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• Man gets life in prison for fatal stabbing

  April 13, 2013 3:16 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A 30-year-old man who was convicted in a fatal stabbing near Grand Junction has been sentenced to life in prison. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports District Judge Brian Flynn sentenced Julio Ortiz on Friday and added another 146 years on habitual criminal charges. Ortiz... more »

• Investigation continues into Evan Ebel's early release Play Video

  April 6, 2013 7:22 PM

  Evan Ebel remains the prime suspect in two Colorado shootings that resulted in the deaths of Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements and Nathan Leon, a pizza delivery driver from Golden. Prior to Ebel's release in January 2013, he was serving time on a 2005 conviction for carjacking... more »

• Closer look into why Evan Ebel may have been released from prison early

  March 29, 2013 11:14 PM

  Evan Spencer Ebel, the prime suspect in the shooting death of Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements and Golden pizza delivery man Nathan Leon may have been released from prison early due to a record keeping error. Ebel was sentenced to 3 years in 2005 for breaking into... more »

• Marijuana clinic owner gets prison term

  January 7, 2013 4:16 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for running what prosecutors claim was an illegal pot business that only pretended to be legitimate under California's medical marijuana law. Aaron Sandusky of Rancho Cucamonga was sentenced Monday for conspiracy and possession... more »

• Woman receives 10 years in prison for killing Colorado Springs lady in crash

  August 15, 2012 6:01 PM

  A woman convicted of causing a fatal head-on collision after driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of parole. Before she was sentenced today in Denver, Victoria Barry told a judge she will suffer for the rest of... more »

• Teen sentenced to 40 years in Pueblo West killing

  January 27, 2012 5:15 PM

  Torey Kuznicki was sentenced to 40 years in prison this afternoon in death of Michael Hopkins of Pueblo West in June of 2010. Hopkins was shot in his home during a middle-of-the-night burglary. Kuznicki was 16 at the time. Kuznicki pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder. The forty... more »

• Pueblo woman gets 20 years for killing husband

  August 6, 2011 2:52 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A Pueblo woman who admitted killing her husband in 2009 and burying his body in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Sonia Mitchell told the court during her sentencing hearing that she endured years of physical and emotional abuse.... more »

• Marijuana patient charged

  August 3, 2011 8:29 PM

  A Colorado Springs man faces up to 12 years in prison for allegedly having too many pot plants in his house. Court documents say the police never found Bob Crouse's medical marijuana records and they believe he intended to sell the pot. But Crouse says he used the marijuana to... more »

• Stroud sentenced to life

  May 19, 2011 5:51 PM

  News First 5 has confirmed with the El Paso County's District Attorney's Office that Jason Lee Stroud, 32 was sentenced to a Life sentence without the possibility of parole. Jason Lee Stroud was convicted of stabbing 59-year-old Terry Stroud, to death on May 3 2010 in the 2900 block... more »

• 3-year sentence for Colo. man after fatal crash

  April 30, 2011 2:50 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A Louisville man who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and child abuse charges after a crash that killed a young mother has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Camera newspaper reports 24-year-old Corey Lee Smith apologized during his sentencing hearing Friday in Boulder.... more »

• Man gets 6 years in prison in Denver slaying

  April 9, 2011 9:43 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A man convicted in a fatal shooting at a restaurant near Denver's 16th Street pedestrian mall has been sentenced to six years in prison. Forty-two-year-old Yan De Yang received the maximum sentence Friday. Jurors convicted him earlier this year of manslaughter and third-degree assault in... more »

• Vasquez sentenced to 56 years for two homicides

  March 24, 2011 2:42 PM

  A man convicted of shooting and killing two teens during a fight in 2009 has been sentenced to two terms in prison of 28 years each. Juan Vasquez must serve those sentences consecutively, or one after the other. The fight, which started over an iPod, involved several people. more »

• Vasquez to be sentenced in 2009 homicide

  March 24, 2011 1:05 PM

  A large group is in court this morning to observe the sentencing of Juan Vasquez. He was convicted of second degree murder for shooting and killing two teens in 2009. It apparently started as a dispute over an iPod. A fight broke out with a large group involved which... more »

• Man sentenced in 1968 hijacking

  January 4, 2011 12:23 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. citizen convicted of hijacking a plane from New York to Cuba four decades ago has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Luis Armando Pena Soltren was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Authorities say he and co-defendants brought pistols and knives... more »

• Colorado man sentenced in Haiti abuse

  December 21, 2010 6:01 PM

  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A Colorado man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing children at a school that he founded in Haiti. Federal Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven imposed the 19 years and 7 months sentence Tuesday on Douglas Perlitz,... more »

• Man sentenced to life in prison in 1977 murder

  December 17, 2010 12:55 PM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a woman 33 years ago in Colorado has been sentenced to life in prison. Fifty-two-year-old Marcello Maldonado Perez of Port Charlotte, Fla., was sentenced Thursday after a jury in Greeley convicted him of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault. Prosecutors... more »

• Judge sentences drunk driver to 4 years for hitting cop

  September 22, 2010 8:16 PM

  A Colorado Springs man who injured a police officer in a drunk driving crash in March was sentenced to four years in prison. Raymond Laracuente, 27, pleaded guilty to vehicular assault while driving under the influence. It was his second DUI conviction. In handing down her sentence, District... more »

• Man gets 35 year prison sentence for baby cousin's death

  July 7, 2010 7:37 PM

  A Pueblo man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison in connection to the death of his baby cousin. Kevin Buehler made a tearful apology in court today before he was sentenced. "I'm sorry and I regret my actions," said Buehler. "I take full responsibility for the actions I... more »

