Dahlkemper Nominated for Leader of the Year

Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper has been nominated for the 2020 Leader of the Year for the Evergreen Chamber. She is joined by Betsy Hayes, Mount Evans Healthcare & Hospice, and Cindy Latham, Latham Consulting Services, for this honor. 

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Commissioners Highlight Local Businesses in Video Series

Jefferson County Commissioners Libby Szabo, Casey Tighe and Lesley Dahlkemper visited with business owners who are emphasizing public safety. These visits were filmed and a series of videos is now available on our YouTube channel.

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Jeffco C&R team celebrates 2020 achievements

Our entire team went above and beyond this year to continue building a 21st-century Clerk and Recorder’s office— even in the face of a pandemic. Learn more about our achievements here. 

As for 2021 goals, visit the Jeffco Clerk and Recorder dashbo...

Jeffco finished counting on Election Night all ballots received by Election Day

Jeffco finishes counting 99% of ballots 

GOLDEN, Colo., Nov. 4—For the fourth election in a row, Jefferson County has finished counting on Election Night all ballots received by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

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Find your nearest ballot drop box

Jeffco now has 36 secure ballot drop boxes located throughout the county. These boxes are both accessible -- many don't require you to get out of your car! -- and secure. Each box is on 24/7 video surveillance and ballots are only collected by ba...

Jeffco: Is your voter registration up to date?

Today is National Voter Registration Day! Now’s the time to make sure your information is up to date so that you receive your mail ballot for the Nov. 3 General Election. Visit VoteJeffco.com to check on that, find key dates and other informatio...

New election security page informs voters

The Jeffco Elections division takes the security of our elections extremely seriously. A new security page explains the rigorous safeguards we use to ensure election integrity, from having bipartisan teams of judges perform every ballot processing task, t...

Help pick Jeffco's next "I Voted" sticker!

The Clerk and Recorder’s office is inviting the public to select the county’s next "I Voted" sticker ahead of this November’s general election. We teamed up with Jefferson County Public Schools to invite high-school...

Jeffco sees record turnout for 2020 state primary

Not even a pandemic can stop the Colorado elections model. Jefferson County voters turned out in record numbers--48 percent--to participate in the June 30 state primary election. Great job, Jeffco!

Baca, Jeannette Louise - Homicide

On June 11, 1978, the nude body of Jeannette Louise Baca, DOB 12/05/1960 was found dumped and concealed 6.7 miles south of US Hwy 285 on Foxton Road in Conifer, Colorado. Her body was located by two hikers in the area and was found at the bottom of a 10 f...

Barrett, Colleen Kay - Missing Person

Colleen Barrett was sharing a residence on the 5800 block of Rapp Street in Englewood with boyfriend Robert Alurac until July 19, 2007, when she went missing. A few days later, on July 23, a real estate agent showing a home near Morrison discovered Alurac...

Beck, Margaret Peggy - Homicide - SOLVED

On Aug. 18, 1963, Margaret "Peggy" Beck, a 16-year-old Girl Scout aide, was found dead at the Flying G Ranch Girl Scout camp near Deckers. Beck, who had been sleeping alone in a tent near many other campers, had been sexually assaulted and stran...

Betts, Dellmer - Homicide

On Sunday, April 27, 1986, hikers found the body of a white male in a drainage ditch at Highway 6, about 4.5 miles west of Highway 58. The body was identified as 29-year-old Dellmer Betts, who had recently been released from prison after serving time for ...

Boisvert, Elie Phil - Homicide

On June 9, 1965, neighbors in the 1800 block of Cody Street heard yelling at about 2 p.m. They went outside to discover Elie Boisvert had been cut, and he was yelling at a male to leave. Witnesses described the person as a black male, 35 to 40 years of ag...

Burton, Helen - Homicide

On July 31, 1982, the nude body of Helen Burton, DOB 03/16/1923 was found by a child and his father while playing in the park located on Deer Creek Canyon Road in Littleton, Colorado. Helen was reported missing out of Denver City on July 10, 1982 and was ...

Cassel, Frederich H. - Homicide

On Nov. 3, 1972, Frederich H. Cassel began to complain of chest congestion. He was admitted to the hospital on November 9 of that year, and, after feeling better, he was released on Nov. 30. Cassel was then readmitted to the hospital on Dec. 8, 1972, comp...

Caudill, Jessica - Homicide

On April 14, 1990 hikers on North Table Mountain located the body of a female in a ravine just off of Highway 58. Investigation determined that the body was that of 15 year old Jessica Caudill, who had been deceased for several days.Jessica was a runaway ...

Cohen, Harold Murphy - Homicide

On Saturday, Nov. 1949, 38-year-old Harold Murphy Cohen was reported missing to the Denver Police Department. Cohen, who went by the name Murphy or "Murph," was a known gambler and fight referee. He had reportedly attended a ceremonial dinner at...

Cooley, Melanie Suzy - Homicide

On April 15, 1975, Melanie "Suzy" Cooley left Nederland High School where she was a senior. She was last seen hitchhiking in Nederland. A road maintenance worker found her body on May 2, 1975, in Coal Creek Canyon.

Cooley was last seen wearing bl...

Corriveau, Hollis Jim Sr. - Homicide

On Sunday, Nov. 11, 1970, residents found a body in a ditch in the 4900 block of South Wadsworth Boulevard. The body was identified as 46-year-old Hollis “Jim” Corriveau Sr. Corriveau was last seen at about 8 p.m. on the evening of Nov...

Cortez, Lenora Christina - Homicide

On November 24, 1985, the nude body of Lenora Cristina Cortez, DOB 06/02/1964 was found on the side of US Hwy 285 and Light Lane in Conifer, Colorado by a motorist. Lenora was identified by her family members and was described as a transient without a per...

Coursey, Nora Lois - Homicide

The body of 30-year-old Nora Lois Coursey was found on July 9, 1957, about a mile west of Phillipsburg on Colorado State Highway 124 (Deer Creek Canyon Road). Coursey had been missing since June 19, 1957, when she attended an afternoon birthday party with...

DeTemple, Julia Ann - Homicide

On September 17, 1986, two employees were loading gravel on outlying Coors property, east of Highway 58 and McIntyre Street. They found a badly decomposed body in the nearby brush. Investigation determined that the body was that of 26 year old Julia DeTem...

Dotson, Nonnie - Missing Person

The Air Force nurse from San Antonio was visiting her brother in South Jefferson County on Nov. 19, 2006. She was last seen at her brother's house near Kipling and C-470.Dotson was to report back to the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio two days afte...

Einsphar, Steven (a.k.a. Sparr, Steve) - Missing

On October 27, 2017, Steven Einsphar, also known as Steve Sparr, was last seen getting into a vehicle at an acquaintance’s house near the area of South Kuehster Road and Dancing Bear Trail.  During the course of the investigation inform...

Fuster, Elvin - Homicide

During the late afternoon of July 13, 1981, a resident in the 4000 block of Easley road in Golden reported what appeared to be a dead body on his property. The sheriff's office responded and found the body of Elvin Victor Fuster, a 19-year-old male who ha...

Garcia, Jose San Juan - Homicide

On October 28, 1990, the body of Jose San Juan Garcia, DOB 05/20/1960 was found on the south side of Interstate 70 at mile marker 249. Jose had received multiple gunshot wounds. Jose was a Mexican national who was working and living in Vail, Colorado. The...

Garrick Jr., John Joseph - Homicide

On February 12, 1982, the body of John Joseph Garrick JR, DOB 11/04/1946 was found at his residence located at 132 Paradise Road in Golden, Colorado. John had received multiple gunshot wounds to his body. He was found by two construction workers who had b...

Gonzales, Lucas - Homicide

On Jan. 31, 1995, Lucas Gonzales left his home with his uncle at about 2 p.m. He told his wife he would be back within 45 minutes. Gonzales and his uncle were in a white, two-door, 1992 Hyundai Excel. The uncle said he dropped Gonzales off near 46th and F...

Groezinger, Mark - Homicide

On the morning of April 7, 1984, deputies responded to a report of a body lying on the front seat of a parked vehicle at Mother Cabrini Shrine, located near I-70 and Highway 40 in Golden. At the scene, deputies found the body of Mark Groezinger lying in t...

Hein, Mitchell - Missing Person

Mitchell Hein was 23 years old in 1983 when he left his parents' house in Golden and headed to Oklahoma. Hein had spent some time wandering from place to place, including Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma and California.

Hein was allegedly traveling with friends i...

