Tag: Denver District Court
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Man who fatally shot victim after hit-and-run crash gets 40 years in prison
Prior to the shooting, the suspect fought with the victim about a hit-and-run crash.
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Search warrant to Google in deadly arson fire tackled by Colorado justices
The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday in a case that could have huge ramifications in how law enforcement uses the internet to track down suspects. Specific to the arguments in the case of People of the State of Colorado v. Gavin Seymour is a reverse search warrant Denver Police investigators served to Google to supply…
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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…
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Jordan Waddy’s plea entry delayed in charges connected to July’s LoDo shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver judge has allowed the postponement again of a plea entry hearing for Jordan Waddy, a catalyst in a downtown shooting by Denver police last summer that injured him and six bystanders. Waddy faces charges of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and three felony counts of…
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RTD is not liable for $115 million claimed by light rail contractor, court rules
The judge also denied RTD’s $11.6 million counterclaim for damages
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Denver teen gets 10 years for arson that killed Green Valley Ranch family
A Denver District judge Wednesday sentenced the youngest teenager charged for the 2020 arson in Green Valley Ranch that killed five members of a family to seven years in Colorado’s Youthful Offender System, part of the Department of Corrections, and an additional three years in the Division of Youth Services. Dillon Siebert, now 17, pleaded…
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First teen to face sentencing for deadly 2020 house fire in Green Valley Ranch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The youngest teenager facing charges for the 2020 arson in Green Valley Ranch that killed five members of a family is scheduled to be sentenced in Denver District Court Wednesday. He has pleaded guilty to a count of second-degree murder, and the plea also includes…
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State Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on Priola recall
The Colorado Supreme Court turned down an appeal from the backers of an effort to recall state Sen. Kevin Priola, a move that pushes future recalls efforts back until after the General Assembly goes back into session on Jan. 9. The issue is who gets to sign the recall petitions for Priola, a Henderson Democrat…
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Recall of party-switching state senator halted by Denver judge
A Denver District Court judge on Monday temporarily halted a recall of state Sen. Kevin Priola, a boon for Democrats as they seek to retain the Colorado state Senate. Judge Marie Moses issued a temporary injunction blocking any further action by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office on the recall of Priola, a newly-minted Democrat from…
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Forensic pathologist: Elijah McClain died from ketamine injection, but manner of death undetermined
An amended autopsy report released Friday for Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died in 2019 after an encounter with Aurora police, confirms a forensic pathologist’s opinion that McClain died from “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint.” But the new report did not change his original determination that the manner of death —…