Tag: Denver District Court
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Man sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison for murder of girlfriend in front of her children
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison for the “senseless, reprehensible and brutal murder” of his girlfriend in 2019, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said. Sean Landrock was sentenced to 48 years in jail on Friday by Denver District Court Judge Edward Brofin for second-degree murder and three counts of child…
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76-year-old man accused of fatally shooting neighbor found guilty
A man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor after being called a racial slur was convicted Wednesday on murder and other charges. The Denver District Court jury deliberated three and a half hours and found Lessie Britton, 76, guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and menacing, according to a release from the district…
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Trial starts for former Lakewood officer accused of sexually assaulting woman while on duty
The trial of a former officer with the Lakewood Police Department accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty in 2018 started Tuesday in Denver District Court. Former officer Randall Shaun Butler, 39, was charged with two counts of sexual assault for the incident that allegedly happened on Nov. 16, 2018, after he offered…
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Colorado sues student loan servicer over violation of state consumer protection laws
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the student loan servicer Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency after it refused to fully comply with state consumer protection laws. Weiser’s office announced the lawsuit in a release Wednesday, saying the agency is not complying with the state oversight requirements outlined in the Colorado Student Loan Servicers Act. The…
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Park Hill residents sue to stop new sanctioned homeless camp
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five Park Hill residents are suing the city, a non-profit, Park Hill United Methodist Church and its Rev. Nathan Adams to stop the opening of a sanctioned homeless camp. The lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Thursday comes nearly one month after the church announced…
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Man charged with attempted murder, bias-motivated crime in vehicle rampage that injured 6
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tyler Hazell has been charged with 15 counts, including attempted murder and bias-motivated crime, for allegedly intentionally driving into several vehicles and a pedestrian in Denver earlier this year. Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced the charges Wednesday. Six victims, including two Denver police officers,…
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Man formally charged with murder, tampering with evidence in human remains case
A 28-year-old man was formally charged Tuesday in connection with the slaying and dismembering of a man who was found in two suitcases in southwest Denver last month. Benjamin D. Satterthwaite, 28, was charged with first-degree murder and one count of tampering with a deceased human body Tuesday morning in Denver District Court. Police say…
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Denver man charged in Christmas Day homicide in downtown hotel
Tonell Love has been charged in the killing of 36-year-old Paul Norwood on Christmas morning in a downtown Denver hotel, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Love, 36, faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault. According to the Denver Police Department’s probable cause statement, officers responded to the Hyatt…
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Judge orders Mayor Hancock to release withheld documents on housing advisory committee
Denver District Court Judge Michael Vallejos ordered Mayor Michael Hancock to release improperly withheld documents on the city’s housing advisory committee, ruling against Hancock in the 2020 lawsuit. Vallejos filed the order Monday, demanding the release of 45 of 49 pages of documents that were withheld after Denver resident Florence Sebern submitted a request for…
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Sentence reduced for abused teen who got life for killing Denver police officer in 1995
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver District Attorney Beth McCann decided “extraordinary mitigating circumstances” warranted the reduction in the sentence — and eventual release from prison — of a man sentenced as a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of a Denver police officer.…