Hoffman, Jarl - Homicide

On May 19, 1976, at about 2:58 a.m., 21-year old Camp George West Honor Camp inmate Jarl Hoffman was playing billiards in the recreation building with other inmates when someone from outside, near Old Golden Road, shot him. A vehicle was seen speeding awa...

Hutchings, Linda - Homicide

On Sept. 1, 1979, a family picking cattails found a body down an embankment, near Indiana and West 82nd Avenue. The body was later identified as Linda Hutchings, a 17-year-old Arvada resident, who was reported missing to the Arvada Police Department on Au...

Kuetemeier, Ronald - Missing Person

Ronald Kuetemeier, 57 years of age, was last seen at his home in Evergreen on Friday, June 14, 2013. His wife contacted the sheriff's office to report him as a missing person the following day. Kuetemeier works in the IT field and is currently unemployed....

Kunselman, Nick and Hart, Stephanie - Homicide

On February 14, 2000, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Subway Restaurant located at 6768 West Coalmine Avenue Littleton, Colorado after an employee drove past the restaurant and noticed the lights still on inside. The emplo...

Lilly, John - Homicide

On July 2, 1979, at about 9:30 p.m., drivers along West 64th Avenue, about one-half mile west of Easley, found a man's body in the road. The body was identified as 27-year-old John Lilly, who had died of gunshot wounds. Lilly, who was known to sell drugs,...

Lingaas, Dennis Oscar - Homicide

On April 7, 1994, human remains were found by a US Forest Service worker in the area of Forest Service Road 695 and County Road 96. The remains were later identified to be that of Dennis Oscar Lingaas, DOB 04/20/1945. Dennis was reported missing out of De...

Lucero, Eugene - Homicide

On February 22, 1995, the body of Eugene Lucero, DOB 11/23/1945 was found in the White Ranch Open Space Park west of Golden, Colorado. Eugene was a Metro Taxi Cab driver and picked up a passenger at the Sapp Brother’s Truck Stop at I-70 and Quebec Street ...

Mabbutt, Lorne - Homicide

On December 14, 2012, three hikers in the area of Red Rocks Park contact a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy at the Trading Post. They told the Deputy that while they were hiking west of the amphitheater they discovered a human skeleton. ...

MacLean, Shannon Rose - Homicide

On or about April 29, 1988, 19-year-old Shannon Rose MacLean was hitchhiking with a female friend on Broadway between Evans and Mississippi in Denver. The women got a ride from a white man, described as being in his early 30s with a chubby build. He was b...

Malin, Richard Gary - Homicide

On August 16, 1976, at 8:30 a.m., Richard Gary Malin, DOB 03/10/1941 was found deceased by his wife at their residence located at 30290 Palomino Drive in Evergreen, Colorado. Richard was found just inside the front door of the residence and had been shot....

Moore, Jeannie - Homicide - SOLVED

On Aug. 25, 1981, Jeannie Moore left her home for work at the Tenneco gas station at 13th and Wadsworth. As usual, she began hitchhiking at the onramp from Harlan to westbound I-70 at about 7:10 a.m. An employee and a customer at a nearby gas station, alo...

Malonson, Brandi Jo - Missing Person

Brandi Jo Malonson's family last saw her in December 2006 when she left their house in South Jefferson County. Malonson was on probation at the time of her disappearance and has a history of drug use. A few months after her disappearance, friends and asso...

Middleton, Evelyn - Missing Person

On August 25, 2015, Evelyn “Cricket” Middleton, DOB 11/15/1982 was reported missing by her mother. Her mother had not seen or heard from her for approximately two weeks. A few days later, Evelyn’s vehicle was found abandoned on the west side of Vail Pass....

Murray, James William - Homicide

On May 15, 1988, residents of a Deer Creek Canyon home experienced problems with their toilet. After trying several remedies, the residents opened the septic tank and discovered a body inside. With help from Aspen Septic Service and the Jefferson County C...

Neill, Joyce - Homicide

On April 13, 1969, a family picnicking found the body of 17-year-old Joyce Neill about three miles up Golden Gate Park Road from the turn off to Crawford Gulch. Neill's body was located down an embankment from the road. She had moved to Denver from Arizon...

Nygaard, John - Homicide

On May 24, 1977 workers for Robinson Brick arrived at the entrance to the Chieftain Mine, immediately west of the Lakewood Motorcycle Park located at about 15000 West Alameda Parkway. Upon exiting the gate at about 6:40 am they discovered the body of John...

Paddock-Weeks, Jacob C. – Missing

On February 4, 2019, Jacob C. Paddock-Weeks was reported missing.  He was last seen on February 2, 2019, in the area of U.S. Highway 285 near Mile Marker 246 after being involved in a motor vehicle accident.  An attempt to locate Jacob w...

Pillman, Judy Tina - Homicide

On Oct. 26, 1986, two fishermen arrived on the west side of Chatfield State Park near South Wadsworth Boulevard to go fishing. Their dog located a body partially covered with brush. Investigation determined the body was that of 24-year-old Judy Pillman, w...

Schmidt, Terry - Missing Person

On September 6, 2002, Terry Schmidt, DOB 01/21/1949 was reported missing while staying at the Lost Valley Ranch located at 29555 Goose Creek Road. Terry had traveled with her husband, Wiltz Wagner, from Indiana to attend an annual conference. Terry&rs...

Stone, Sharon - Homicide

On July 28, 1989, a man trying to find a hubcap discovered a body down an embankment about one-half mile west of Highway 93 on Golden Gate Canyon Road. The body was identified as Sharon Stone, who had also used the names Sharon Flynn and Sharon Geionety. ...

Unknown - Unidentified Remains - Male

On July 24, 2000, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a telephone call from a Jefferson County Open Space worker who advised that skeletal remains were found on Mount Galbraith located on Golden Gate Canyon Road in Golden, Colorado. T...

Unknown 1972 - Unidentified Remains - Female

On Aug. 27, 1972, skeletal remains were found on Forest Road 554, about one mile east of the Park and Jefferson County lines. The remains were determined to be that of a female, about 17 to 23 years of age, between 5 foot and 5 foot 3 inches tall with dar...

Unknown 1977 - Homicide - Male

On Feb. 13, 1977, hikers discovered a body in a military-type, mummy style sleeping bag, about 100 feet over the embankment from Highway 285, a mile south of Colorado Highway 8. An autopsy indicated the male body had been there between 30 and 60 days befo...

Unknown Male Baby - Homicide

On March 24, 1966, a man out on a drive found a male baby wrapped in blue cloth. The man had stopped in a pull-out 2 miles south of Simms on Alameda and saw the baby down an embankment. The newborn was determined to have been full term and had died of exp...

VanDuyn, Rick - Homicide

Rick VanDuyn, a 27-year-old Genesee resident, was working as a security guard for Evergreen Security on Sunday, Oct. 19, 1986. After picking up the day's proceeds from the Safeway in Conifer, he drove in his marked, Evergreen Security car to the Mountain ...

Witt, Rosetta - Homicide

On October 2, 1961, 74-year-old Rosetta Witt was shot in her small grocery store attached to her home at 5050 Carr St. at about 10:44 a.m. Money was missing from the cash register. Shortly before the shooting, a white male (depicted in the composite drawi...

Charges Filed in Death of Hillary Engel in Lakewood

(Golden, CO – January 11, 2021)  District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of 45-year-old Hillary Engel at her home in Lakewood. Her live-in boyfriend, Karl Aaron Bemis, DOB: 6-30-69, has been charg...

Law Enforcement Officers Receive Awards from District Attorney

District Attorney Pete Weir has announced the First Judicial District Attorney’s Awards for Investigator of the Year and Patrol Officer of the Year. The awards were presented at the First Judicial District’s annual law enforcement lunc...

Jury Finds Man Guilty of Multiple Sexual Assaults in Lakewood

Following four days of trial, a Jefferson County jury found Darrell Eugene Wall, DOB: 1-24-70, guilty on all counts for sexually assaulting five women he lured into his van and RV, by offering them a ride or a warm, dry place to sleep.  On Octobe...

Charges Filed in Shooting Death of Michael Dean Bryan

(Golden, CO – November 9, 2020)  District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the shooting death of 40-year-old Michael Dean Bryan. William Robert Taft, DOB: 5-24-71, has been charged with First Degree Murder – After Deli...

Sentencing in Hit and Run of 10-year-old Walking Home from School

Jose Morales-Reyes, DOB: 8/5/69, was sentenced on October 30, 2020 by District Court Judge Laura Tighe to eight years probation and two years jail work release for running over a 10-year-old child as she was walking home from school in Arvada. The Distric...

