Tag: First Judicial District Attorney’s Office
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Homicide charge recommended after Wheat Ridge fatal crash
Wheat Ridge police recommended a suspect be charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal crash that killed one driver and injured a passenger. Officers arrested 54-year-old John David Bormolini after a crash at the intersection of West 44th Avenue and Kipling Street on Dec. 23, according to a news release from the police department. After investigations, the…
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Tesla charging station shooter found not guilty after murder trial
A collective wail was heard from the Jefferson County courtroom when District Judge Diego Hunt read the not guilty verdicts of a man who shot another man in the back twice, killing him. Defendant Jeremy Smith walked out of the courtroom a free man after jurors found him not guilty of second-degree murder and reckless…
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Trial begins after 2023 fatal shooting at Edgewater Tesla charging station
The trial of Jeremy Smith, the man suspected of shooting and killing another man in an Edgewater road-rage incident, began Tuesday morning in a Jefferson County courtroom. Smith, 40, was arrested on Dec. 12, 2023, in connection to the May 3, 2023, shooting death of Adam Fresquez. He was eventually charged with second-degree murder and…
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Former Lakeside police chief, mayor pleads guilty to embezzlement
Robert Gordanier, former Lakeside police chief, fire chief and mayor, pleaded guilty to embezzlement Tuesday after a four-year car flipping scheme. First Judicial District Judge Philip McNulty sentenced Gordanier to four years of supervised probation with a deferred sentence and a required $26,088 of restitution to the tiny Town of Lakeside on one embezzlement of public property…
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Evergreen flasher pleads guilty to exposing himself to women on several Colorado trails
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Evergreen man who was accused of hiking naked and exposing himself to women on multiple Jefferson County trails pleaded guilty to three charges on Thursday. Glenn Braden, 21, pleaded guilty to attempt to commit sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact and indecent exposure after a…
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Caretaker who sexually assaulted at-risk victims in Arvada sentenced
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Arvada man will now spend at least eight years in prison for sexually assaulting at-risk victims while working as a caretaker. First Judicial District Judge Diego Hunt sentenced 72-year-old Eugene “Gene” Gillespie to eight years to life in prison on Wednesday on charges of…
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Man sentenced for killing Jefferson County K-9
A man who shot and killed a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Eduardo Armando Romero, 30, pleaded guilty to the following charges in February: • Aggravated cruelty to animals: 18 months in the Department of Corrections • Identity theft: 12 years in DOC • Menacing: 3 years in…
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Fort Collins man sentenced to jail after dog dies from heat exhaustion
A Jefferson County judge sentenced a Fort Collins man to 60 days in jail and two years of probation after he left his dog in a hot car while he played an 18-hole round of golf. Despite it being over 80 degrees outside, the man never checked on the dog — even as he made the…