Tag: Murder Trial
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Semi-truck driver sentenced to 22 years for shooting Arapahoe County homeless woman
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A semi-truck driver who shot and killed an Arapahoe County homeless woman for throwing rocks at his vehicle was sentenced to 22 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections with five years mandatory parole. John David Thoren III, 44, an Iraq War veteran, was also…
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Former Clear Creek deputy’s second trial delayed over attorney’s child care issues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The scheduled retrial of a former Clear Creek County Sheriff deputy accused in Christian Glass’ death has been pushed back to 2025. That’s because the defendant’s attorney has child care issues. Andrew Buen’s second trial was supposed to begin Aug. 12, but 5th Judicial District…
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Former AG and mayor John Suthers delivers scathing testimony in disciplinary hearing for Morphew prosecutor
One of the state’s top former law enforcement officers testified Friday that comments made by 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley during a television interview about two murder suspects she was prosecuting were the worst he’s ever seen. “I can’t recall anything more egregious in heightening the public condemnation of the accused,” John Suthers explained.…
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Murder trial of Aurora dentist rescheduled
James Craig’s eleven-day trial, which was scheduled to begin Aug. 8, now won’t likely start until at least November.
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Ukrainian refugee pleads not guilty to killing Boulder cyclist Magnus White
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Ukrainian refugee charged with vehicular homicide in the death of competitive cyclist Magnus White plead not guilty in Boulder District court Friday morning. Yeva Smilianska, 23, said two words, “Not guilty,” and understood the rest of the court proceedings through an interpreter. Yeva Smilianska,…
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District Attorney to retry Andrew Buen after narrow miss on murder charge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Andrew Buen will undergo a new trial. After a jury deadlocked by one vote on a murder charge against Buen in the 2022 shooting death of Christian Glass, the 5th Judicial District prosecution team requested on Monday to retry him. Fifth Judicial District Judge Catherine…
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Clear Creek County jury deliberates fate of former deputy charged with murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Andrew Buen either intended to kill Christian Glass, who was testing his patience during a mental health breakdown, or he shot the 22-year-old to save the life of another officer whom Glass was threatening with a knife. During closing arguments in the former Clear Creek…
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Defense expert: Buen acted reasonably when he shot and killed Christian Glass
It was reasonable for a former sheriff deputy to shoot Christian Glass five times, killing him, because Glass was using a knife to threaten another officer standing close to his car, a use-of-force expert testified on Monday afternoon. “Officers are trained to shoot until the threat has ceased and sometimes death is a byproduct of…
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Prosecution rests in murder trial of former Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy
The prosecution rested its case and the defense began theirs on Friday in the trial of a former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of the 2022 killing of a Boulder man who had called 911 for help on a remote mountain road. In a clear and deep voice, Andrew Buen, 30, told 5th…
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Christian Glass’ mother defends potential weapons found in his car
Sally Glass took the witness stand of a Clear Creek County courtroom Wednesday and waved off a bailiff with a Kleenex box. Though she’s been emotional from her front row trial seat, she was determined to testify as a strong voice for her son, Christian, who was shot and killed by a former Clear Creek…