Charges Filed in Carjacking and Assault of Two Elderly Women

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the carjacking and assaults of two elderly women in Lakewood. Robert Eugene Harrison, DOB: 10-27-78, appeared in court on October 28, 2020 where he was advised that he has been charged ...

Charges Filed In Stabbing Death In Wheat Ridge

Clinton Eugene Priest, 53, DOB: 2-26-67, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was advised that he has been charged with multiple charges, including Second Degree Murder in the stabbing death of 32-year-old Robert Miller.  Pr...

Charges Filed In Arvada Vehicular Homicide

(Golden, CO – September 30, 2020)  Alan Russell Brazulis, DOB: 4-3-88, has been charged with multiple counts in the vehicular homicide death of 41-year-old Griffin Korosec and injury of four others. On September 25, 2020 the following c...

20 Years Prison for Assault of Sheriff’s Deputy by In-custody Inmate

(Golden, CO – September 30, 2020)  Roger Charles Joseph Freyta, DOB: 6-11-81, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on September 24, 2020 where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for assaulting a sheriff’s deputy whi...

Westminster Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Multiple Women

(Golden, CO – September 28, 2020) District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed against Joseph Gabriel Vaneck, DOB: 8-14-88, for allegedly sexually assaulting multiple women in unincorporated Jefferson County over the last s...

24 Years Prison for Armed Carjacking and Eluding Police

(Golden, CO – September 22, 2020)  Joseph Raymond Saiz, DOB: 4-17-95, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for the armed carjacking of an Arvada man. Saiz pled guilty on August 17, 2020 to Aggravated Robbery (F3); Vehicular Assault (F5);...

14 Year Prison Sentence for Shooting in Walmart Parking Lot

(Golden, CO – September 22, 2020)  Kile Joshua Chaca, DOB: 12-29-97, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for shooting a man in the parking lot of a Walmart in Lakewood.

On August...

Four More Charged in Wheat Ridge Homicide

(Golden, CO – September 17, 2020)  Charges have been filed accusing four additional codefendants  in the shooting death of 17-year-old Nimijah Pimental in Wheat Ridge in April, 2020. Two adults, Sincere Mario Trujillo, DOB: 2-2...

Two Juveniles Charged as Adults in Lakewood Double Homicide

(Golden, CO – September 10, 2020) Two juveniles have been charged as adults in the shooting deaths of two brothers in a Walmart parking lot on August 23, 2020.  Michael Anthony Mendoza, 17, DOB/11-2-02, and Marqueil Deandre Banks, 16, D...

Charges Filed in Arvada Homicide

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the murder of 22-year-old Joseph Elsey in Arvada. Tyler Ray Condit, DOB: 1-22-89, appeared in court on September 9, 2020 to be advised that he has been charged with First Degree M...

Guilty Verdict in Fatal Stabbing in W. Colfax Motel

(Golden, CO – September, 2020)  Following six days of trial, a Jefferson County jury found Jesus Osvaldo Bernal, DOB: 8-29-83, guilty of murder in the stabbing death of a 43-year-old man in Lakewood.  The jury returned their ve...

Four Men Sentenced for Throwing Chlorine Bomb at Police

(Golden, CO -- August 27, 2020)  Sentencing was held on August 26, 2020 for three of four men convicted of throwing a chlorine bomb at an Arvada Police officer as he attempted to clear a road hazard. The hazard was built by the defendants to crea...

Guilty Verdict in Hit and Run of 10-year-old Walking Home from School

A Jefferson County jury found Jose Morales-Reyes, DOB: 8/5/69, guilty of four counts after running over a 10-year-old child walking home from school in Arvada. At the end of a week of trial, the jury found Morales-Reyes guilty of Leaving the Scene with Se...

Arvada Tattoo Artist Charged with Sexual Assault of Female Clients

(Golden, CO – August 25, 2020)  Austin Michael Heuberger, DOB: 5-14-94, has been charged, in two cases, with Unlawful Sexual Contact of two different women while they were being tattooed. 

Heuberger works, or worked, as a tattoo...

Married Couple Charged in Shooting Death of Dog in Lakewood

Sean Oran Andrews, DOB: 7-17-78, and Desiree Kalene Andrews, DOB: 9-26-79, have each been charged in the shooting death of a female pit bull dog in Lakewood. Sean Andrews has been charged with Aggravated Animal Cruelty (F6) and Possession of a Weapon by a...

Attempted Murder Charges Filed in Domestic Violence Assault

David Lawrence Uecke, DOB: 10-9-75, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was advised of the charges filed against him in the stabbing of a woman with whom he was intimately involved. He has been charged with Attempted First Degree Mu...

Wheat Ridge Man Sentenced To 13 Years Prison For DV Assault

Richard Lee Karr, DOB: 9-10-74, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on August 7, 2020 where he was sentenced to prison for 13 years for a brutal assault of his wife with a baseball bat. 

On June 10, 2019 Wheat Ridge police were called to t...

John Cruz, Jr. Sentenced to 38 Years Prison for SWAT Barricade

John Alfonso Cruz, Jr., DOB: 10-20-78, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to 38 years in prison for shooting at police officers and neighboring houses  during a SWAT barricade incident in Edgewater.

On July 12...

Bias-Motivated Crime Added in Assault

(Golden, CO – July 21, 2020)  The First Judicial District Attorney’s Office continues its investigation of the facts and circumstances regarding the alleged assault of Mr. Lakhwant Singh, a Lakewood business owner and member o...

Charges Filed in Arvada Domestic Violence Homicide

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed against Donovan Thorne Walsh, DOB: 4-24-77, in the death of his 32-year-old ex-girlfriend, Alicia Banks-Newton. Walsh appeared in court today and was advised that he has been charged with ...

Charges Filed in Shooting Death in Arvada

(Golden, CO – July 6, 2020) Isiah Alexander Bennett, DOB: 3-21-96 appeared in court remotely on July 6, 2020 and was advised that he has been charged with First Degree Murder – After Deliberation and two violent crime counts in the sho...

Charges Filed in Stabbing of Two Men in Lakewood

(Golden, CO – July 6, 2020) Charges have been filed against David Anthony Charles, DOB: 2-13-91, for stabbing two men at a bar in Lakewood on June 27, 2020.  He has been charged with two counts of Attempted Murder (F2); two counts of Fi...

Charges Filed in Shooting Death in Westminster

(Golden, CO – July 6, 2020)  Ikhide Innis Ikhigbonoaremen, DOB: 10-16-88, appeared in court today and was charged with First Degree Murder – After Deliberation and two violent crime counts in the shooting death of 31-year-old ...

6 Year Prison Sentence for Vehicular Homicide in Pine

(Golden, CO – June 26, 2020) Roger William Fultz, DOB: 03-20-91, appeared remotely from jail on June 25, 2020 for his sentencing hearing in the vehicular homicide death of 24-year-old Jaylyn Huhn in March, 2019.  Fultz and his attorney ...

158 Years Prison Sentence for Double Vehicular Homicide in Lakewood

(Golden, CO – June 9, 2020) William Lloyd Jokay-Szilagji, DOB: 6-3-91, appeared remotely today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to 158 years in prison for the double vehicular homicide that occurred in Lakewood in May, 2...

Colorado DAs Call for Justice for George Floyd and Meaningful Reforms

DENVER (June 4, 2020) – In response to the murder of George Floyd and demand for greater police accountability, Tom Raynes – Executive Director of the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council – released the following st...

Charges Filed in Vehicular Homicide at 6th and Union

(Golden, CO – May 22, 2020)  District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the vehicular homicide death of 24-year-old James Michael Graham on May 15, 2020 in Lakewood.  Four othe...

Charges Filed in Westminster Stabbing Death

(Golden, CO – May 8, 2020)  District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the stabbing death of 52-year-old Noal Nussbaum in Westminster on May 1, 2020.  Wesley Van Lougee, DOB: 3-30-84, has been c...

Westminster Woman Charged in Death of her Child

(Golden, CO – April 28, 2020)  Charges have been filed in the shooting death of three-year-old Ruby Jackson. She is alleged to have been shot by another child. Ruby Jackson’s mother, Michaela Dawn Harman, DOB: 12-1-95, has bee...

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week - Annual Courage Walk Cancelled

(Golden, CO – April 23, 2020)  Across the country this week communities come together, at least in spirit, to honor crime victims during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 19-25, 2020.  Ordinarily, in Jefferso...

