DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Denver District Court Judge Ericka Englert has sentenced Coban Porter to six years in prison for Vehicular Homicide-DUI and two years in prison for Vehicular Assault-DUI.  The sentences will run concurrently.  Porter pleaded guilty to the charges in February 2024. On January 22, 2023, Porter…

DENVER – Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has announced that Judge Adam Espinosa sentenced Jameel James to 22 years in prison today for killing 31 year-old Kevin Piaskowski.  James pleaded guilty to second degree murder in September of 2023. On July 31, 2022, James shot and killed Piaskowski after a road rage incident at I-70…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann testified today at the Colorado State Capitol in support of House Bill 24-1348, which would prohibit knowingly leaving a firearm in an unattended vehicle unless the firearm is stored in a locked hard-sided container that is not left in plain view or that is in the locked trunk…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2024 Contact: Maro Casparian, Communications amc@denverda.org 720-913-9036 DENVER— Yesterday, February 22,2024, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann and the Director of the Denver DA’s Office Human Trafficking Unit, testified in support of Senate Bill 24-035. Colorado law currently provides a three-year time within which a survivor of labor trafficking or adult…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that, after a lengthy review by her office’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU), she has determined that Hal Hebert’s claims of innocence lack any merit. On April 12, 2001, Carol Hebert’s body was found in the trunk of her car.  She had been shot in the back…

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced today that a Denver County grand jury has indicted Kyle Arienta on 39 counts, including the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA) and multiple counts of securities fraud and theft.  Additionally, Arienta has been charged (not through a grand jury) with 11 counts of completed or attempted…

DENVER— Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced today that, as the result of two comprehensive law enforcement investigations, 23 members of two separate organized crime groups will be charged with stealing or carjacking vehicles and using them to burglarize marijuana dispensaries, federal firearms licensees and other businesses in the Denver metro area between September 2022…

DENVER –This morning, Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, and one of the most influential defenders of the law, died today. The following statement is to be attributed to Denver District Attorney Beth McCann. “ I am certain that Justice O’Connor’s strength and commitment to the rule…

DENVER— Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Nicholas Moodley has been charged with first degree murder. On November 17, 2023, it is alleged that Moodley shot and killed 45 year-old Shane Warn at Park Avenue West and Blake Street in downtown Denver.  The two men appear to have been involved in a driving…

Denver — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Judge Nikea Bland has sentenced Eric Cobain to 48 years in prison.  On September 29, Cobain pleaded guilty to second degree murder with a domestic violence factual basis. On May 28, 2021, Cobain shot and killed 41 year-old Melissa Wright in the 7100 block of…