NEWS RELEASE – September 28, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     MAN SENTENCED FOR NOVEMBER 2017 MURDER   A man who pleaded guilty to the November 2017 shooting death of another man was sentenced yesterday afternoon in Denver District Court.   Corey Davis (dob: 03-03-1987) pleaded guilty in August to second degree murder (F2)…

NEWS RELEASE – September 25, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     LEADER OF VIOLENT DRUG RING SENTENCED   A leader of a west Denver methamphetamine and heroin drug ring indicted in 2016 was sentenced last Friday in Denver District Court.   Edgar Barroso (02-10-86) pleaded guilty in November 2017 to one count of violating…

NEWS RELEASE – September 24, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT SCAMMER SENTENCED TO PRISON   A man accused of a real estate development scam was sentenced last Friday in Denver Distr4ict Court.   Elliott Boston III (dob: 05-11-1969) was indicted by a Denver grand jury in April 2017 and charged…

NEWS RELEASE – September 17, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     COLORADO SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS JUVENILE RE-SENTENCING LAW   Today, in People v Brooks (2018 CO 77) the Colorado Supreme Court upheld the state’s revised sentencing scheme for juvenile offenders who received unconstitutional mandatory sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole…

NEWS RELEASE – September 12, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     MAN CHARGED IN FATAL TEEN STABBING Defendant at-large since July; arrested September 10   Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has formally charged a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teen on East Colfax in July.   Auviauntea Evans (dob: 03-06-1999)…

NEWS RELEASE – September 12, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     DISTRICT ATTORNEY MCCANN ISSUES OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING LETTER Investigation and Decision Re June 2018 Shooting of Carnell Nelson   The legal review of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on June 13, 2018, near 551 E. Colfax Avenue has been completed. A copy of the…

NEWS RELEASE – September 11, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     SUSPECT CHARGED IN TRIPLE HOMICIDE   Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has formally charged a man in connection with the shooting deaths of three people in August.   Maurice Butler (dob: 03-09-1980) is charged with three counts of murder in the first degree-after…

NEWS RELEASE – September 10, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     MAN SENTENCED FOR 2017 SHOOTING DEATH OF YOUTH   A man who pleaded guilty to the shooting death of a male teen at a westside McDonald’s parking lot last November was sentenced last Friday in Denver District Court.   Francisco Gonzalez (dob: 12-13-1995)…

NEWS RELEASE – September 7, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN SHOOTUP OF POLICE COMMAND POST PLEADS GUILTY   A man charged in May in connection with shots fired at a Denver Police Department command post set up in southwest Denver has pleaded guilty in Denver District Court.…

NEWS RELEASE – September 5, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025     JUVENILE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTING NEAR SCHOOL   District Attorney Beth McCann has formally charged a male juvenile in connection with the shooting of another juvenile outside a Denver school.   The juvenile, age 14, is charged with     one count of criminal…