Tag: Sentencing
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Denver contractor sentenced for stealing $3 million
A man charged with stealing more than $3 million from Denver customers has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office. Authorities described him as a “prolific thief.” Kyle Arienta, 40, was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, another…
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Man sentenced to 143 years for series of crimes in Aurora
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man has been sentenced to 143 years in prison for a series of shootings and other crimes in Aurora in 2022, prosecutors said. Eugene Robertson, 40, was found guilty in April of multiple charges, including eight counts of attempted murder, in connection with the…
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Denver man sentenced to 4 years in prison after injuring 4 first responders in DUI crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County judge sentenced 24-year-old Benjamin Winters to four years in prison after a DUI crash that injured four first responders in December. District Judge Sean Finn sentenced Winters on Friday on charges of vehicular assault and third-degree assault on first responders. Winters will…
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Man sentenced to 48 years for stabbing mom to death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who stabbed his mother to death before setting fire to their Castle Rock home in 2022 will spend 48 years behind bars. Matthew Buchanan was sentenced Wednesday morning in Douglas County District Court. In May, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, attempted first-degree…
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Jeremy Rocha sentenced to life in prison for murdering volunteer firefighter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County judge on Thursday sentenced the street racer who shot and killed a volunteer firefighter in 2022 to life in prison, with an additional 192 consecutive years for attempted murder charges Jeremy Rocha, 22, shot and killed John Jaros, the assistant chief of the…
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‘A lot of bad things occurred:’ Denver man sentenced to prison in connection to LoDo shooting
A judge on Thursday sentenced to prison the man who started the chain of events in Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood that resulted in seven people being injured by gunfire. Second Judicial District Judge Nikea Bland sentenced Jordan Waddy, 23, to 30 months in a correctional facility, followed by a year of parole, for a single…
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Man pleads guilty for shooting and killing man on I-70 in 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man pleaded guilty to the murder of 31-year-old Kevin Piaskowski on I-70 in the summer of 2022. He now faces up to 25 years in prison. Jameel James, 18, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Piaskowski, according to a news release on Tuesday from Denver…
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Man sentenced to 16 years in prison after bike theft, assault
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder Police sentenced a 24-year-old man who stole a bike and assaulted the bike’s owner to 16 years in state prison on Wednesday. Boulder police officers arrested Sean Hyche in April 2022 after he stole a bike and, when the bike’s owner confronted him, punched…