Tag: Sentencing
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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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Weld County man sentenced to over 150 years for shooting at police with assault rifle
Levi Miller, 34, fired more than 30 rounds at police in 2021
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Weld County woman convicted of first-degree murder, arson
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A Greeley woman will spend her life in prison after murdering a man and lighting his house on fire in 2021. After a two-week trial, 23-year-old Stacy Rodriguez was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree arson, tampering with a deceased human body and two counts of second-degree burglary by a Weld County jury on Wednesday, according…
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Man sentenced after scamming elderly woman in Highlands Ranch
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A 27-year-old man will spend up to six years in prison after stealing over $120,000 from an 80-year-old Highlands Ranch woman in a gold bar scheme. A 23rd Judicial District judge Victoria Klingensmith sentenced Sagar Jayeshkuma Patel of New Jersey to six years in prison on felony theft charges on Friday. He was also ordered to…
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Man sentenced to 290 years in prison after Denver ride-share kidnappings, sexual assaults
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A convicted rapist who posed as a ride-share driver to snare victims will spend nearly 300 years in prison after a string of kidnappings and sexual assaults throughout Denver. Denver District Judge Karen Brody sentenced 43-year-old John Pastor-Mendoza to 290 years to life in the Department of Corrections Friday morning on 30 charges related to…
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Appeals court rules harsher sentence after appeal does not mean judge was ‘vindictive’
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that a Jefferson County judge subjected a man to a harsher sentence following a successful appeal because the parole eligibility date was pushed back by multiple years, but that fact alone did not mean the judge acted “vindictively.” In 2015, the state Supreme Court noted that when a criminal…
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Northglenn man sentenced for human trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child
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A man from Northglenn faces 20 years in prison and a lifetime on sex offender registration after submitting “young women” to sexual servitude, the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. The same man faces sentencing in a similar case in Boulder County later this month. Adams County District Court Judge Jeffrey Ruff sentenced 52-year-old William…
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Thornton man sentenced after attempting to kidnap girl at school
Diego James Gettler, 30, was sentenced on Feb. 27.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of longtime Denver teacher
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A 37-year-old man will spend life in prison after murdering a woman who worked for Denver Public Schools for more than 20 years. A Denver District Court jury found Donte Ellis guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Shayna Johnson Monday after a five-day trial, according to a news release from the Denver…
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Colorado woman sentenced after stealing more than $700,000 in real estate scam
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A Colorado woman will spend four years in prison after stealing more than $700,000 from locals in a real estate investment scheme. Michelle Boyer, 58, was sentenced on Feb. 3 after pleading guilty to felony securities fraud. She was also ordered to pay $706,000 in restitution, according to a news release from the Colorado Attorney…