Tag: Vale Board

GOLDEN, Colo. (Apr. 27, 2026) – Tyler James Young has been sentenced to 13 years in the Department of Corrections, followed by a mandatory three-year term of parole, after pleading guilty to charges related to motor vehicle theft, eluding officers, and second degree assault.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Apr. 27, 2026) – On Friday, Cesar Hernandez-Sanchez (DOB: 12/15/1992) was sentenced to 14 years in the Department of Corrections for an October 2025 DUI crash that killed Michael Smith and severely injured two others in Wheat Ridge.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Apr. 6, 2026) – On Friday, Jian Bin Chen was sentenced to 12 years in the Department of Corrections for the March 2025 wrong-way DUI crash that killed young mother Jody Chavez in Wheat Ridge.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Apr. 2, 2026) – Today, Chloe Rose Castro was sentenced to 20 years to life of Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP), with a term of three years in community corrections to be served at Intervention Community Corrections Services (ICCS) as a condition of probation. She will also be subject to lifetime sex offender registration.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Mar. 17, 2026) – Bradley Wilson has been sentenced to six years in the Department of Corrections, followed by a mandatory three-year term of parole, after pleading guilty in the attempted abduction of a nine-year-old girl at a Lakewood grocery store in June 2025.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Mar. 11, 2026) – District Attorney Alexis King has announced that the Grand Jury for Jefferson and Gilpin counties has returned a two-count indictment against Brandon David Mumma in the death investigation of thirty-four-year-old Denver resident Jax Gratton. Mumma, who is believed to be the last known individual to be with Gratton, faces one count of Tampering with a Deceased Human Body (F3) and Tampering with Evidence (F6).

GOLDEN, Colo. (Mar. 9, 2026) – Today, Rubel Tim Martinez was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of at least 18 years and up to life in the Department of Corrections. The Court also imposed an indeterminate period of parole of at least 20 years and up to life, pursuant to C.R.S. 18-1.3-1004(2)(a).

GOLDEN, Colo. (Mar. 6, 2026) – This week, the final two individuals were sentenced in connection with the April 2024 murder of 14-year-old Francisco “Cisco” Laqui in Lakewood.

GOLDEN, Colo. (Mar. 2, 2026) – John David Bormolini has been sentenced to six years in the Department of Corrections for a high-speed reckless driving crash that killed Wheat Ridge business owner Nate Oettinger and critically injured his passenger, Dennis Dillman.