Tag: Strangulation
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Texas man convicted of assaulting two women in Highlands Ranch
A Texas man was found guilty Wednesday of assaulting two women in the bathroom of a Highlands Ranch home in 2024. Zebediah Scales, 39, was convicted on four assault counts for beating up his girlfriend and her friend in the bathroom of his girlfriend’s home after accusing her of cheating on him on Nov. 2,…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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First-degree murder charges filed against Aurora twin stabbing suspect
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District Attorney filed first-degree murder charges against a man accused of stabbing two people in Aurora in June. Rick Roybal-Smith, 38, has been charged for fatally stabbing two homeless men on the street in Aurora within a few hours of each other…
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Man accused of killing family babysitter pleads not guilty
A Larimer County man accused of fatally shooting a babysitter and then strangling a girl in Windsor last October pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Trevor George, 33, plead not guilty to nearly 20 crimes including murder, assault, child abuse, robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft, according to the Weld County District Attorney’s Office. The charges…
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Adams County man convicted for sexually assaulting, strangling and trying to drown victim
An Adams County man who brutally assaulted and tried to murder a woman in 2020 has been convicted by a jury, the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Fermin Gonzalez-Flores, 33, was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, four counts of strangulation assault, three counts of sexual assault and two counts of violent…
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Jefferson County man arrested for allegedly strangling wife
Nathan Gustafson was arrested Sunday for allegedly strangling his wife last month, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said. Gustafson is facing numerous charges, including second-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault. Deputies said they believe Gustafson assaulted and strangled his wife during a domestic violence incident in their…
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Longmont man sentenced to 24 years in domestic violence case
Longmont resident Reo Contreras was sentenced to 24 years in prison Monday for violently assaulting his girlfriend in 2018, the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. Contreras, 39, beat and strangled his girlfriend and mother of his child in October 2018, the district attorney’s office said. The victim suffered a dissected carotid artery and faced…