DA Mary Carmack-Altwies Disappointed In Judge Jason Lidyard’s Rejection Of Plea In Triple Homicide Case
From the Office of the District Attorney:
SANTA FE The First Judicial District Attorney’s Office is disappointed in Judge Jason Lidyard’s decision Thursday to reject the plea of life plus nine years in the case of State v. Gage.
Gage attempted to plead guilty to a brutal triple homicide.
District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies stated, “The victims’ families were very clear with us that they do not want to go through another trial. The last one was traumatic for them, and they whole-heartedly agreed that this plea was justice in their eyes.”
Mom pleads guilty to child abuse after son fatally shoots daughter with a shotgun
The siblings were playing swords when the 7-year-old boy picked up a loaded shot gun off the couch and accidentally shot his 3-year-old sister, prosecutors said. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 1:03 PM MDT May 6, 2021
WESTMINSTER, Colo. A 25-year-old woman pleaded guilty to a felony child abuse charge after her 7-year-old son accidentally shot and killed her 3-year old daughter in April of 2020, the First Judicial District Attorney s Office announced.
Michaela Dawn Harman pleaded guilty on May 4 to the following charge:
Felony child abuse – negligently caused serious bodily injury, a class 4 felony
Colorado woman pleads guilty in daughter s accidental shooting death
Jaromir Chalabala
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GOLDEN, Colo. â A Westminster woman pleaded guilty this week to felony child abuse in the accidental shooting of her three-year-old daughter, who died after her older brother fired a shotgun at their home last year.
Michaela Dawn Hartman, 25, was charged with child abuse â negligently causing serious bodily injury, a fourth-degree felony.
Her daughter, Ruby Jackson, died after the shooting on April 21, 2020.
Investigators learned that Hartman s two children were playing swords when the seven-year-old boy grabbed a shotgun that was unsecured on the couch, according to the First Judicial District Attorney s Office.
Samuel McConnell, 45, faces anywhere from 10 to 49 years in prison, according to prosecutors. Author: Nate Lynn Updated: 10:45 PM MDT April 22, 2021
GOLDEN, Colo. A Jefferson County jury has found a man accused of shooting and wounding an off-duty detective during the robbery of an Arvada gas station guilty on several charges, according to a release from the First Judicial District Attorney s Office.
Samuel McConnell, 45, was convicted on charges including second degree assault, aggravated robbery, reckless endangerment and child abuse, according to the release.
McConnell was acquitted on the more serious charges of attempted first degree murder and first degree assault, the release said.
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit against employees of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office that attempted to hold them liable for failing to protect an at-risk inmate from hanging