Tag: Greeley Crime
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19-year-old gets 22 years in prison for drive-by shooting of Greeley home
A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for shooting into a Greeley home last year, severely injuring one person inside, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said. Mathais Valencia-Garza pleaded guilty in June to first-degree assault for the incident. Police said Valencia-Garza fired seven shots into the home on Oct. 22, 2020.…
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Greeley man gets 24 years in prison for Target incident while on parole
A Greeley man was sentenced to 24 years in prison for robbing a Target store while he was on parole for previous felony convictions, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Abdirahman Mohamed, 35, was convicted of aggravated robbery, menacing with a deadly weapon and theft for the incident that happened in July 2020.…
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One dead, one injured in head-on, three-vehicle crash in Greeley
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One person was killed and another was injured Wednesday in a three-vehicle crash, the Greeley Police Department announced. The crash happened at noon on West 10th Street near the Greeley Country Club, police said. Investigators believe one of the vehicles crossed into the opposite lanes of traffic, causing a head-on collision with the other two…
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Man fatally shot in Greeley about same time group was seen breaking into vehicles
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The Greeley Police Department is asking for the public’s help with any information about the fatal shooting of a man in the city on Monday. Police said a man was found lying on the sidewalk at 1 a.m. in the 2000 block of 31st Street Road, next to the Greeley Mall. The man had suffered…
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Greeley man sentenced to 48 years in prison for fatally shooting his wife’s friend
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Greeley man was sentenced to 48 years in prison last week for fatally shooting his wife’s friend inside of her car in 2019, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office announced. Jaime Gonzalez-Quezada, 42, received the maximum possible sentence after he was found guilty of…
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Police: Man crashed stolen tow truck outside of Greeley police headquarters, injured officer
A Weld County man was arrested Monday after stealing a tow truck and ramming it into concrete poles outside of the Greeley Police Department headquarters, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies said 37-year-old Rudy Salazar is being held in the Weld County Jail on five counts of attempted first-degree assault and one count each…
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Northern Colorado police officer charged with assault for putting man in chokehold
A Greeley police officer was charged Monday with felony second-degree assault for putting a man in a chokehold during an arrest, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office announced. Officer Kenneth Amick, 48, will face the charge in Weld District Court on Aug. 23. Amick, who has worked for the Greeley Police Department since 2006, has…
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Greeley man faces 96 years in prison for trying to blow up methanol tank
A Greeley man is facing up to 96 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to blow up a methanol tank, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said. A jury found 57-year-old Stephen Garcia guilty of three counts of criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, possession of an explosive or incendiary device…
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Greeley man who stabbed 72-year-old sentenced to 21 years in prison
A Greeley man who stabbed a 72-year-old man in the neck and chest was sentenced to 21 years in prison last week, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office announced. Margarito Rodriguez, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree assault for the attack that took place last year. Officials said the attack happened the morning of June…
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Greeley man gets 20 years in prison for shooting at, driving into ex-girlfriend’s friends
A Greeley man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking his ex-girlfriend’s friends by shooting at them and ramming into their car, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Angel Casas-Martinez, who was 20 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty in February to first-degree assault and harassment as an act…