Parents Charged in Fentanyl Toxicity Death of Toddler

The mother and father of two-year-old Jada’Marie Glenn-Turner have been charged in her death. Rashad Turner, DOB: 4-8-90, and Denisha Chelyce Woodsking, DOB: 10-1-90, have each been charged with one count of Child Abuse Resulting in Death (F2). ...

Prosecutors and Courts in First Judicial District Join Forces Against COVID-19

(Golden, CO – March 24, 2020)  As the coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to spread and disrupt the lives of those in the First Judicial District, which includes those in the criminal justice system, the District Attorney’s Offic...

Charges Filed in Lakewood Homicide

(Golden, CO – March 19, 2020)   District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed against a 17-year-old male in the shooting death of 54-year-old Robert Steige on March 9, 2020. 

Caleb Hasson Brewer, DO...

Westminster Man Sentenced to 36 Years Prison for Violent Assault

(Golden, CO – March 6, 2020)  Philip Arndt Coy, DOB: 7-15-73, was sentenced to prison for 36 years for a brutal assault on an intimate partner in February, 2019. The sentencing hearing was February 20, 2020.

Westminster Police were calle...

Ewing to Appear in Jefferson County to Face Charges in 36-Year-Old Cold Case Homicides

(Golden, CO – March 2, 2020) District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that Alex Christopher Ewing, DOB: 08/14/60, has been extradited and returned to Colorado to face charges for the 1984 murder of 50-year-old Patricia Smith in Jefferson Coun...

Charges Filed in Alleged Transportation of Fentanyl Through Jefferson County

(Golden, CO – March 2, 2020) District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed against Gladimir Jesus Gamez, DOB: 3-27-86, for allegedly transporting a large amount of Fentanyl into Colorado. 

    Gamez...

Woman Sentenced to 30 Years Prison for Kidnapping and Assault

(Golden, CO – February 28, 2020)  Angelique Cassandra Lopez, DOB: 6-30-90, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for her role in the kidnapping and assault of a 33-year-old woman in Lakewood.

In January 2020, a Jefferson County j...

Third of Three Defendants Sentenced in Murder of Cymone Duran

(February 24, 2020 – Golden, CO) The final two men convicted in the witness retaliation murder of 28-year-old Cymone Duran were in court today to be sentenced. Alonso Quintana, DOB: 3-21-91, was sentenced as a habitual criminal to life in prison...

23 Years Prison for Brutal DV Assault in Lakewood

(Golden, CO – February 20, 2020) Manuel Joseph Casias, DOB: 8-19-75, was sentenced yesterday to 23 years in prison for two assaults on his estranged wife in April, 2019. A Jefferson County jury found him guilty following trial in Novemb...

Jury Returns Guilty on 24 Charges in Lakewood Double Vehicular Homicide

(Golden, CO – February 14, 2020) A Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the double vehicular homicide that occurred in Lakewood on May 19, 2019.  William Lloyd Jokay-Szilagji, DOB: 6-3-91, was found guilty...

Life In Prison Plus 163 Years For Murder Of Cymone Duran

(January 31, 2020 – Golden, CO) Abel Candy Gallegos, DOB: 10-14-83, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 163 years for his role in the retaliation murde...

Charges Filed in Death of 23-year-old Man in Wheat Ridge

(Golden, CO – January 30, 2020) District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of 23-year-old Ervin Spahitch in January 2019. Three males and one female have been charged with First Degree Murder and other counts...

Three Guilty in Murder of Cymone Duran

(January 29, 2020 – Golden, CO) A Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the cases of three men involved in the retaliation murder of 28-year-old Cymone Reyna Duran in November, ...

Woman Guilty of Kidnapping and Assault

(Golden, CO – January 14, 2020)  A Jefferson County jury found Angelique Cassandra Lopez, DOB: 6- 30-90, guilty of five counts for her role in the kidnapping and assault of a 33-year-old woman in Lakewood. The jury found her guilty of A...

Charges Filed in New Year’s Day Homicide in Lakewood

(Golden, CO – January 8, 2020) District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the death of 49-year-old Kelli Jackson. Stephen Douglas Derossett, DOB: 3-14-67, appeared in Jefferson County District Court today where h...

Charges Filed in Littleton Apartment Complex Fire

(Golden, CO – December 31, 2019)  District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in an apartment complex fire in Littleton. Alex James Duran, DOB: 9-25-90, was charged 30 counts, including: 12 counts of Attempt...

Juan Duran Sentenced to 29 Years Prison for Vehicular Homicide

(Golden, CO – December 30, 2019) Juan Ignacio Duran, DOB: 07/04/89, was sentenced to 29 years in prison for the vehicular homicide death of a 71-year-old woman in Westminster.  He was sentenced on December 26, 2019.

On December 28, 2018 ...

Jerald Cross Sentenced to 40 Years Prison in Shooting Death of Girlfriend

(Golden, CO – December 30, 2019)  Jerald Arthur Cross, DOB: 1-3-54, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Julene Isaacson, 61. The sentencing hearing was on December 20, 2019.

On October 7, 2018, Cross and...

40 Years Prison for Domestic Violence Stabbing in Lakewood

(Golden, CO – December 20, 2019)  Alan Scott Evans, DOB: 5-29-86, appeared in the Jefferson County District Court on December 18, 2019 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the brutal stabbing of his wife.

In Marc...

Joshua Kane Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of his Girlfriend

(Golden, CO – December 19, 2019) Joshua Kamuela Akuila Kane, DOB; 12-3-86, appeared today in the Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for the brutal murder of his 23-year-ol...

Charges Filed in Lakewood Convenience Store Murder

Charges have been filed in the murder of a 28-year-old man outside a convenience store in Lakewood. Israel Becerril-Rodriguez, DOB: 3-20-94, has been charged with First Degree Murder – After Deliberation (F1) and two violent crime counts.&nb...

Charges Filed in Lakewood Sexual Assault

Darrell Gene Wall, DOB: 1-24-70, appeared today in Jefferson County Court where he was advised that he has been charged with two counts of Sexual Assault (F3) and two counts of Invasion of Privacy - sexual gratification (M1). 

On October 31, 2019 ...

Man Sentenced to 16 Years Prison for Strong-Arm Robbery of Elderly Woman

(Golden, CO – December 6, 2019)  Contarius Lamonye Alexander, DOB: 3-26-97, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court and was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a strong-arm robbery of an 87-year-old woman in Wheat Ridge.&n...

Tips for a Safe Holiday Shopping Season

Cary Johnson Shares Helpful Tips

During this busy holiday season, malls and retail stores are crowded with shoppers.  District Attorney Pete Weir is warning consumers to use care when they are shopping in order to ensure a safe and happy holiday s...

Juan Duran Pleads Guilty in Westminster Vehicular Homicide

Juan Ignacio Duran, DOB: 07/04/89, in the Jefferson County District Court on November 22, when he pled guilty in the vehicular homicide death of a 71-year-old woman in Westminster. Duran pled guilty to Vehicular Homicide, First Degree Assault, and Attempt...

Lengthy Prison Sentences for Kidnapping and Assault in Lakewood

The last of two people charged in the kidnapping and assault of a 47-year-old Lakewood man was in court to be sentenced on Monday, November 18. Darrius Deon Holmes, DOB: 3-12-82, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. On August 2, codefendant Ruby Arely Ser...

Charges Filed in Death of 56-year-old Lakewood Man

(Golden, CO – November 15, 2019) District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of Rene Perez at his home in Lakewood on October 15, 2019.  Three men and one woman have been arrested an...

Charges Filed in Woman’s Death at Chalet Motel in Lakewood

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of 32-year-old Rotasha Pryor-Thomas in Lakewood on November 2, 2019. Jarvis Rondale Gates, DOB: 6-15-81, has been charged with First Degree Murder – After Deliberati...

Bruce Bagwell Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of his Wife

(Golden, CO – November 13, 2019)  Bruce Bagwell, DOB: 11-15-58, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his 58-year-old wife, Theresa...

Former Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to Jail

A former Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 45 days jail and two years probation for engaging in a relationship with an inmate while she was assigned to the detention center.  Myriah Lynn Lovato, DOB: 9-2-89, appeared in...

Jerald Cross Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Girlfriend

A Jefferson County jury found Jerald Arthur Cross, DOB: 1-3-54, guilty of Second Degree Murder in the death of his girlfriend, Julene Isaacson, 61. The verdict was returned late afternoon on November 7, 2019.

On October 7, 2018, Cross and Isaacson lived to...

