March 10, 2005
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
80 YEARS FOR MAN
IN P0LICE STANDOFF
A Denver District
Court Judge handed down the maximum possible sentence to Richard
Lilgerose (DOB: 02-18-76) today for his actions in a police
stand-off that occurred in the summer 2003.
Lilgerose was
accused of a crime spree in June 2003 that included robbing
several women, sexually assaulting one of the women, then
engaging in a police stand-off at his home near Federal
Boulevard and Alameda Avenue in which he fired at police
officers.
Lilgerose was
acquitted on several charges at trial, including attempted
murder, aggravated robbery and attempted sexual assault. He was
convicted of two counts of first-degree assault, attempted
assault, and barricading himself in a building.
Lilgerose, who could
have been sentenced to as few as 25 years in prison, told the
judge during the sentencing hearing today that he had intended
to kill the police officers he was firing at but failed because
he gun had jammed. Judge Larry Naves then ordered
Lilgerose to serve 80 years in prison -- the maximum sentence
possible.
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