DENVER—The Denver District Attorney today announced a 126-count grand jury indictment involving nine defendants, 77 victims and at least 52 companies. Maren Raquel Gasser (age 30), Jonathan Wray Hovey (age 39), Matthew Wade Turkett (age 30), Brett Alan Cravens (age 27), Kasee Rae Dela-Torre (age 28), John Christopher Garcia (age 26), Cory Roger Halvorson (age…

DENVER—The legal review of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on February 25, 2019, at 1200 N. Galapago Street is complete.  A copy of the decision letter from Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen is available for review along with the investigation protocol. District Attorney McCann concluded that the shooting was…

DENVER—Convicted sex offender, Johnny Dewayne Harris (age 49) was sentenced last Friday to 25-years in prison by District Court Judge Michael Vallejos.  In May 2019, Harris pleaded guilty to one count of assault in the first degree and two counts of attempted sexual assault. On March 26, 2018, Harris offered a ride to a woman,…

DENVER—The Denver District Attorney’s Office today announced that Tyler White (age 27) was sentenced on Friday to serve 30-years for the October 2016, murder of Ariel Berryman who was 28-years old at the time.  On April 12, 2019, White pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree (F2) and to menacing (F5) with the Honorable…

DENVER—Orlando L. Johns (age 27) was sentenced today to serve a 24-year prison sentence by Denver District Court Judge Michael Vallejos. In September 2018, a Denver grand jury approved an indictment against Johns who was initially charged with human trafficking for sexual servitude of two children, ages 15 and 16 (F2) and two adult women…

DENVER—An 18-year old man, Lin Feng Li, is charged with murder in the first degree (F1) by Denver District Attorney’s Office prosecutors. Li is also charged with three counts of intimidating a victim or witness (F4) and one count of possession of a weapon by a previous offender (F6). On June 15, 2019, Denver Police…

DENVER—The legal review of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on February 12, 2019, at 13941 E. Randolph Place is complete. A copy of the decision letter from Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen is available for review along with the investigation protocol. District Attorney McCann concluded that the shooting was…

DENVER—Francisco Ysidro Ruiz (age 39) was charged yesterday by prosecutors with the Denver District Attorney’s Office. He faces one count of second degree burglary (F4) and one count of theft (F4) for allegedly stealing 15 comic books valued at $49,000 from Mile High Comics. On May 27, 2019, Denver Police responded to a burglary call…

DENVER—Denver District Attorney’s Office prosecutors filed charges late yesterday against Tobias Favela (age 50) accusing him of sexually assaulting five men. He faces six counts of sexual assault (F4). Between November 2013 and January 2019, Favela would allegedly offer rides to men as they walked alone near bars and nightclubs late at night. In each…

DENVER—Denver District Judge John W. Madden IV handed down a 32-year prison sentence for Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez. On March 18, 2019, he was found guilty on five out of six counts by a Denver jury: attempted murder in the first degree (F2) for firing multiple shots at a Denver Police officer, first degree assault on a…