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Courts/Crime

  • Trujillo guilty on child abuse charge

    BRIGHTON — After three days of deliberations, an Adams County jury found a Commerce City woman guilty of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury while finding her not guilty of first-degree murder.

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  • Police looking for driver in vehicular assault

    BRIGHTON – Brighton police know who they are looking for as they investigate a weekend vehicular assault.

    Two people were injured and went to area hospitals. Their names and conditions were not known Monday afternoon.

     

          Police would like to speak with Isaiah Phillip Twito, 21. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs about 145 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.

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  • Home-invasion robbery lands four in custody

    BRIGHTON -- Police arrested four people -- three men and a juvenile -- after a burglary of a Brighton home June 5. The suspects are 20-year-old David Allen Ramser; 22-year-old Andrew Michael White; and 20-year-old Jaylen Jawann Davis. The fourth suspect's name was not released because he is a juvenile.

     

    They could face charges of first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit a felony and robbery.

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  • Arrests lead to break in string of burglary cases

    BRIGHTON — The Brighton Police Department arrested two people in connection to a burglary at Brighton Discount Tire.
        Around 12:42 a.m. May 23, officers responded to an alarm at the store on Bridge Street. The first officer on scene found the men in back of the business. After a short chase with one of the men and a thorough search of the area, arrests were made.

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  • Todd Helton gets probation, fine in DWAI conviction

    BRIGHTON — Veteran Colorado Rockies player Todd Helton, 39, pleaded guilty Tuesday, May 7, to driving while ability impaired and was sentenced to one year of probation, 24 hours of community service and a $400 fine.

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  • Wegscheider promoted to Police Lieutenant in Brighton

        Brighton Police Chief Clint Blackhurst promoted Sergeant Scott Wegscheider to patrol lieutenant on March 17.

        Lt. Wegscheider now serves as the Support Services Lieutenant. He joined the Brighton Police Department as a police sergeant in September 1997 after leaving the Northglenn Police Department where he was a School Resource Officer.

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  • Brighton man sentenced to 42 years in beating death of young boy

    BRIGHTON — A Brighton man was sentenced April 11 to 42 years in prison in Adams County District Court in the beating death of his girlfriend's 21-month-old son.

    Donald Jean Scarlett, 33, was convicted Feb. 12 of criminally negligent child abuse resulting in death and reckless manslaughter in connection with the Feb. 2, 2011, death of 21-month-old Michael Harris, who suffered catastrophic brain, spinal and abdominal injuries.

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  • Adams Co. Jail to get new tech for inmate visits

    BRIGHTON — It will become easier for Adams County Jail inmates to visit with their friends, family members and attorneys.
        The Adams County board of commissioners awarded a contract to iWebVisit. Com, which will provide a remote and on-site video visitation solution at the jail. It’s supposed to start this spring.
        iWebVisit.com’s technology allows visits through the “cloud” from any home, office or other remote location with a high-speed Internet connection.

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  • Adams Co. man sentenced in mortgage fraud scheme

    DENVER — A Commerce City man convicted as a co-conspirator in a mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced to 63 months in prison last month.
        U.S Attorney John Walsh of the Colorado District announced March 19 that Derek Zar, 30, of Commerce City, and Michael Jacoby, 44, of Castle Rock, were sentenced last month by U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn H. Vratil. Jacoby netted a 108-month sentence, according to a release from Attorney’s Office spokesman Jeff Dorschner.

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  • Adams County creates team to better handle sexual assault cases

    BRIGHTON — Adams County commissioners, in conjunction with the district attorney’s Office, kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness Month by announcing the creation of Sexual Assault Response Team during their April 1 public hearing.

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