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…

DENVER— Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that a jury has convicted Remi Cordova of first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder. On February 20, 2021, Cordova, who was 14 at the time, shot and killed 32 year-old Pamela Cabriales after a minor fender bender at Colfax Avenue and I-25.  The attempted murder conviction relates…

DENVER— Denver DA Beth McCann today announced that Judge Eric Johnson has sentenced Stephen Matthews to 158 years to life in prison.  In August, a Denver jury convicted Matthews of 35 counts related to the drugging and/or sexual assault of 11 women between 2019 and 2023. “Mr. Matthews incapacitated his victims and then sexually assaulted…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has announced that John Pastor-Mendoza was convicted today of 30 charges related to the kidnapping, sexual assault, and attempted sexual assault of 12 women. Between 2018 and 2022, Pastor-Mendoza falsely responded as the driver when the women used a ride-sharing app to request a ride. He would either…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Judge Eric Johnson has sentenced Dydrick Martin to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On October 11, a jury convicted Martin of first-degree murder. On December 25, 2022, Martin shot and killed 25 year-old Torrese Gill, Jr. in the 4800-block of North Crown…