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Colorado teen pleads guilty in death of driver who was hit in the head by a rock
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A second teen pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the death of a 20-year-old driver who was hit in the head by a rock that crashed through her windshield in suburban Denver last year. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, Nicholas Karol-Chik, 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and commiting a crime of violence, saying that he passed a rock to another teen, Joseph Koenig, who then threw it at Alexis Bartell’s car, killing her, on April 19, 2023. Karol-Chik also pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder for throwing rocks at a total of nine people that night with Koenig and Zachary Kwak, who pleaded guilty last week and earlier in the year. Prosecutors have previously said they did not know which of the three 19-year-olds threw the rock that killed Bartell, noting that the only DNA found on it belonged to her. So they may need to rely on Karol-Chik’s testimony when Koenig, the only defendant still being prosecuted for first-degree murder in Bartell’s death, goes on trial in July. Koenig has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer, Martin Stuart, declined to comment.
Menacing suspect accused of using counterfeit bill and racial slurs
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who is facing a charge of felony menacing after he allegedly presented a counterfeit bill to a business, and when confronted about the fake currency, began yelling racial slurs at the victim.
Car lands on top of 20-year-old driver in Jefferson Co. fatal rollover crash
Montana Highway Patrol reports that the person who died in the early morning crash in Jefferson County was a 20-year-old man from Boulder, Colorado, whose car rolled and landed on top of him. He was driving a Honda Civic with an 18-year-old female passenger, who survived the incident with injuries.
Man pleads guilty to DUI charges related to death of composer
ARVADA, Colo. — The man charged in a February crash in Arvada that killed a composer pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts including vehicular homicide - DUI. Juan Ortega Torres Jr. also pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular assault in Jefferson County District and, as a result, five other counts were dismissed.
Dealer sentenced to 26 years in prison for fentanyl death
Brock Nieuwendorp was sentenced to 26 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections after he pled guilty to distributing fentanyl that killed a 25-year-old woman in Golden in April 2023. Nieuwendorp had ten prior felony convictions before this case. He also repeatedly failed at community-based supervision. Months after the death...
Colorado woman tries to steal pickup but can’t handle the stick shift, police say
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman’s attempt to steal a pickup truck — shortly after she was released from jail on a car theft charge — was thwarted not by officers, nor the truck’s owners, but by her inability to drive a stick shift, Boulder Police said.
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