Man Guilty of Strong-Arm Robbery of 87-year-old Woman

A Jefferson County jury found Contarius Lamonye Alexander, DOB: 3-26-97, guilty of a strong-arm robbery of an 87-year-old woman in Wheat Ridge. 

On January 7, 2019, Wheat Ridge police were called to the Dollar Tree at 44th and Harlan where they fo...

Bruce Bagwell Guilty of First Degree Murder of his Wife

A Jefferson County jury deliberated one hour before finding Bruce Bagwell, DOB: 11-15-58, guilty of First Degree Murder in the death of 58-year-old Theresa Bagwell, his wife of 37 years. Their verdict was returned on October 28.

On February 6, 2019 Lakewoo...

Charges Filed in Death of 32-year-old Woman in Lakewood

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of 32-year-old Brittany Guern. Asha Adolphus Thompson, DOB: 6-7-98, was charged with First Degree Murder After Deliberation (F1); Aggravated Intimidation of a Witness or Victi...

Austin Boutain Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder in Golden RV Park

(Golden, CO – October 17, 2019)  Austin Jeffrey Boutain, DOB: 10-16-93, appeared today in the Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of 63-year-old Mitch...

Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Shooting his Wife

Humberto Morales Mares, DOB: 8-23-84, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on October 11, where he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting his wife in April, 2018.

On April 1, 2018, Lakewood police were called to 131 S. Fenton where they fo...

ID Theft Ringleader Sentenced to 24 Years Prison

Michael John Mancuso, III, DOB: 11-29-89, appeared in the Jefferson County District Court on September 30 where he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role as ringleader in an ID Theft ring that operated in Jefferson County and the metro Denver ar...

Kathleen Boutain Returned Jefferson County to Face Murder Charges

Kathleen Boutain, DOB: 3-17-94, has been returned to Colorado to faces charges in the death of 63-year-old Mitchell Ingle in Golden in 2017.  

On October, 2017 Golden police were dispatched to the Clear Creek RV Park on a welfare check. They found...

Damon Porter Sentenced to 48 Years Prison for Shooting Lakewood Man

Damon Omar Porter, DOB: 9-10-95, appeared in Jefferson County District Court today, where he was sentenced to 48 years in prison for the shooting of 24-year-old William Scott on April 5, 2018 in Lakewood.

Codefendants Dominic Pacheco-Donelson and Jazmine H...

Austin Boutain Pleads Guilty to Murder in Golden RV Park

(Golden, CO – September 20, 2019)  Austin Jeffrey Boutain, DOB: 10-16-93, appeared today in the Jefferson County District Court where he pled guilty to the murder of 63-year-old Mitchell Ingle in Golden in 2017.  He pled guilty...

Arvada Woman Sentenced in Theft from PTO

Jessica Kristina Tafoya, DOB: 5-20-82, appeared in Jefferson County District Court yesterday where she was sentenced to four years in probation with 120 hours of useful public service for theft of over $58,000 from the Jefferson Academy Parent Teacher Org...

Charges Filed in Shooting at Lakewood Walmart

Kile Joshua Chaca, DOB: 12-29-97, has been charged in a shooting that occurred at a Walmart in Lakewood, and resulted in serious bodily injury to 33-year-old man. Mr. Chaca has been charged with Attempted Murder (F2); First Degree Assault (F3); and four v...

Charges Filed in Death of Patrick Begley in Lakewood

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the death of 41-year-old Patrick Begley.  Shannan Dea Begley, DOB: 11-24-79, the wife of Patrick Begley, has been charged with First Degree Murder (F1); Tampering with Ev...

Life in Prison for Todd Grudznske in Lakewood Traffic Fatality

Todd Kenneth Grudznske, DOB: 8-17-71, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of 25-year-old Angela Wimmer.

On September 30, 2018 Lakewood Police agents were...

ID Theft Ringleader Found Guilty of Racketeering

(Golden, CO – September 3, 2019)  A Jefferson County jury found Michael John Mancuso, III, DOB: 11-29-89, guilty of running an Identity Theft ring in Jeffco and the metro Denver area, between December 2017 and April, 2018. The jury foun...

Charges Filed in Escape from Lookout Mountain Youth Center

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the case involving an escape from Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center in Golden in June, 2019.  Quinn James Scaggs, DOB: 7-19-01, who turned 18 while on escape status, has b...

Charges Filed in Deaths of Two Men in Belmar Park

(August 28, 2019 – Golden, CO)  District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the deaths of two men in a Lakewood park. Vicente Enrique Orozco, DOB 1-1-00, has been charged with 17 counts, including the Fir...

Prison Sentence for Assault of Two Long-Term Care Patients

Gwendolyn Phillis Kentris, DOB: 10-21-73, was sentenced to prison for 12 years for assaulting two female patients at the Ralston Creek Neighborhood, a care and memory facility in Arvada. Kentris was employed at the facility as a caregiver.  The s...

Alicia Valdez Sentenced to Prison for Life in Murder of Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater

(Golden, CO – August 26, 2019) Alicia Elena Valdez, DOB: 5-25-98, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 16 years for the murder of 27-year-old Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater.  She was sentenc...

Habitual Criminal Sentenced to 48 Years in Prison

(Golden, CO – August 26, 2019)  Timothy Albert Bryant, DOB: 8-23-58, appeared in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced as a habitual criminal on his 11th felony conviction. Following the habitual criminal phase of his s...

Man Gets 12 Years Prison for 10th Indecent Exposure Conviction

(Golden, CO – August 9, 2019)  A 72-year-old Longmont man has been sentenced to prison for exposing himself to nine female victims in unincorporated Jefferson County.  Fred Merrill Shattuck, DOB: 11-9-48, was sentenced to 12 ye...

Samantha Maestas Gets Probation in Vehicular Homicide Death of Toddler

Samantha Miranda Maestas, DOB: 12-8-89, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where she was sentenced in the vehicular homicide death of her

two-year-old daughter, Sophia Avila, in August, 2018.

District Court Judge Margie Enquist sentenced Maes...

Charges Filed in Arvada Homicide

First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the death of 38-year-old Veronica Sarinana. Christopher Louis Moffat, DOB: 5-26-83, has been charged with Murder in the First Degree (F1); Tampering with a Deceased...

DA’s Citizens Academy Accepting Applications for 2019 Session

(Golden, CO – July 19, 2019)  The First Judicial District Attorney’s Citizens Academy is accepting applications for the 2019 session. This Academy is open to residents of Jefferson and Gilpin counties and is designed to help c...

Charges Filed in Police Standoff in Edgewater

District Attorney Pete Weir announced the filing of charges in the police standoff with an armed gunman in Edgewater on July 12, 2019. John Alfonso Cruz, Jr., DOB: 10-20-78 has been charged with 34 counts including 12 counts of Attempted First Degree Murd...

Father and Son Sentenced to Prison for Assault

Alexander William Medina, DOB: 8-2-62, and his son Richard Angelo Medina, DOB: 7-30-82, have each been sentenced to prison in the assault of a homeless man at a bus stop in Lakewood in October, 2018. Alexander Medina was sentenced to prison for 18 years o...

Church Camp Counselor Charged with Sexual Assault of a Child

The First Judicial District Attorney’s Office has charged a counselor at the Eagle Lake Day Camp for sexually assaulting a child attending that camp. Tolar Mitchell Locke, DOB: 3-2-99, has been charged with one count of Sexual Assault of a Child...

Alicia Valdez Guilty in Murder of Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater

A Jefferson County jury returned its verdict against Alicia Elena Valdez, DOB: 5-25-98, in the murder of 27-year-old Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater. Valdez is the third of three codefendants charged in this case. She was found guilty of First Degree Murder –...

Austin Boutain Returned to Colorado to Face Murder Charges

First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir announced that Austin Jeffrey Boutain, DOB: 10-16-93, has been returned to Colorado to face charges in the death of 63-year-old Mitchell Ingle in Golden in 2017. Boutain is expected to appear in court in the next...

DA’s Citizens Academy Accepting Applications for 2019 Session

The First Judicial District Attorney’s Citizens Academy is accepting applications for the 2019 session. This Academy is open to residents of Jefferson and Gilpin counties and is designed to help create a better understanding of the criminal just...

25 Year Prison Sentence in Golden Vehicular Homicide

(Golden, CO – July 3, 2019)  William Randolph Lenox, DOB: 9-3-89, was sentenced on July 2^nd to 25 years in prison for the vehicular homicide death of 73-year-old Margaret (Peggy) Braun and for causing serious injury to three other indiv...

