GRAND COUNTY On Thursday, Oct. 14, a Grand County District Court judge sentenced a man with a history of conducting illegal burns on his property to 10 days in jail. Judge Mary Hoak sentenced.
The husband of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann was sentenced to 10 days in jail for setting slash piles on fire and leaving them unattended in Grand County during a fire ban last year.
Husband of Denver DA pleads guilty to leaving burning slash piles unattended
Christopher Linsmayer had faced 12 counts of felony fourth-degree arson and 12 counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree arson in connection to the October 2020 situation. Author: Wilson Beese (9NEWS) Updated: 3:58 PM MDT July 22, 2021
DENVER The husband of Denver s district attorney pleaded guilty to two charges related to the burning of unattended slash piles in Kremmling, the 14th Judicial District Attorney s Office said on Thursday.
Christopher Linsmayer pleaded guilty to two charges, a felony and a misdemeanor, according to the district attorney s office:
Felony fourth-degree attempted arson; placing other person in danger of death or serious bodily injury.
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DENVER The husband of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has pleaded guilty to attempted arson after he left slash piles burning unattended in northern Colorado last year.
The Denver Post reports 69-year-old Christopher Linsmayer was charged after he left several slash piles burning near his property outside Kremmling in October. He pleaded guilty Thursday.
Defense attorney Jack DiCola says Linsmayer takes full responsibility and has agreed not to have any future open fires on his property for as long as he owns the land. McCann declined to comment through a spokeswoman Thursday.
DiCola says Linsmayer started the fires when there was about a foot (30 centimeters) of snow on the ground, and they appeared to be extinguished the following day. But Grand County sheriff’s deputies soon discovered the burning slash piles after someone called to report a possible fire.