Tag: Division Of Youth Services
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Final suspect in 2020 Colorado arson that killed five sentenced to 60 years
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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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19-year-old sentenced in 2020 Denver arson case that killed 5 family members
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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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18-year-old sentenced to 24 years after stabbing security guard at dentist appointment
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An 18-year-old man who stabbed a security guard while at a dental appointment in Lakeside will serve 24 years in prison, according to a news release. On May 31, 2022, Juan Ocegueda — who was 17 years old at the time — was taken to a routine orthodontist appointment while in the custody of Platte…
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Colorado legislature won’t increase state’s youth detention capacity — for now
Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee decided not to move forward with a request to increase the number of pre-trial detention spaces in the state’s juvenile delinquency system. The recommendation not to go forward by the committee’s nonpartisan staff cited ongoing conversations among legislators who sponsored legislation to decrease the capacity two years ago. But the committee…
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Denver teen gets 10 years for arson that killed Green Valley Ranch family
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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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Officials worry about youth violence levels even as Denver homicides dip in 2022
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Homicides in Denver decreased in 2022 after two years of increases. But December saw more than the average for the year, and teenage victims and suspects continue to worry officials. Denver police counted 88 homicides last year, down from 96 in 2021. Nine were tallied in December. “It’s not a number that we’re happy with,…