DENVER—Benjamin Casillas-Rocha (age 24) was charged today with five counts of menacing (F5) for an incident on Friday, November 14, 2019, at a Denver mosque. “After a thorough investigation by the Denver Police Department’s Bias-Motivated Crimes team, there is currently no evidence that either the victims or the mosque were targeted because of their faith…

DENVER—Four years after causing the death of 23-month old Javion Johnson, DeLonta Crank was sentenced for Javion’s murder.  Judge Shelley Gilman sentenced Crank to a 40-year prison sentence on Friday, November 15, 2019.  Crank pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree (F2) in late August.  The details of this case contributed to the creation…

DENVER—Angelo Swimmer (age 42), owner of Colorado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu West was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault by a Denver jury on Friday, November 8, 2019.  The Denver District Attorney charged Swimmer in September 2018, (case number 18CR06708).  A jury found him guilty of both counts of sexual assault (submission against will)…

DENVER—With most of the defendants now in custody, the Denver District Attorney is announcing that a Denver Grand Jury indicted 24 individuals on 175 counts last month. The group is accused of conspiring to commit a multitude of crimes between February 5, 2017, and October 2019, to support their illegal drug habits.  They face charges…

DENVER—Solomon Garcia (age 37) pleaded guilty on October 24, 2019, to aggravated robbery (F3).  The Denver District Attorney announced in August that Garcia was charged with stealing a RTD bus on August 26, 2019, and then going on a 20-minute crime spree. Garcia first stopped a RTD bus at the Southbound North Federal Bus Stop…

Regarding February 1, 2019, Shooting of Robert Lee Martinez and Sandra Pacheco DENVER—The legal review of the officer-involved shooting by Jefferson County Investigator Patrick Schreiner that occurred in the area of the 200 block of South Canosa Court on February 1, 2019, is complete. District Attorney McCann concluded that the shooting was legally justified for…

DENVER—A new $500,000 grant will enable the Denver Police Department, its Crime Lab and the Denver District Attorney’s Office to advance work towards solving 72 violent crime cold cases.  The funds will be shared among the three agencies so that work may proceed on unsolved homicide and sexual assault cases for which a suspect has…

DENVER—The Denver District Attorney today announced that Eric Ukuni (age 29) was sentenced to serve an 86-year prison sentence today by District Court Judge Shelley Gilman.  On August 23, 2019, a Denver jury found Ukuni guilty of killing then 66-year old Ernest Gurrini and other crimes.  Ukuni was originally charged by The Denver District Attorney…

DENVER—Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that a Denver Grand Jury has indicted 27 individuals on 56 counts in a case involving elder fraud.  The alleged crime ring was headed by two individuals, Ernest Hill (age 53) and Davon Phillips (age 27).  In the fall of 2017, they brought a senior from her home…

DENVER—On Wednesday, September 18, 2019, a school bus en route from Denver Green School Northfield made an unscheduled stop because some students were unruly. The bus driver and a paraprofessional, who acts as a bus monitor, pulled the bus over before its scheduled stop in an attempt to calm matters and also radioed for assistance.…