Tag: Grand Jury
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Former medical executives, Colorado residents charged with $873M fraud
Two former medical device company executives were charged with a near-$900 million fraud scheme in a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday. Thomas Sandgaard, 67 of Castle Rock, and Anna Lucsok, 39 of Denver, face nine counts of health care fraud, two counts of mail fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft, according to…
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Denver grand jury indicts 7 on 131 counts related to identity theft operation
A Denver grand jury returned a 131-count indictment against seven people in connection with a wide-scale identity theft operation, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The seven alleged racketeers — Jordan Ashley, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Ryan Jennings, Douglas Jump, Shawn McClintock, Kaisha Valentin and Brandon Clements — face charges including burglary, forgery, theft and attempting…
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Appeals court rules witnesses cannot be sued for false grand jury testimony
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that witnesses who testify before grand juries may not be sued for making false statements. However, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals clarified that witnesses are not immune for bad-faith reports to law enforcement prior to their…
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Wheat Ridge man indicted by federal grand jury following carjackings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal grand jury indicted a Wheat Ridge man who went on an alleged string of crimes around the metro Denver area over several months, reportedly injuring two people, carjacking three vehicles and robbing five stores. Keenan Clodfelter, 20, was indicted on 11 counts — three…
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30 pounds of fentanyl seized, 16 suspects indicted in Boulder County drug ring bust
Sixteen people were indicted after the Boulder County Drug Task Force seized 30 pounds of fentanyl and 25 pounds of methamphetamine.
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Weld County grand jury to investigate fatal Greeley police shooting
A Weld County Grand Jury will investigate the shooting of a man who was killed by Greeley police after a three-hour standoff last fall, according to a news release. Benjamin Jackman Weise, 33, had active warrants when police went to arrest him at around 11 a.m. Nov. 8. Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke announced…
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More prosecutors are relying on grand juries in cases against police
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Two men dressed in suits sporting well-trimmed beards sat with their attorneys before a judge in the unaccustomed position of being accused of a crime. The fired sheriff deputies’ former colleagues guarded the doors of Courtroom C as they would for any other defendant. Former Clear Creek Sheriff deputies Andy Buen and Kyle Gould landed…
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Not guilty pleas for suspects in Elijah McClain’s death
Five Aurora police officers and paramedics pleaded not guilty Friday to dozens of counts they face in connection with Aurora resident Elijah McClain’s death in 2019. Trials are scheduled for this summer. McClain, 23, died in hospital in August 2019 days after police officers forcibly restrained him, put him in a control neck hold and…
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Colorado grand jury returns 90-count indictment for auto theft, burglary operation
Colorado’s statewide grand jury has indicted five people on 90 counts in connection with an auto theft and burglary operation in the Denver metro area, Clear Creek and Weld Counties. The ring operated between December 2019 and March 2021, according to a news release from the Attorney General’s office. The five suspects are accused of…
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Fired Black Hawk police officer indicted on sexual assault charges
A Grand Jury indicted former police officer Nathan Geerdes on charges of unlawful sexual contact and retaliation against a witness, the Office of the First Judicial District Attorney of Colorado said in a release Wednesday. Geerdes is a former Edgewater Police Department sergeant and, more recently, a former Black Hawk Police Department officer. On Dec.…