Tag: Sentence
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Man sentenced to life in prison for killing family friend in Aurora
A judge has sentenced a 38-year-old man to life in prison for killing a family friend on Christmas Day in Aurora after losing money to him. Curtis Davis-Barnes was sentenced Feb. 18 after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of 39-year-old Aarion Derritt on Dec. 25, 2019, according to the 18th Judicial…
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Greeley man gets 30 years behind bars for assaulting officers, attempting mass explosion
Stephen Garcia Courtesy of the Weld County District Attorney’s Office A judge sentenced a 57-year-old Greeley man to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for attempting a mass explosion and assaulting three officers in 2019. In June, Stephen Garcia was convicted in Weld County of three counts of first-degree assault on a peace officer, one…
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Lakewood man sentenced to life in prison for killing girlfriend
A judge sentenced a Lakewood man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his girlfriend in 2020, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Karl Aaron Bemish, 52, pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder for the death of 45-year-old Hilary Engel. Engel, a nurse and mother to an 8-year-old son,…
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Colorado nurse sentenced to federal prison for stealing pain medication from patients
A 44-year-old Colorado woman was sentenced to a year in federal prison for stealing pain medication from patients while working as a registered nurse, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Alicia Nickel-Tangeman was sentenced for obtaining controlled substances using fraud and deception after telling patients she was conducting a “study” on the effectiveness of patient…
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Man sentenced to 4 decades in prison for attempted murder
A 24-year-old Aurora man was sentenced to 40 years in prison last week for stabbing and paralyzing a woman in 2020. Ahkeem Powell, 24, was found guilty on July 21 by a jury in the 17th Judicial District Court of attempted murder, assault, and two counts of sentence enhancer. The charges stem from an April…
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Drunk driver sentenced to 14 years after killing pedestrian in Aurora
An Arapahoe County judge sentenced a drunk driver who killed a woman walking on a sidewalk in Aurora to 14 years in prison, a news release from the Office of the District Attorney announced. Aurora police arrested 40-year-old Timothy Knutson after he jumped a curb and hit 24-year-old Jana Phillips, who was walking home after…
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Aurora man gets life sentence for murdering his mother in 2018
An Aurora man convicted of killing his mother in 2018 was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury found Joseph Ribble, 45, guilty last week of first-degree murder and second-degree aggravated car theft. The case was prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Pirraglia and Deputy District Attorney Lillie…