Tag: Peyton Blitstein
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Former Greenwood Village cop sentenced to two years prison for teen’s shooting death
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Greenwood Village police officer was led away in handcuffs on Thursday to serve two years in prison, and a mandatory three years parole, for what a prosecutor called “a gun battle in suburbia.” Thanksgiving eve 2021 started as a road rage incident on…
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Former Greenwood Village cop sentenced to two years prison for teen’s shooting death
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Greenwood Village police officer was led away in handcuffs on Thursday to serve two years in prison and a mandatory three years parole for what a prosecutor called “a gun battle in suburbia.” In handing down the sentence, 18th Judicial District Judge Eric…
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Case of former Greenwood Village police officer charged with teen’s murder in hands of jury
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An Arapahoe County jury on Friday began deliberating the case of a former Greenwood Village Police officer charged with murder in the 2021 shooting death of a 17-year-old boy after a four-day trial. Attorneys delivered their closing statements to jurors in front of a packed gallery. Eighteenth Judicial District Judge Eric White sent jurors home…
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Self-defense or murder? First day winds up in murder trial of ex-cop
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Dark images and audio from a doorbell video with a 30-foot view turned out to be a critical witness on the first day of an ex-Greenwood Village police officer’s murder trial. Jurors sat forward in their seats, one visibly upset wiping her eyes with tissue, as 10 booms rang out on the six-and a half…
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Jury chosen in trial of ex-cop accused of murder
A jury of seven men and seven women was seated Tuesday in the trial of an ex-Greenwood Village police officer accused of murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Aurora boy more than two years ago. Adam Holen, 38, is facing a charge of second degree murder in the death of Peyton Blitstein on…
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Murder trial of former Greenwood Village officer starts Tuesday
The trial of a former Greenwood Village Police officer charged with second-degree murder in the November 2021 shooting death of an Aurora teenager begins Tuesday with jury selection today in the 18th Judicial District. Adam Holen, 38, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Peyton Blitstein, 17 on Thanksgiving Eve 2021. Holen…
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New court date set for ex-cop accused of killing Aurora 17-year-old
Two rows of an Arapahoe County courtroom were filled Friday morning with family, friends and attorneys of 17-year-old Peyton Blitstein and of the ex-Greenwood Village police officer accused of killing him. Adam Holen, dressed in a suit and tie, whispered with his attorney and his wife during a hearing that set a date of March…
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Ex-Greenwood Village officer was drunk when teen shot to death; boy had ghost gun: Affidavit
The former Greenwood Village police officer who is accused of fatally shooting teenager in southeast Aurora during a confrontation last month was legally drunk at the time, according to the affidavit from the Aurora Police Department. The affidavit also said the 17 year old, Peyton Blitstein, fired first, hitting Holen in the hip, before his…