Tag: Douglas County District Court
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Man sentenced to 48 years for stabbing mom to death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who stabbed his mother to death before setting fire to their Castle Rock home in 2022 will spend 48 years behind bars. Matthew Buchanan was sentenced Wednesday morning in Douglas County District Court. In May, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, attempted first-degree…
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Why won’t Colorado’s public schools answer to the public? | Vince Bzdek
In the midst of a nationwide push by parents for more say over what’s going on in their schools, Colorado school districts are going the opposite direction, doubling down on secret meetings and backdoor deals and stonewalling urgent requests for information from the very people they are supposed to serve. If it weren’t for the…
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Driver gets 8 years for fatal hit-and-run with motorcyclist while high on oxycontin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Commerce City man was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for fatally crashing into a motorcyclist while driving high on oxycontin in 2019, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. Manuel Frias, 30, was sentenced by Douglas County District Court Judge Theresa Slade…
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Leader of Douglas County human trafficking ring gets 304 years in prison
The leader of a human trafficking and forgery ring was sentenced to 304 years in prison by a Douglas County District Court judge, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Chauncey Price, 30, was found guilty of 13 counts, including trafficking a minor for sexual servitude, human trafficking for sexual servitude, pandering of a…