DENVER — Denver District Attorney John Walsh today announced that Jesus Jurado-Lugo has pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault. Jurado-Lugo has admitted to shooting and killing 26 year-old Lydia Coronado in southwest Denver on July 16, 2017. Jurado-Lugo shot and injured another person during the incident.  Jurado-Lugo…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney John Walsh has announced that Ricardo Vasquez pleaded guilty today to one count of attempted murder and one count of intent to distribute a controlled substance. On June 13, 2023, Vasquez fired multiple shots into a large crowd of people who were celebrating the Denver Nuggets championship victory at 20th…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney John Walsh today announced that Jaime Chavez-Calix has been charged with Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death, a Class 1 felony. It is alleged that, on November 16, 2024, Chavez-Calix sold fentanyl to 30 year-old Manuella Contrera Caravio, who was found deceased the next day in the backseat of a…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney John Walsh today announced that Elijah Caudill has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of 71 year-old Celinda Levno and 34 year-old Nicholas Burkett last weekend in downtown Denver. Caudill has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder and two…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Genero Zuniga has pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, burglary of a business with the intent to steal a controlled substance, and violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA).  Zuniga was sentenced to 30 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Zuniga was charged…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that criminal charges will not be filed in connection with the publication of voting machine passwords on the Colorado Department of State website this year. The decision was the result of a seven-week long investigation by the Denver DA’s office into possible violations of two Colorado…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Denver District Court Judge Darryl Shockley has sentenced Remi Cordova to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years for first-degree murder and eight years in prison for first-degree attempted murder.  The sentences will run consecutively.  On November 1, 2024, a jury…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that a Denver grand jury has indicted 17 defendants in connection with a major auto theft ring in the Denver area. The indictment contains 222 charges, including numerous violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, more than one hundred counts of auto theft, more than…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that 48-year-old Murlin Swanston has been arrested in California by California state fugitive agents, with the assistance of Denver District Attorney investigators, on suspicion of trying to pimp two Denver women whom he met on commercial online sex sites. It is alleged that, starting in 2021,…

DENVER— Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Kyle Arienta has pleaded guilty to one count under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, one count of Securities Fraud, one count of Theft and two counts of Burglary. Arienta stole approximately $1.1 million from three families who had hired him to complete construction projects on…