The Colorado Court of Appeals denied an appeal Thursday to reduce the sentence of a Mesa County man who is serving 117 years on multiple burglary, car theft and escape charges.
Shane Edward Johnson, 53, initially was convicted in 2008 on seven counts of second-degree burglary, five counts of aggravated motor vehicle theft, four counts of theft, vehicular eluding and a slew of other felonies committed over a month-and-a-half period in 2006.
For that, he received 105 years.
But before he could be given that sentence in September 2008, he escaped from the Mesa County Detention Center using a hacksaw that had been smuggled into the jail, according to court records.