Tag: District Attorney
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DA touts accomplishments from first year in office but she also faced backlash
District Attorney Amy Padden celebrated one year in office this week by touting her accomplishments, major convictions and “increased accountability” in a news release. Padden, who was elected in 2024 and took the helm of the 18th Judicial District office in January 2025, also faced backlash — including a recall threat from an Aurora councilmember…
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DA Padden finds Aurora officer justified in fatally shooting 17-year-old
The Aurora police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old at a gas station in September was deemed to have used justifiable deadly force by District Attorney Amy Padden in a letter Friday. In the letter to Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain, Padden stated that she found Officer Derek Paulson “justified in using deadly physical…
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Aurora councilmember’s effort to recall DA fails
An Aurora councilmember’s effort to recall 18th Judicial District Attorney Amy Padden ended Tuesday after no signatures were filed to the Secretary of State. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky launched a campaign to recall the local prosecutor in July after Padden offered a plea deal to a teenager who hit and killed a 24-year-old woman while driving…
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Man sentenced for killing police officer in 2005 applies for early release
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On Oct. 26, 2006, then 21-year-old Raul Gomez-Garcia was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison for the murder and attempted murder of two Denver Police Department detectives. Nearly 20 years since the shooting, Gomez-Garcia, a Mexican national, has applied to receive early parole through Colorado’s Department of Corrections Program for Juvenile Offenders, according…
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Man convicted in 23rd Judicial District’s first jury trial
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In just over two weeks since the agency went live, Colorado’s new 23rd Judicial District saw its first conviction in a felony jury trial. A jury found Bruno Gutierrez-Zorilla guilty of aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, theft and violating the Colorado Organized Crime Act on Wednesday, according to a news release from the…
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Colorado Senate committee advances bill to create 29 judgeships, with lawmaker support delicate
‘There is no time for reviewing the case before trial. I have to wing everything,’ warned one county court judicial officer
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Adams County woman convicted of killing boyfriend
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A 17th Judicial District jury convicted a 29-year-old woman on Tuesday of murdering her boyfriend in 2020. After a three-week trial, the Adams County jury convicted Ashley White of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and robbery in connection to the death of Cody DeLisa, 28, on Aug. 11, 2020, according to a press…
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Boulder County prosecutors’ evidence insufficient for attempted murder charges, appeals court agrees
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that Boulder County prosecutors fell short of demonstrating a man likely attempted extreme indifference murder against multiple SWAT officers when he set off an explosion in his hotel room, causing window damage without any injuries. Prosecutors charged Leon Kiyoshi Gladwell with attempted extreme indifference murder. Under Colorado law, a person…
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Teen sentenced to life in prison for murder of woman after minor traffic collision
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In a courtroom steeped in emotion, a teen was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the shooting death of a woman after a minor traffic collision in 2021. Remi Cordova, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, was convicted in November on three counts related to the shooting:…
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Adams County man sentenced to life in prison after murdering girlfriend
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An Adams County man will spend life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder stemming from the 2022 murder of his girlfriend in a Commerce City motel room. Adams County District Court Judge Brett Martin sentenced 28-year-old Angel Santana to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday after he was convicted…