Category: Community

GOLDEN, Colo. (Jan. 22, 2025) – District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Yvonne “Missy” Woods has been charged with 102 counts related to 58 instances of alleged criminal misconduct committed between 2008 and 2023, during her career as a Forensic Laboratory Scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Woods was employed by CBI from January 1994 to November 2023, during which she worked at two laboratory locations in Jefferson County within the First Judicial District.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Jan. 7, 2025) – Robert Joel Gordanier has pleaded guilty to two charges for the crimes he committed between July 2019 and November 2023, while Gordanier served as Mayor, Police Chief, and Fire Chief of the Town of Lakeside.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Nov.14, 2024) – District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Stephen Robert Geer has been charged with five counts for causing the crash that killed Golden Police Officer Dunn and left three others injured, including Golden Police Officer Grusing.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Oct. 24, 2024) – The First Judicial District will host another Fresh Start warrant forgiveness event at the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility in Golden on Saturday, November 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Oct. 18, 2024) – Glenn Braden was sentenced to eight years to life in prison yesterday for his string of sexual crimes in Jeffco parks last year. Between Apr. 3, 2023, and Aug. 8, 2023, 11 female hikers were confronted by Braden along trails in Flying J Ranch Park, Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, and Genesee Mountain Park in Jefferson County. In August, Braden pled guilty to attempted sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact and indecent exposure, and as a result, faced a term of between four to twelve years, up to life in prison.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Oct. 10, 2024) – Andre Deshawn Jones was sentenced today to 32 years in prison for the attempted murder of Wheat Ridge Police Officer Allan Fischer in April 2022 and three years in prison for the assault on a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy while in custody in 2023. Officer Fischer was responding to a report of a U-Haul truck that had crashed into a fence when he was attacked by Jones and stabbed in the neck, chest and back.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Sep.17, 2024) – District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Brent John Metz has been charged with Second Degree Assault, Menacing, and Illegal Discharge of a Firearm for menacing a fifteen-year-old and seriously injuring a seventeen-year-old last week.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Aug. 13, 2024) – Andre Deshawn Jones was found guilty by a Jefferson County jury today of the attempted murder of Wheat Ridge Police Officer Allan Fischer in April 2022. Ofc. Fischer was responding to a report of a U-Haul truck that had crashed into a fence when he was attacked by Jones and stabbed in the neck, chest and back.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Aug. 8, 2024) – Glenn Braden has pleaded guilty to three charges related to the string of incidents in JeffCo parks last year. Between Apr. 3, 2023, and Aug. 8, 2023, Braden confronted female hikers and committed lewd acts along trails in Flying J Ranch Park, Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, and Genesee Mountain Park in Jefferson County. Braden has remained in custody since his arrest.