Courts/Crime

    BRIGHTON — Adams County Court Judge Michael Goodbee sentenced Evan Lawlor Monday to life in prison for the murder of Brighton resident George Lindeboom in 2011.
    The judge heard statements from Lawlor’s friends, Cheryl Schultz and Jennifer McNary, and foster mom, Michelle Moreno, before sentencing.
   McNary described Lawlor as a gentle and kind-hearted person who never got a fair chance to overcome a difficult childhood.

    A former city of Brighton employee plead guilty to embezzlement of public property.
    Quentin Rivera received a two-year deferred sentence on the class 5 felony charge. Rivera, who had been with the city from 2007 to 2011, was the second ex-employee to enter the same plea to the same charge.
Bernadette Haigh is serving six years’ probation and was ordered to pay back more than $28,000.

    The trial for one member of a family allegedly involved in supplying alcohol to minors was continued to June 25.
    Aaron Manzanares faces 10 felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, four counts of felony marijuana distribution to a minor under the age of 15 and a half-dozen counts of misdemeanor child abuse.

    One of the suspects charged in a downtown Brighton vandalism spree is due back in court for an arraignment April 11.
    Diego Luna faces a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief. Originally, his case was filed as a felony. However, the amount of damage was not as much as first thought.