Category: Cases

Joseph Gabriel Van Eck was sentenced by the First Judicial District Court for the sexual assaults committed between April and September 2020 on four women from a vulnerable community.

Peter Robert Dettmer was sentenced today by the First Judicial District Court to 28 years to life in the Department of Corrections for the sexual assaults committed between April 2014 and June 2016.

Tyler Condit was sentenced yesterday by the First Judicial District Court to 38 years in the Department of Corrections for the murder of 22-year-old Joseph Elsey of Arvada.

Ryan Scott Montoya was sentenced today by the First Judicial District Court to 8 years in the Department of Corrections for the crash that killed 46-year-old cyclist Gwen Ellen Inglis.

Daniel Short was sentenced today by the First Judicial District Court to 5 years in the Department of Corrections for the crash that caused the death of 59-year-old Julia “Julie” Pacheco.

GOLDEN, Colo. (May 9, 2022) – Vicente Enrique Orozco was sentenced on Friday by the First Judicial District Court to two consecutive life sentences for the murders of 61-year-old Stevan Sandvick and 19-year-old Ivan Rodriguez Rivera in Belmar Park in 2019.

People with active warrants for non-violent, low-level misdemeanor and traffic charges in Gilpin or Jefferson counties will once again have an opportunity to resolve their case without arrest as Colorado’s First Judicial District hosts its second Fresh Start event at the Jefferson County Probation Remington Building on Saturday, Apr. 30th, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Alex Christopher Ewing was sentenced on Tuesday by the First Judicial District Court to life in prison for the 1984 murder of 50-year-old Patricia Smith of Lakewood (pictured).

Isiah Alexender Bennett was sentenced on Friday by the First Judicial District Court to 30 years in prison for the murder of 26-year-old Raymond Jutting in Arvada (pictured).