Tag: Conviction
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Man convicted in Denver for producing “millions” of fentanyl pills
A Denver District jury convicted a 33-year-old man who was running a drug operation out of Aurora that produced “millions of individual fentanyl pills,” the Denver District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Tashon Roberts was convicted on four charges related to the manufacture, possession and distribution of fentanyl, according to a news release from the district…
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Denver Police officer convicted of harassment
A Denver Police officer was found guilty on Friday of hitting a handcuffed juvenile during an arrest in November 2023. Court documents show that an Adams County jury convicted Dat Truong, 33, on Friday of misdemeanor harassment. Truong was accused of hitting the juvenile when they were already in custody on Nov. 3, 2023, near…
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Leadville man convicted of killing uncle
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 29-year-old Leadville man faces life in prison after a Lake County jury found him guilty of murdering his uncle in 2020. Jurors convicted Eric C. Gurule on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of his uncle and former boss, Randy Flores, 55, according…
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Judge hands down life sentence in Aurora nightclub shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting another man outside of an Aurora nightclub in December 2019. A jury last week convicted Alexander Albayero, 46, of first-degree murder, said Brian Mason, the…
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Former Adams County sheriff’s deputy convicted of sexual assault
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County jury found a former Adams County sheriff’s deputy guilty of sexual assaulting a co-worker in 2018, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Michael Benson, 34, was convicted Monday of sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact following a six-day jury trial.…
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Man sentenced to 4 decades in prison for attempted murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Man in custody for allegedly threatening to blow up apartment complex
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man is in custody after threatening to blow up an apartment complex in Denver’s Lincoln Park neighborhood Saturday morning, police said. Authorities responded to the complex in the 1200 block of Galapago Street about…