Tag: First-degree Murder
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1 dead in Thursday Denver shooting
The Denver Police Department arrested a man in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to a shooting in an alley to the west of the 2600 block of North Zuni Street — in the Highland Park neighborhood — around 12:30 p.m. Thursday on reports of a shooting. One victim was located…
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Arrest made after man fatally shot in Adams County strip club parking lot
A man was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Player’s Club on Federal Boulevard after getting into an altercation with another man before the shooting, the Adams County Sheriff’s officer said Wednesday. The victim, Jonathan Gulesserian, was found with a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the parking lot…
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Former Aurora anti-violence activist will face first-degree murder charges
A judge decided against lowering the first-degree murder charge against 46-year-old Lumumba Sayers Sr. following a preliminary hearing in an Adams County courtroom on Friday. The former MMA fighter appeared significantly underweight compared to when he was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting August. He was also strapped with a sling on his right arm for an…
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Adams County man sentenced to life in prison after murdering girlfriend
An Adams County man will spend life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder stemming from the 2022 murder of his girlfriend in a Commerce City motel room. Adams County District Court Judge Brett Martin sentenced 28-year-old Angel Santana to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday after he was convicted…
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Former Aurora anti-violence activist’s first-degree murder trial bond remains $5 million
A second bond hearing was held for 46-year-old Lumumba Sayers Sr. in an Adams County courtroom Tuesday following the first heated hearing that left family members from both side of the aisle in tears. Sayers Sr. first bond hearing on Aug. 15 eventually led to a $5 million cash-only bond, an increase from the $1 million bond…
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Lakewood police arrest two suspects in connection to infant death
The Lakewood Police Department arrested two suspects this week in connection to the death of a two-month-old child earlier this year. Police arrested 31-year-old Lisa Marie Johnson and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Alexander Avila after the Jefferson County Coroner’s Officer determined that two-month-old Ezra Johnson — Lisa Marie Johnson’s son — died due to methamphetamine toxicity, according to a…
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Former anti-violence activist officially charged with first-degree murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tajuana McKinley — the mother of shooting victim Malcolm Watson — banged her fists on the court podium, blaring words against the man suspected in her son’s murder. The heated hearing marked the first court appearance for 46-year-old Lumumba Sayers Sr., who was officially charged with first-degree murder and…
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17-year-old girl arrested in Aurora in connection to fatal shooting of 14-year-old girl
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora police arrested a 17-year-old girl in connection to the July shooting that left one teen dead and two others injured. The suspect, who resides in Denver, was arrested by Aurora police on Friday and was already in custody in another jurisdiction regarding an unrelated…
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Greeley woman sentenced to life in prison after 2022 shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Greeley woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars after shooting and killing a 21-year-old woman in 2022. Judge Allison Esser sentenced 28-year-old Mary Alicia Garcia to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday after a jury found her…
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Denver parents charged after burning baby with scalding hot water
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver District Attorney’s Office charged two Denver parents in January after they allegedly killed their 2-month-old son with scalding hot water. Jaylyn Vigil, 30, and Tony Vigil, 33, were arrested following the death of their son, TJ Vigil, on Dec. 20, after the child…