Category: Cases

District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Matthew Erik Lowderback has been charged for crimes he is accused of committing between Apr. 9-10, 2023, in Lakewood, Denver, and Littleton.

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 fourth Fresh Start event at the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility on Saturday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Shimpson Huynh (DOB: 5-11-1991) and Adrian Lau (DOB: 11-26-2000) were sentenced on Friday by the First Judicial District Court for the crash that killed 21-year-old Annika Williams in Westminster on Nov. 14, 2021. Huynh and Lau were street racing when Huynh’s vehicle struck Williams, killing her and her dog. Huynh and Lau were tried by separate juries earlier this year.

a Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the trial of Marqueil Banks (DOB: 8-17-2004) for the murders of eighteen-year-old Damian Wikoff and seventeen-year-old Dillon Wikoff in Lakewood in 2020. Banks is the final of four juveniles to be convicted for the murders. Two juveniles were tried as adults, and two remained in juvenile court.

Timothy Ronald Hyatt, a former Denver Police sergeant, was sentenced today by the First Judicial District Court to 4 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation for his communication with an investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl.

Scott Lee Smith II was sentenced on Wednesday by the First Judicial District Court to 30 years in the Department of Corrections for the murder of his wife, 46-year-old Kanokwan “Nok” Smith. On Feb. 9, 2023, Smith pled guilty to an added count of Murder in the Second Degree. Prosecutors stipulated to a 30-year prison sentence as a result of his guilty plea.

With data dashboards growing in popularity, District Attorneys across the nation are turning to Colorado for guidance.

District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Eduardo Armando Romero (DOB 10-24-93) has been charged with eight counts stemming from alleged conduct on February 13, 2023, that resulted in the shooting and killing of Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Graffit.

A series of new reports provide Colorado District Attorneys’ Offices with a more in-depth understanding of racial and ethnic differences in their prosecution processes.