Tag: First Judicial District Attorney
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Man charged in suspected DUI crash that killed Golden police officer
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A day after Golden Police Officer Evan Dunn was laid to rest in Littleton, the man suspected of crashing into the officer and killing him was officially charged in a Jefferson County court. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King charged 43-year-old Stephen Geer Thursday morning with one count of vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault,…
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Jefferson County man sentenced to 26 years for selling fatal dose of fentanyl
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Jefferson County man charged with the sale of fentanyl to a woman who later died will serve up to 26 years — the first person in the county to face the aggravated penalties established by a law passed two years ago. First Judicial District Court…
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Family in Tesla road rage case wants Edgewater police off of the case
Adam Fresquez’ family feels they’ve waited long enough for answers in his four-month-old death investigation. Tuesday, they asked the Edgewater City Council to take the case from its police department and give it to “a more credible agency,” intimating that the force may be too small to be able to handle a complex investigation. Fresquez’…
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Drunk driver who caused 10 crashes on C-470 sentenced to 18 years in prison
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A Colorado judge handed down an 18-year prison sentence to a drunk driver who plowed into multiple vehicles during rush hour on C-470 in September. Jason Sharrett, 52, pleaded guilty to a felony vehicular assault and drunk driving – his fifth conviction on that offense. The collisions happened Sept. 28 during the rush hour commute…
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Lakewood mail carrier back to work after being robbed, shot at
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Snow, rain, heat and gloom of night was just a warm up. Not even bullets could keep a Lakewood mail carrier from making his rounds just two days after he was robbed at gunpoint by a couple of teenaged suspects looking to cash in on people’s mail and packages. “I was putting my son to…
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Former Denver Public Schools security guard charged in child sexual exploitation case
First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King charged a former Denver Public Schools security guard in a child sexual exploitation case, according to a news release. The felony charge stems from a March 10, 2021 incident in which Jeffrey James Blanchard, 27, of Lakewood, is alleged to have uploaded several images of a “child sexual assault” to…
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13 juveniles arrested in assault cases of two men pushed from RTD trains in Lakewood
Thirteen juveniles under the age of 17-years-old have been arrested and face assault charges in the case of a 45-year-old man who was pushed from an RTD train in Lakewood, suffering broken bones, according to a news release. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King announced the arrests Friday. The juveniles, all between the ages of…
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They did it because they were kicked out: Disturbing new details revealed in arson hearing
The two boys suspected of starting an apartment fire which killed a mother and daughter did so in retribution after getting kicked out of one of the units, a Monday Jefferson County court hearing revealed. Siona Owens, who said she was in her burning second floor apartment for eight minutes with her children before she…
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Hearing dates set for man accused of killing Arvada police officer
The man accused of killing Arvada police officer Dillan Vakoff waived hearing a reading of the 11 formal charges levied against him in a Jefferson County Courtroom Tuesday morning and a District Court judge set two future court dates. Suspect Sonny Almanza, 31, appeared in court from Jefferson County jail via Webex in an orange…
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Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy shoots man who brandished knife
A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy shot and critically wounded a man brandishing a knife on Thursday morning, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were sent to the parking lot at Vasa Fitness at 8055 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton after a man called 911 and told dispatchers he was being followed. According to the…