As part of our commitment to transparency, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office issues press releases and updates for our community.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 30, 2023) – Marqueil Banks and Michael Mendoza have been sentenced for the murders of eighteen-year-old Damian Wikoff and seventeen-year-old Dillon Wikoff in Lakewood in 2020. Banks was sentenced today and is the final of four juveniles to be sentenced for the murders.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 15, 2023) – late Friday, a Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the trial of Wayne Richard Lotz for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, fifty-five-year-old Michele Scott of Conifer. Lotz was found guilty of First Degree Murder After Deliberation and other charges.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 9, 2023) – Julian Joel Rivera was sentenced to life in prison by the First Judicial District Court on Friday for the murder of twenty-nine-year-old Geronimo Alvarado in Lakewood. On Mar. 14, 2023, after a 5-day jury trial, a Jefferson County jury convicted Rivera of First Degree Murder.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 3, 2023) – District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Nicholas James Karol-Chik, Joseph Edwin Koenig, and Zachary Hiestand Kwak have been charged with crimes they are accused of committing on the night of April 19, 2023, in Jefferson County.
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.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 30, 2023) – Marqueil Banks and Michael Mendoza have been sentenced for the murders of eighteen-year-old Damian Wikoff and seventeen-year-old Dillon Wikoff in Lakewood in 2020. Banks was sentenced today and is the final of four juveniles to be sentenced for the murders.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 15, 2023) – late Friday, a Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the trial of Wayne Richard Lotz for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, fifty-five-year-old Michele Scott of Conifer. Lotz was found guilty of First Degree Murder After Deliberation and other charges.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 9, 2023) – Julian Joel Rivera was sentenced to life in prison by the First Judicial District Court on Friday for the murder of twenty-nine-year-old Geronimo Alvarado in Lakewood. On Mar. 14, 2023, after a 5-day jury trial, a Jefferson County jury convicted Rivera of First Degree Murder.
GOLDEN, Colo. (May 3, 2023) – District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Nicholas James Karol-Chik, Joseph Edwin Koenig, and Zachary Hiestand Kwak have been charged with crimes they are accused of committing on the night of April 19, 2023, in Jefferson County.
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.