Drug Dealer Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison

(Golden, CO – July 1, 2019)  Jorge Alberto Lopez, DOB: 7-10-82, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on June 28, 2019 and was sentenced to 24 years in prison for possession with intent to sell large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, coca...

Charges Filed in Death of 21-year-old Man in Lakewood

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the murder of a 21-year-old man in Lakewood on June 17. Danny Carter, Jr., DOB: 5-14-83, has been charged with First Degree Murder (F1); six counts of Aggravated Robbery (F3); and five ...

45 Year Prison Sentence for Sexual Assault following Kidnapping from Target Parking Lot

Dominic Gabriel Barrios, DOB: 7-27-00, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on June 11, 2019 where he was sentenced to prison for 45 years in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a young woman from a shopping center parking lot in January, 2017.

Bar...

Youth Home Director Sentenced to 54 Years to Life in Prison for Sexual Assault of a Child

William Wayne Sexton, DOB: 6-4-63, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to prison for 54 years to life for sexually assaulting youth at a group home where he was director.

Between 2015 and 2018, William Sexton was the di...

Prison Sentences for Murder of Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater

Two men have been sentenced in the shooting death of 27-year-old Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater. On May 31, Devon Drizzt Howard, DOB: 7-29-97, was sentenced to life in prison plus 279 years. Caleb Joseph Vigil, DOB: 1-29-99, was sentenced to life in prison p...

“Pom Pom Bandit” Sentenced to Prison for Bank Robberies

Brandon Wayne York, DOB: 7-22-82, was sentenced to six years in prison for a string of bank robberies in Lakewood and Arvada in February, 2019. 

    Between February 15 and February 27, 2019 York robbed four banks in Lak...

Man Sentenced in Vehicular Homicide Death of Teen in Westminster

Elliott Hayden Bond, DOB: 5-12-93, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on May 30th where he was sentenced to five years in Community Corrections for the vehicular homicide death of 15-year-old Andrew Potter in Westminster on August 31, 2018.&n...

Charges Filed in Lakewood Double Fatal Vehicular Homicide

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the double fatal vehicular homicide that occurred in Lakewood on May 19, 2019. William Lloyd Jokay-Szilagji, DOB: 6-3-91, has been charged with 20 counts, including two counts of ...

Earnest Maynes Sentenced to 25 Years Prison for Multiple Arsons

Earnest Sunday Maynes, DOB: 2-21-81, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on May 24, where he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for setting eight fires in Lakewood in April, 2018. Seven horses and a dog were killed in the fires.

On April 28, 2018 ...

Youth Home Director Guilty of Sexual Assault of a Child

A Jefferson County jury found a former director of a juvenile group home guilty of all counts, in two cases, of sexually assaulting youth who lived at the Bridgeway Group Home. William Wayne Sexton, DOB  6-4-1963 was found guilty of eight counts,...

It’s Time for Senior Law Day in Jefferson County

The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office is hosting its 9th Annual Senior Law Day on June 1, offering educational seminars for seniors and for adults who may be facing challenges with aging parents.

This year there will be 24 valuable work...

Charges Filed in Multiple Car Crash on I-70 and Denver West Parkway

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the traffic fatality involving 28 vehicles, which occurred on I-70 and Denver West Parkway, on April 25, 2019.  Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, DOB: 11-21-95, has been cha...

Two Men Guilty in Murder of Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater

Two men have been found guilty in the shooting death of 27-year-old Andrew Jenicek in Edgewater. On April 29, a Jefferson County jury found Caleb Joseph Vigil, DOB: 1-29-99, and Devon Drizzt Howard, DOB: 7-29-97, guilty of numerous counts, including First...

25 Years in Prison for Push-in Robbery in Wheat Ridge

Jemelle Charles Adams, DOB: 2-21-87, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on April 25 where he was sentenced to prison for 25 years for the home invasion robbery of two women while they were staying at a motel in Wheat Ridge.

On November 10, 2017, j...

Kelly Kerr Sentenced to 42 Years Prison in Child Abuse Death of Three-Month-Old Daughter

Kelly Ray Kerr, DOB: 8-5-79, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to 42 years in prison for the child abuse death of his three-month-old daughter, Olivia, in July, 2017. The sentence was imposed by District Court Judge ...

Charges Filed in Death of Kristian MacLeod in Golden

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of 44-year-old Kristian MacLeod on April 13, 2019.

Joshua J. Polaske, DOB: 4-22-91, and Laci Ellaine Barclay, DOB; 6-23-94, have each been charged according to their alleged pa...

Lengthy Prison Sentences for Two Brothers in Kidnapping

Felipe Hernandez-Escajeda, DOB: 9-24-88, appeared in Jefferson County Court on April 22, 2019 when he was sentenced to prison for 36 years for kidnapping, burglary, and aggravated robbery of three people in Lakewood.

Just after midnight, on August 8, 2017,...

Charges Filed in Arvada Chlorine Bomb Discharge

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the April 7th incident in Arvada, in which a chlorine bomb was discharged near a police officer who was attempting to clear debris from the roadway.

Four men have been charged according ...

Charges Filed in the Death of Joseph Brinson

First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the death of 28-year-old Joseph Brinson.  

Blake Alan Quinlan, DOB: 9-6-00, was in court on April 10 where he was advised that he has been charged with First Degr...

Guilty Plea in Lakewood Arsons

Earnest Sunday Maynes, DOB: 2-21-81, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on April 5, where he pled guilty to eleven felony counts for setting eight fires in Lakewood in April, 2018. Six horses were killed in the fires.

On April 28, 2018 Lakewood po...

34 Year Prison Sentence in Death of Wheat Ridge Man

Ian Fitzgerald O’Connor, DOB; 10-15-85, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on March 29, where he was sentenced to 34 years in prison for the death of a 63-year-old Wheat Ridge man, Paul Dacko, Sr. 

On August 29, 2017 the Colorad...

26th Annual Courage Walk on April 13, 2019 at Jeffco Courthouse

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is celebrated this year from April 7-13, 2019. This is a time for communities to come together to honor victims of crime and to promote victims’ rights.  This year’s theme is &...

Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts in Lakewood Murder

A Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the murder of 25-year-old Jesse Robinson. Keevin Bell, II, DOB: 1-26-85, was found guilty of three counts of First Degree Murder; two counts of Attempted Aggravated Robbery, two counts of First Degree Bu...

20 Year Prison Sentence for String of Robberies in Lakewood

Two men appeared in Jefferson County court on March 8, 2019 where they were sentenced for a string of robberies at King Soopers stores in Lakewood.

Valentin Justin Arrastia, DOB:10-16-81, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for eleven robberies at three di...

Guilty of Murder in Domestic Violence Death of Westminster Woman

A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of Ezekiel Mark Garcia, DOB: 10-27-93. Mr. Garcia killed his girlfriend, 22-year-old Destini Martinez. The jury found Mr. Garcia guilty of First Degree Murder After Deliberation and Tampering ...

Jury Finds Kelly Kerr Guilty of Child Abuse Death of Three-Month-Old Daughter

A Jefferson County jury found Kelly Ray Kerr, DOB: 8-5-79, guilty of child abuse resulting in the death of his three-month-old daughter, Olivia, in July, 2017.

Following five days of trial, the jury deliberated less than two hours before finding Kerr guilt...

Charges Filed in Bank Robberies in Lakewood and Arvada

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in a string of bank robberies in Lakewood and Arvada in February, 2019. Brandon Wayne York, DOB: 7-22-82, was charged with four counts of Robbery (F4) and two counts of Theft, a (F5) and a...

Charges Filed in Golden Vehicular Homicide

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the vehicular homicide death of 73-year-old Margaret Braun on February 22, 2019. William Randolph Lenox, DOB: 9-3-89, appeared in court today where he was advised that he has been...

32 Year Prison Sentence for Domestic Violence Strangulation

Thomas Adam Rojas, DOB: 8-9-83, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on February 28, 2019 where he was sentenced to prison for 32 years for a strangulation assault on his girlfriend. The strangulation caused the dissection of her carotid artery and...

Charges Filed in Death of 58-year-old Lakewood Woman

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the death of 58-year-old Teresa Bagwell. Her husband, Bruce Bagwell, DOB: 11-18-58, has been charged with one count of First Degree Murder – After Deliberation (F1) and ...

Man Sentenced to Prison for 25Years for Stabbing Co-Worker

David Andrew Gladu, DOB: 4-30-71, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on February 11, where he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a stabbing attack on a co-worker.

In October, 2017 Jeanette McClure worked from home organizing billiard tourname...

