Myklebust, 44, a well-respected Regis University English Literature associate professor, was formally charged Thursday with one count of first-degree murder in…
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Final suspect in 2020 Colorado arson that killed five sentenced to 60 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly four years after a Green Valley Ranch arson left five Senegalese family members dead, the final suspect charged was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Denver District Court Judge Karen Brody sentenced 20-year-old Kevin Bui to 60 years in prison on Tuesday morning following the…
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Coban Porter sentenced to 6 years in prison for vehicular homicide
Coban Porter, brother of Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr. and former University of Denver basketball player, will serve six years in prison for vehicular homicide charges following a drunk-driving crash that left a Denver mother dead. Denver District Court Judge Ericka Englert sentenced 22-year-old Porter on Friday to six years in prison for one count…
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19-year-old sentenced in 2020 Denver arson case that killed 5 family members
One of the three teenagers convicted of starting a house fire in the wrong home, killing a family of five, will serve 40 years in prison for second-degree murder. “This is the worst and most senseless murder I’ve ever investigated,” Denver Police Department Detective Neil Baker said at the sentencing on Friday. Gavin Seymour, now…
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Colorado attorney general announces $350 million settlement with opioid marketing company
Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $350 million settlement on Thursday with Publicis, a big healthcare marketing company, over its role in the opioid epidemic. The national settlement will result in almost $6 million to the state of Colorado to help address the opioid crisis, according to a news release from Weiser’s office Thursday. Publicis…
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Adams County undersheriff pleads guilty to forgery of mandated training
A former Adams County undersheriff will now serve 24 months of probation for falsifying rosters on state-mandated law enforcement training. Two other former members of the department face similar charges. Former undersheriff Thomas McLallen — who was with the department from 2019 to 2022 — pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree forgery, a class two misdemeanor,…
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Xcel hit with $26.45 million judgment for Comanche 3 power plant negligence
A Denver District Court jury awarded CORE Electrical Cooperative $26.45 million in damages from Xcel Energy after jurors determined the company mismanaged the Comanche 3 generating plant near Pueblo Wednesday. CORE filed the $235 million lawsuit in September 2021, alleging that Xcel breached its contractual obligations related to the operation and maintenance of Comanche 3,…