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Teen set fire to wrong home, killing 5 innocent family members, in attempt to get revenge for stolen iPhone
Kevin Bui on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for setting fire to a Colorado family's home because he believed someone inside stole his phone. The post Teen set fire to wrong home, killing 5 innocent family members, in attempt to get revenge for stolen iPhone first appeared on Law & Crime.
Man convicted of killing 4 people at ex-girlfriend's home near Denver
A man was convicted Thursday of killing four people at his ex-girlfriend's home in suburban Denver in 2022 a week after she was granted a court order to keep him away from her.Joseph Mario Castorena, 22, was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder after deliberation for killing three of Jessica Serrano's relatives as well as a man who rented an RV on the family's property in Aurora on Oct. 30, 2022, prosecutors said. He was also convicted of one count of attempted murder.Castorena and Serrano, who was not injured, have two children together. Their children were out-of-state with...
Inmate dies while in Denver Sheriff Department custody
A man in custody at Denver's Downtown Detention Center died Thursday morning. His death is now being investigated by the Denver Police Department. Denver Sheriff Department deputies found the man unresponsive in a housing unit at the Downtown Detention Center — located near Civic Center Park — around 6 a.m. Thursday morning, according to a news release from the department.
Mom of Brighton toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning pleads guilty
The mother of a toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning during her parents’ New Year’s drug exchange pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death and drug possession with intent to distribute, a Class 3 felony. Nicole Casias,32, and the child's father, 33-year-old Alonzo Montoya, were originally charged with seven counts in Aviyana Montoya's death, including first-degree murder of a victim under 12 by a person in the position of trust and child abuse resulting in death. ...
Jeremy Rocha convicted of murder in 2022 deadly shooting on I-70
A jury returned a guilty verdict Friday for Jeremy Jacob Rocha in the deadly shooting on I-70 that stemmed from a street racing incident. The shooting happened June 18, 2022, in Aurora along I-70 between Tower Road and Colfax Avenue.Rocha was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree murder- extreme indifference and four counts of attempted murder. John Jaros died in the presence of his wife and three children after shots were fired into their truck from potential street racers. Aurora police investigators said that traffic was stopped on I-70 between Tower Road and 470 for a street racing event. That's when Jaros, 37, went around the stopped traffic and police said Rocha fired multiple shots, killing him. Jaros lived in Estes Park and was the Assistant Chief of the Glen Haven Area Volunteer Fire Department. Sentencing is scheduled for Rocha at 10:30 a.m. on May 23 in Adams County Court.
Woman found dead in Glendale, death investigated as homicide
GLENDALE, Colo. — Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old woman in Glendale this week as a homicide. Glendale Police officers responded around 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday to 635 S. Forest St. for a report about an "unresponsive" person. When they arrived, they found a woman, identified as Clarinda Blackburn, unconscious. She had obvious "blunt force" injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
'There's nothing you could do' | Witness describes tanker crash, fire that closed I-70
DENVER — Moments after a vehicle crashed into a tanker on the shoulder of Interstate 70 west of Denver on Thursday, killing one of the drivers and causing an hourslong shutdown of the interstate, Aeh Jay Hollenbeck came around a bend to a wall of smoke and fire. "I...
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