Man Sentenced to 85 Years Prison for Armed, Drug-Fueled Crime Spree in S. Jeffco

Edward Roy Barron, DOB: 3-9-86, appeared in Jefferson County Court on February 12 where he was sentenced to 85 years in prison for an armed, drug-fueled crime spree in Jefferson County in 2017. A jury found him guilty of all 18 felony counts on January 12...

Accepting Nominations for Good News Breakfast Celebration

The Good News Breakfast Steering Committee is inviting nominations of individuals or groups to be honored at the 29th Annual Good News Breakfast which will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2018, at 6:59 a.m., at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 West 6...

Man Sentenced to 192 Years Prison for Kidnapping and Robbery in South Jeffco

Jeremy Scott Hackbarth, DOB: 4-17-84, appeared in Jefferson County District Court today where he was sentenced to 192 years in prison for his role in kidnapping and robbing two people in South Jeffco.

On September 16, 2017 Hackbarth and codefendant, Casey ...

Vehicular Homicide Charges Filed in Death of Toddler

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed in the vehicular homicide death of two-year-old Sophia Avila in August, 2018. The child’s mother, Samantha Miranda Maestas, DOB: 12-8-89, has been charged with Vehicular Homicide...

Man Found Guilty of Attempted Murder of his Girlfriend

A Jefferson County jury found Eric Carl Pospisil, DOB: 6-20-78, guilty of attempted murder of his girlfriend in Westminster in April, 2018. Following four days of trial, they returned guilty verdicts on Attempted Second Degree Murder (F3); First...

Jury Finds Edward Barron Guilty of All Counts in S. Jeffco Crime Spree

(Golden, CO – January 17, 2019)  Following seven days of trial, a Jefferson County jury found Edward Roy Barron, DOB: 3-19-86, guilty of 18 felony counts stemming from a drug-fueled crime spree in Jefferson County in 2...

Prison for Two Men in Assault at Bar in Pine Junction

Two men convicted of a vicious assault in a bar in Pine Junction were in court on January 11, 2019 where they were sentenced. Joel Michael Wilson, DOB: 7-15-86, was sentenced to six years in prison. Devin Lee Premer, DOB: 5-28-94, was sentenced to five ye...

30 Years Prison for Kidnapping and Sexual Assault in Gilpin County

Reginald Keith Clark, DOB; 1-1-74, appeared in Gilpin County Court on January 11, 2019 where he was sentenced to prison for 30 years for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 56-year-old homeless woman in Black Hawk.

On November 5, 2017 Clark offered a ride...

Guilty Plea in Evergreen Vehicular Homicide

Daltyn Drake Hollon, DOB: 4-6-97, appeared yesterday in Jefferson County District Court where he entered a guilty plea in the vehicular homicide death of 16-year-old Rachel Hern.

On January 20, 2018 Hollon and three friends were traveling westbound on Hwy....

Arvada Woman Charged with Theft from PTO

Jessica Kristina Tafoya, DOB: 5-20-82, has been charged with theft of funds from the Jefferson Academy Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). The Jefferson Academy is a K-12 charter school located in northern unincorporated Jefferson County. Tafoya, who lives...

Chris Cumsille Enters Guilty Plea in Vehicular Homicide

Chris John Cumsille, DOB: 3-2-72, appeared in the Jefferson County District Court on January 2, where he pled guilty to three felony counts in the vehicular homicide death of 43-year-old Anna Huffman and her 3-year-old son Jason Huffman. Lianne Nelson, a ...

Law Enforcement Officers Receive Award from District Attorney

District Attorney Pete Weir has announced the First Judicial District Attorney’s Awards for Investigator of the Year and Patrol Officer of the Year. The awards were presented at the District Attorney’s annual staff meeting on December ...

TIPS FOR A SAFE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON

During this busy holiday season, malls and retail stores are crowded with shoppers. District Attorney Pete Weir is warning consumers to use care when they are shopping in order to ensure a safe and happy holiday season.

The retail hustle and bustle of the ...

Lakewood Man Sentenced to 14 Years Prison for Assault of his Elderly Mother

James Andrew Navarro, DOB: 9-30-81, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on December 11, 2018 where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for an attack on his elderly mother.

In February 2018, Lakewood police were called to 1374 Zephyr Street regar...

Man Sentenced to 22 Years Prison for Lakewood Stabbing

Marvin Luna-Lovo, DOB: 10-14-89, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on December 10, 2018 where he was sentenced to prison for 22 years for stabbing 18-year-old Damian Williams.

On September 12, 2017 Williams was sitting at a bus stop near the Lake...

Jeffrey Maynard Sentenced to 44 Years Prison in Gilpin County Homicide

Jeffrey Mason Maynard, DOB: 11-10-91, appeared today in the Gilpin County District Court where he was sentenced to 44 years in prison for the murder of 63-year-old John Cumby. Mr. Cumby’s body was found in a remote campground in Gilpin County in...

Two Charged in Kidnapping and Assault in Lakewood

A man and a woman have been charged in the kidnapping and assault of a 47-year-old Lakewood man. On November 20, Darrius Deon Holmes, DOB: 3-12-82, and Ruby Arely Serrato, DOB: 4-9-98, were each charged for their alleged roles in the offense.

On November 1...

28 Years Prison for Assault of Lakewood Police Agent

Enrique Arellano, DOB: 12-29-93, was sentenced to prison for 28 years for hitting a police agent as he attempted to elude police, escaping from a parking lot in a stolen car. The sentencing hearing was November 21, 2018.

Arellano pled guilty on October 1, ...

Charges Filed in Death of Cymone Duran

Three men appeared today in the Jefferson County District Court to be advised of the charges that been filed against them for their alleged roles in the death of 28-year-old Cymone Duran on November 5, 2018.  The three men, Abel Candy Gallegos, D...

24 Years Prison for Home Invasion Robbery of 70-year-old Arvada Man

Ivan A. Garcia, DOB: 3-13-82, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on November 14 when  was sentenced to prison for 24 years for an armed home-invasion robbery of a 70-year-old Arvada man. 

On August 16, 2017 John Woodruff, who wor...

Brandon Hansen Sentenced on Probation Revocation for Videotaping Women in Tanning Beds in 2014

Brandon Alexander Hansen, DOB: 7-14-78, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on November 6, 2018 where he was sentenced to 60 years in prison on a probation revocation. On April 30, 2015 Hansen was sentenced to 8 years in prison, to be followed by ...

10 Years Prison for Aggravated Robbery in Wheat Ridge

Jasmine Nicole Martinez, DOB: 11-28-94, appeared in Jefferson County Court where she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role an aggravated robbery at the American Motel in Wheat Ridge.

On November 10, 2017, just before midnight, Wheat Ridge police...

Man Sentenced to 24 Years Prison for his Role in Lakewood Shooting

Dominic Pacheco-Donelson, DOB: 9-30-94, appeared in Jefferson
County District Court on November 5, 2018 where he was sentenced to prison for24 years for his role in a shooting that occurred in Lakewood in April, 2018.<_o3a_p>

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Two Indicted for Wheel Thefts from Car Dealerships

A Jefferson County grand jury has returned a 13-count indictment accusing a man and a woman of stealing tires and wheels from new cars at auto dealerships and selling them for personal gain. Brian Allen Kassal, DOB: 4-29-85, and Sarah Jessica Maksimovic, ...

Family Justice Center Moves Closer towards Becoming a Reality

(Golden, CO – November 2, 2018) At a meeting on October 30, 2018, members of the Daniels Welchester Neighborhood Association were updated on the progress being made towards the opening of the Family Justice Center (FJC) in the First Judicial District. &am...

Illegal Alien Sentenced to 14 Years Prison for Transporting Meth through Colorado

Jose Chavez-Tellez, DOB; 11-26-69, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on October 29, 2018 where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for transporting almost 15 pounds of methamphetamine through Jefferson County.

On January 2, 2018, Chavez-Tellez...

Lakewood Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of his Elderly Mother

James Andrew Navarro, DOB: 9-30-81, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on October 25, 2018 where he pled guilty to Attempted Second Degree Murder following an assault on his elderly mother.

In February 2018, Lakewood police were called to 1374 Zep...

David Broom Sentenced to 6 Years Prison for Vehicular Homicide

David Michael Broom, DOB: 4-1-95, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on October 25 where he was sentenced to six years in prison for the vehicular homicide death of 21-year-old Anne Gibson, in June, 2017.

On June 24, 2017 the Colorado State Patrol...

Three Sentenced in Stabbing of Man in Lakewood.

