DA McCann Joins in Opposing Juvenile’s Non-Homicide 241-year Prison Sentence
75 Prominent Judges, Prosecutors, Probation, Corrections and Law Enforcement Leaders Call on Supreme Court to Reject 241-Year Sentence for Juvenile Seventy-five prominent criminal justice leaders – including former U.S. Solicitors General Kenneth Starr and Donald Verrilli, former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, and former F.B.I. Director William Webster – are urging the Supreme Court…
Read MoreMayor’s Office Launches Consumer Financial Protection Effort; DA’s Office a Partner
PRESS RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release Thursday, March 15, 2018 City and County of Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock Amber Miller, Communications Director Amber.Miller@DenverGov.org 720.865.9095 Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Katie Plat, Principal kplat@cfefund.org Denver District Attorney’s Office Ken Lane, Communications Director Kenneth.lane@denverda.org …
Read MoreMan Charged in Fatal Car Crash (Clark)
NEWS RELEASE – March 13, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 MAN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has formally charged a man in connection with a fatal crash last week. Terrance Clark (dob: 01-16-1976) is charged with one count of vehicular homicide-DUI (F3), one count of leaving the…
Read MoreTwo Men Sentenced for Feb 2017 Robbery/Death (Valles, Valdez)
NEWS RELEASE – March 9, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 TWO MEN SENTENCED FOR FEBRUARY 2017 ROBBERY & SHOOTING DEATH NEAR RTD RAIL STATION Both men charged in connection with the robbery and shooting death of another man near a west Denver light rail station in February 2017 were sentenced today in…
Read MoreDay Care Provider Sentenced in Baby Death (Hill)
NEWS RELEASE – March 9, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 DAY CARE PROVIDER SENTENCED IN BABY DEATH A woman who pleaded guilty in the June 2017 death of a baby girl in her care was sentenced today in Denver District Court. Stephanie Hill (dob: 11-27-1947) pleaded guilty in January as charged…
Read MoreWoman Sentenced for Vehicular Homicide (Rosendo-Ponce)
NEWS RELEASE – March 9, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 WOMAN SENTENCED FOR FATAL FEDERAL BLVD CRASH A woman charged in the January 2017 death of another woman in a two-vehicle crash on S. Federal Boulevard was sentenced today in Denver District Court. Ernestina Rosendo-Ponce (dob: 11-12-1977) pleaded guilty in…
Read MoreMan Charged in Fatal I-70 Crash (Zamarripa-Castaneda)
NEWS RELEASE – March 8, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 MAN CHARGED IN FIERY, FATAL I-70 CRASH Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has formally charged a man in connection with a fatal crash on I-70. Ivan Zamarripa-Castaneda (09-06-1991) is charged with one count of vehicular homicide-DUI (F3) and one count of…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty to Murder in Marijuana Robbery Scheme (J. Binns)
NEWS RELEASE – March 2, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 FOURTH PERSON INDICTED IN MARIJUANA ROBBERY SCHEME/MURDER PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER The fourth person indicted by a Denver Grand Jury last May in connection with a planned robbery of a marijuana seller that resulted in the murder of the seller and attempted murder…
Read MoreRingleader Sentenced in Stolen Mail/Fake Check Ring (Jones)
NEWS RELEASE – March 2, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 RINGLEADER IN STOLEN MAIL/COUNTERFEIT CHECKS/DRUG RING SENTENCED Most co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to various charges One of the ringleaders of an alleged stolen mail/counterfeit checks/drugs ring operating in the Denver area indicted last year by a Denver Grand Jury was sentenced yesterday. …
Read MoreThree Plead Guilty in Marijuana-Related Robbery Scheme (Binns, Arellano, Fay)
NEWS RELEASE – February 27, 2018 Contact: Ken Lane, 720-913-9025 THREE INDICTED IN MARIJUANA ROBBERY SCHEME/MURDER PLEAD GUILTY Three of four persons indicted by a Denver Grand Jury last May in connection with an alleged planned robbery of a marijuana seller that resulted in the murder of the seller and attempted murder of…
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