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A Longmont man with a long history of domestic violence was sentenced in Boulder District Court on Tuesday to 30 years in prison for beating and choking his ex-wife and stalking another woman. Boulder County Sheriff's Office / Courtesy photo Matthew Mann A news release from the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office stated that Matthew […]

A man who stabbed a woman jogger multiple times in Avon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Randy Wyrick, Vail Daily While a local physician was treating Andrew Young, he told her that he had stabbed an Avon woman. He stabbed her so hard he broke the knife, he said. Andrew Michael Young, […]

The Boulder doctor who pleaded guilty in August to bankruptcy fraud was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Denver on Friday to 18 months in prison. Cathleen Van Buskirk, 55, appeared in court free on bail on Friday and must report to the Bureau of Prisons no later than April 19, according to a news […]

An Arapahoe County judge on Friday sentenced an Aurora woman to six years in prison for hitting and killing a woman riding her bicycle and then fleeing the scene, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office Dominique Cain Dominique Cain, 33, pleaded guilty Jan. 11 to […]

A Douglas County jury on Thursday found a former criminal investigator with the Colorado Department of Corrections guilty of threatening fast-food workers at a drive-thru window over increased prices. Gary Valko, a 61-year-old Parker resident, was convicted of one count of official oppression, a misdemeanor, according to an 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office news release. […]

A man who strangled a woman from the back seat of a car, while she sat in a front seat, was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County District Court to 192 years in prison. Jeremy Scott Hackbarth, 34, was sentenced after being convicted of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, second-degree assault and aggravated motor vehicle theft, according to […]

Two men who brutally assaulted a man who was with his young daughter at a Jefferson County bar last year have been sentenced to prison. Joel Wilson, left, and Devon Premer Joel Michael Wilson, 32, and Devin Lee Premer, 24, were sentenced to six and five years in prison, respectively, on Friday. Wilson pleaded guilty Nov. […]

A 26-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 48 years in prison for the murder of a 28-year-old victim in her Five Points apartment. Esstefan Hamlin had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the July 2017 death of Christina Weir, according to the district attorney’s office. Hamlin also pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary in the case. […]

Adams County Sheriff's Office William Schwab A serial squatter — a person who fraudulently leases properties and fails to pay the rent, eventually being evicted before moving on to the next property and victim — was sentenced Tuesday in Adams County District Court to five years in prison. William Schwab, 48, pleaded guilty last month […]

A Greeley man, who was high from huffing a computer duster when he attacked two victims with a meat cleaver, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Weld County District Attorney Jama Abdi Isse Jama Abdi Isse, 33, was sentenced Friday by Weld District Court Judge Timothy Kerns for the 2017 cleaver attack, according to […]

Pablo Bleacher The last of five ringleaders of a criminal enterprise involving stolen cars, destruction of property, identity theft and other criminal activity has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison Thursday, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said. Pablo Bleacher, 24, pleaded guilty to violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and one count of […]

A prison warden who claims he was transferred in retaliation for blowing the whistle on Colorado’s corrections chief for ordering truckloads of electrical waste be dumped on prison property has sued the state seeking a copy of an investigative report on the matter. The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Denver District Court by Angel Medina […]

Weld County Sheriff's Office Frank Steven Wietecha, Jr. A Weld County man was sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography that his daughter discovered on his phone. The man, Frank Steven Wietecha, Jr., 49, had a prior state misdemeanor conviction for possession of child pornography, according to a news […]

Adams County Heather Schwab A woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for felony identity theft in connection to serial squatting, in which she fraudulently leased residences and failed to pay rents prior to evictions. Heather Schwab, 43, was sentenced Monday in Adams County after entering a guilty plea last month, according to […]