Tag: Jefferson County Court
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Co-defendant sentenced to 45 years in prison for rock-throwing death
Joseph Karol-Chik pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection to the April 19, 2023 death
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Jury seated for trial of man accused of fatally hurling rocks at cars on highway
Joseph Koenig’s parents watched from the second row of the gallery of a Jefferson County courtroom as their son was handcuffed late Friday after a day in court. The first day of his trial on murder charges in the death of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell finished after nine hours of jury selection. Koenig, accused of throwing rocks…
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Man charged with vehicular homicide in Golden officer’s death waives preliminary trial
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The man charged with vehicular homicide in the Golden crash that killed an on-duty police officer waived his right to a preliminary trial in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday. Stephen Geer, 43, was scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing in front of Jefferson County Judge Bradley Burback, allowing the prosecution to present enough evidence…
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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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Car flipping: Colorado police chief and daughter face embezzlement charges
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A man who has held the office of police chief, fire chief and mayor simultaneously in one of Colorado’s tiniest municipalities has been indicted by a grand jury, along with his daughter, for alleged embezzlement in a family scam involving police property. The Jefferson and Gilpin County grand jury indicted Robert Gordanier, and his daughter…
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Man sentenced to life in prison after shooting and killing Arvada officer
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An audible sigh of relief could be heard from the countless number of police officers stuffed into an overflow Jefferson County courtroom — Sonny Almanza will serve life in prison for shooting and killing their fellow officer. First Judicial District Court Judge Russell Klein sentenced 32-year-old Almanza…
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Bond set for deadly Tesla road rage incident suspect
A Jefferson County judge on Wednesday set bond for a man accused of shooting another to death after a road rage incident in Edgewater. The families of both men involved in the May shooting at the Tesla charging station spoke at the bond hearing. Adam Fresquez, 32, was maced and shot in the back twice…
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Eight charges for man accused of fatally shooting K-9 Graffit not enough for Jefferson County handler
The man accused of shooting killing a beloved Jefferson County Sheriff’s K-9 faces eight charges including aggravated cruelty to animals and menacing, according to a news release from prosecutors. Eduardo Romero, 30, allegedly eluded police after a traffic stop on a Golden street, according to police. The 9-year-old German shepherd Graffit tracked Romero, a wanted…
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Heroic act emerges from deadly Lakewood fire
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When a Halloween morning fire broke out in Lakewood’s Tiffany Square apartments, units 49, 47 and 45 were doomed. “When I opened the door, I looked left and there was fire. I looked right and there was fire,” said Tevon “T” Thomas. “It was like…