• Child porn ring sentenced in indianapolis

  July 2, 2010 6:30 PM

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge in Indiana has sentenced four members of a major international online child pornography ring to prison, including a high-ranking administrator of the group's website. Officials have said the group ran the Cache, an online message board where members shared millions of pornographic images... more »

• Palin hacker to be sentenced

  June 17, 2010 12:05 PM

  A judge set a Sept. 24 sentencing date for a former University of Tennessee student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail as the Republican campaigned for vice president in 2008. Records show 22-year-old David Kernell faces a possible prison sentence of 15 to 21 months. He was found guilty... more »

• Wisconsin inmate sentenced for helping cellmate in suicide

  June 11, 2010 3:29 PM

  A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin inmate to 27 months in prison for helping his cellmate commit suicide last year. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Bissonnette said he questioned whether 20-year-old Adam Peterson could have succeeded in hanging himself without Joshua Walters' help. Walters was sentenced to 27... more »

• 2 men tied to Darrent Williams trial sentenced

  June 11, 2010 8:16 AM

  Two men who refused to testify in the trial of a man convicted in the death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams have been sentenced to 12 months each in jail for contempt of court. Twenty-one-year-old Kataina "Markie" Jackson-Keeling and 22-year-old Mario Anderson were also sentenced Thursday to 90... more »

• Court rules against death row inmate in Utah

  June 4, 2010 5:36 PM

  The Utah Supreme Court has denied a man's appeal of his death warrant two weeks before he is scheduled to be executed by firing squad. The high court on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling that Ronnie Lee Gardner cannot challenge the signing of the warrant. The five justices... more »

• Woman pleads guilty in dog dragging case

  May 28, 2010 1:31 PM

  A woman accused of lying about the death of a dog that was dragged behind a pickup truck in Colorado National Monument has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact. Melissa Marie Lockhart pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Denver and was released on bond.... more »

• Colorado man gets life, plus 96 years in fatal carjacking

  May 20, 2010 8:11 AM

  A 21-year-old man convicted in a fatal carjacking in Denver has been sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 96 years. Quent Scaggs was convicted in April of first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting of 19-year-old Aaron Garcia. He was also convicted of second-degree kidnapping, aggravated robbery and... more »

• Colorado woman sentenced for trying to poison husband

  May 14, 2010 3:34 PM

  In Castle Rock, a woman who pleaded guilty to putting a poisonous plant on her husband's salad was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Douglas County prosecutor Bryan Garrett says Lisa Leigh Allen's actions show she had "malice in her heart" and that her husband could have suffered a... more »

• Man to be sentenced in Darrent Williams death

  April 30, 2010 8:12 AM

  A man convicted of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams will be sentenced this afternoon to life in prison. A jury convicted Willie Clark of first-degree murder in Williams' death on New Year's Day 2007, after both men had left the same night club. Several people are expected to... more »

• Judge rejects new trial in Darrent Williams death

  April 27, 2010 3:55 PM

  The man convicted of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams has lost his initial bid for a new trial. Denver District Judge Christina Habas turned down the request Tuesday from Willie Clark. Clark was convicted last month of first-degree murder in Williams' death on New Year's Day 2007. ... more »

• Colo. Springs mother sentenced in her daughter's death

  April 22, 2010 7:27 PM

  A judge has sentenced Chrystie Hardy to 40 years in prison. Hardy was convicted of child abuse resulting in death, for the death of her 4-year-old daughter Madyson May Bogard. Madyson was killed back in January of 2008. Hardy's boyfriend Mark Friend was also convicted in the little girl's... more »

• Mom in Balloon Boy saga to begin serving sentence

  April 7, 2010 5:04 PM

  The mother of a boy purported to have flown away in a runaway balloon will begin her community service sentence this weekend for her role in the hoax. Mayumi Heene will spend 10 weekends working at nonprofits. Her husband, Richard Heene, completed his 90-day sentence Sunday. It included jail... more »

• Father sentenced in abuse of infant son

  March 29, 2010 7:21 PM

  A Colorado Springs man will spend 25 years behind bars, for leaving his son brain-damaged. 25-year-old Michael Anthony Douglas received the sentence Monday, after he was convicted of abuse in January. Authorities say Douglas hit his son back in 2007, when he was less than a month old. The... more »

• Teen sentenced in wrestling death

  March 1, 2010 5:16 PM

  An Ohio teenager who killed a juvenile detention center guard by kneeing him in the chest while wrestling has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Hubert Morgan pleaded guilty in January to voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile... more »

• Drug law change considered

  February 23, 2010 6:23 PM

  Drug users could end up spending less time behind bars to free up more money for treatment under an overhaul of the state's drug laws being pushed by bipartisan group of lawmakers. The bill introduced Tuesday also has the support of prosecutors, public defenders and Attorney General John Suthers.... more »

• Man sentenced for kidnapping and assault

  February 17, 2010 6:54 PM

  A man convicted of assault. robbery and kidnapping was sentenced Wednesday to 63 and a half years in prison. Timothy Clapp knocked 59-year-old Garnett Wright unconscious in the parking lot of a Colorado Springs Target. He tied her up, but she was later able to escape and call police. ... more »

• States letting inmates cut even more prison time

  October 15, 2009 8:28 AM

  Prisoners who behave behind bars and participate in treatment classes are increasingly winning extra time off their sentences. States under pressure to erase budget deficits and ease prison overcrowding are increasing the amount of time inmates can deduct from their terms behind bars when they take classes including job training... more »