Tag: Ricky Roybal Smith
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Roybal-Smith sentenced to 56 years for strangling prison cellmate
Ricky Roybal-Smith pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the strangulation of his prison cellmate and was sentenced to 56 years in prison. Denver District Attorney John Walsh announced the sentencing in a news release Friday, saying Roybal-Smith will get 48 years in prison for second-degree murder and eight years for driving under the influence, for…
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Roybal-Smith sentenced to 80 years in prison after pleading guilty to double homicide
District Attorney Brian Mason announced Monday an 80-year prison sentence for Ricky Roybal-Smith, who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing two men more than 100 times. Roybal-Smith pled guilty Monday to murdering 27-year-old Jesse Shafer and 61-year-old Scott Davenport in two separate attacks on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora on June 29, 2025. Adams County District…
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Denver man charged with murder in jail death
A man with a violent criminal history has been charged with murder in connection to the death of an inmate at the Denver Sheriff Department jail. The Denver District Attorney’s Office charged 38-year-old Ricky Roybal-Smith with first-degree murder Wednesday in connection to the death of 34-year-old Vincent Chacon on June 30, according to a news…
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Roybal-Smith denied bail in connection with Aurora double homicide
A man accused of fatally stabbing two men over 100 times in Aurora in late June was denied bail by an Adams County Judge Tuesday afternoon. Ricky Roybal-Smith, 38, was arrested by Denver police in connection with a hit-and-run crash while under the influence of drugs on June 29. Investigators later named him the suspect…