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Karl Aaron Bemish from Lakewood pled guilty to First Degree Murder for the murder of his girlfriend, 45-year-old Hilary Engel, and was sentenced by the First Judicial District Court to mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole. Engel is survived by her 8-year-old son.

In response to Governor Jared Polis granting Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos clemency, DA King issued a statement expressing disappointment in his premature act and desire for the decision to come from the trial judge who best knew the facts and evidence of the case.

The First Judicial District Court set a hearing for Dec. 27, to rule on the DA Alexis King’s request to reconsider the sentence of Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos – a process provided by law that the DA's Office contemplated discussed with the court at the time of initial sentencing.

First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King filed a motion on Friday, Dec. 17, for the First Judicial District Court to set a hearing for a ruling on reconsidering the sentence of Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos' and for the victims, survivors and families to be heard in the process.

Peter Robert Dettmer was extradited from Ecuador to the United States. Dettmer faces 126 sexual assault charges stemming from a 2016 case out of Golden. The extradition was carried out by the FBI and is just the second extradition from Ecuador to the U.S. in the past 27 years.

Former Craig city councilman Brian Paul Mackenzie was sentenced by the First Judicial District Court to a minimum of 10 years in Colorado’s Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Program. Mackenzie had previously been convicted for internet luring of a child in Lakewood.

Clinton Eugene Priest was sentenced by the First Judicial District Court on Friday to 48 years in prison for the murder of 32-year-old Robert Miller. After asking for a ride, Miller was stabbed by Priest multiple times outside of a Wheat Ridge bar in September 2020.