Amber Nicole Price, DOB: 10-3-83, appeared in Jefferson County District Court today where she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the brutal stabbing of 43-year-old Timothy Seaver in January, 2018. Price pled guilty on July 9 to Conspiracy...

Gilpin County Jury Convicts Man of Kidnapping and Sexual Assault

A Gilpin County jury found Reginald Keith Clark, DOB; 1-1-74, guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 56-year-old homeless woman in Black Hawk in November, 2017. Following three days of trial the jury found him guilty of Kidnapping (F2); Sexual Ass...

Morrison Man Charged with Murder

     First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the death of 61-year-old Julene Isaacson at her home in Morrison. Jerald Arthur Cross, DOB: 1-3-54, has been charged with First Degr...

Wynn Sichting Sentenced for Assault and Kidnapping

 Wynn Ray Sichting, DOB: 7-25-58, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court was sentenced to four years probation, with 10 months in jail as a condition of probation, for an assault on his 21-year-old ex-nephew.

On September 11, 2017, at 9...

First Degree Murder Charged in Lakewood Traffic Fatality

First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that charges have been filed in the death of 25-year-old Angela Wimmer. Todd Kenneth Grudznske, DOB: 8-17-71, has been charged with fifteen counts, including First Degree Murder – Extrem...

Enrique Arellano Pleads Guilty to Assault of Police Officer

Enrique Arellano, DOB: 12-29-93, pled guilty to First Degree Assault (F3), leaving the Scene of an Accident with SBI (F4), and a Crime of Violence count for hitting a police agent as he attempted to elude law enforcement in a stolen car.

In May, 2018 Lakew...

Jeffrey Maynard Pleads Guilty in Gilpin County Homicide

Jeffrey Mason Maynard, DOB: 11-10-91, appeared today in the Gilpin County District Court and pled guilty in the death of 63-year-old John Cumby. Mr. Cumby’s body was found in a remote campground in Gilpin County in September, 2017.

Maynard pled g...

Man Sentenced to 26 Years Prison for Kidnapping and Robbery in South Jeffco

(Golden, CO – September 21, 2018)   Casey Daniel Cleveland, DOB: 6-7-85, appeared in Jefferson County District Court today where he was sentenced to 26 years in prison, plus five years parole, for his role in kidnapping and robbing two ...

First Judicial District Bar Association Honors DA Pete Weir

District Attorney Pete Weir has been presented with the First Judicial District Bar Association’s highest recognition, the Award of Merit. This award is presented annually to an attorney member of the First Judicial District Bar Association who ...

Man Guilty of Transporting over 14 Pounds of Meth through Colorado

A Jefferson County jury deliberated just 40 minutes before finding Jose Chavez-Tellez, DOB; 11-26-69, guilty of possession with intent to distribute nearly 15 pounds of methamphetamine.

On January 2, 2018, Chavez-Tellez and his wife were traveling eastboun...

Man Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Stabbing RTD Bus Driver

Richard Allen Mathis, DOB: 1-22-78, appeared yesterday in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for an assault on an RTD driver that included him biting off part of the driver’s ear.

On February 24, 2017 Jef...

Marijuana, Meth, and Driving Results in 36 Year Prison Sentence

Troy Steven Glassford, DOB: 10-9-78, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on September 10, 2018 where was sentenced to 36 years in prison for the vehicular homicide death of 43-year-old Nathan Osburn.

On January 10, 2018 Arvada police were called to...

Isabella Parker Sentenced to 10 Years Prison For Elder Abuse of her 87-year-old Father

Isabella Diantha Parker, DOB: 4-9-70, appeared before District Court Judge Jeffrey Pilkington where she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for abuse of her 87-year-old father, Ben Parker.

On February 21, 2017 Golden police were contacted by paramedics wit...

Wynn Sichting Pleads Guilty to Assault and Kidnapping

Wynn Ray Sichting, DOB: 7-25-58, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on August 31, 2018 and pled guilty to three counts for repeatedly assaulting his 21-year-old ex-nephew and locking him in a metal storage container for several hours.

On September...

Vehicular Homicide Charges Filed in Death of 15-Year-Old in Westminster

District Attorney Pete Weir announced today that Elliot Hayden Bond, DOB: 5-12-93, has been charged in the vehicular homicide death of 15-year-old Andrew Potter in Westminster on August 31, 2018.

According to the arrest affidavit, Westminster police were c...

Nathan Hale Sentenced to Prison for Failure to Provide Aid as Friend Overdosed

William Nathan Hale, DOB: 7-17-81, was sentenced to four years in prison for leaving his friend, 25-year-old Natasha Rowley, as she died of a methamphetamine overdose on drugs which he brought with him to her house.

On June 2, 2017. Hale had driven five ho...

Woman Sentenced to 17 Years Prison for Child Abuse Death

Bethany Joy Smith, DOB; 4-24-95, has been sentenced to prison for 17 years for the death of her three-month-old son, Skyler, in May, 2016. She will also have a mandatory five-year period of parole at the end of her sentence. Mrs. Smith pled guilty to Negl...

Two Guilty in Kidnapping and Robbery in South Jeffco

Two men accused of kidnapping and robbing two people in south Jeffco have been convicted and are now awaiting sentencing.

Following six days of trial, a Jefferson County jury found Jeremy Scott Hackbarth, DOB: 4-17-84, guilty of numerous counts for his rol...

Five Years Prison for 8th DUI Conviction

     John Charles Thompson, DOB: 4-22-73, was sentenced to five years in prison for his 8th DUI offense on August 27, 2018. Mr. Thompson was on bond for a DUI offense in another county when he was arrested in this case....

Grand Jury Indicts Eight in ID Theft Ring

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that the county grand jury has returned a 68-count indictment dismantling an ID theft ring operating in Jefferson County and the metro Denver area between December 2017 and April 2018. Four men and four women have bee...

IRS IMPOSTER SCAM - DON’T BE FOOLED

District Attorney Pete Weir is warning consumers to beware of the IRS Imposter scam. While these scams are not new to the metro Denver area, the DA’s Office is  seeing an uptick in consumer calls about this, and similar, scams. There ma...

Attorney Glenn Gregory Sentenced to 4 Years Prison for Bilking Grandmother out of $1.4M

Glenn William Gregory, DOB; 3-13-62, was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing over $1.4 million from a trust fund created to provide for his 89-year-old step-grandmother. Today’s four-year prison sentence will be served consecutively to an eight...

David Broom Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Homicide

David Michael Broom, DOB: 4-1-95, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on August 21 where he pled guilty in the vehicular homicide death of 21-year-old Anne Gibson in June, 2017.

On June 24, 2017 the Colorado State Patrol was called to the area of 9...

Last of Eight People Sentenced in Brutal Kidnapping and Assault of Arvada Man

A teen charged as an adult for his part in a violent crime spree that included the shooting of an 18-year-old Arvada man was sentenced on August 17, 2018. Luis Julian Riso, DOB: 4-15-00, was given a 21-year prison sentence, suspended upon success...

Martinez Sentenced to 24 Years Prison for Shooting Teen

(Golden, CO – August 17, 2018) John Martinez, DOB: 1-22-94, appeared in the Jefferson County District Court on August 16 where he was sentenced to prison for 24 years in the shooting death of 16-year-old Zebulun Bacon.Martinez was drinking and h...

Arrest Warrants Issued in 34-Year-Old Cold Case Homicides

(Aurora, CO - August 10, 2018) At a joint news conference today in Aurora, criminal justice and law enforcement offi-cials announced that arrest warrants have been issued in two 34-year-old cold case homicides in the metro Denver area.

George Brauchler, Di...

Wheat Ridge Woman gets 10 Years Prison for Setting Car Fire with Husband Asleep Inside

Andrea Toni Moreno, DOB: 9-10-69, appeared in the Jefferson County District Court on August 6 where she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting fire to the family vehicle with her husband asleep inside.

On July 20, 2017 at about 11:30 p.m. Arvada F...

Joint News Conference Scheduled for Friday Regarding Cold Cases

The investigation into the 1984 cold case homicides of Patricia Louise Smith in Lakewood, and the three members of the Bennett family in Aurora, are reaching a critical stage. No further information can be released at this time, but we expect to provide m...

First Degree Murder Charges Filed in Wheat Ridge Death

First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed against Joshua Kamuela Akuila Kane, DOB; 12-3-86, in the death of his roomate, 23-year-old Nicole Lindsey. Mr. Kane has been charged with First Degree Murder – Aft...

Joseph Barela Sentenced to 48 Years Prison for Child Abuse Death

Joseph William Barela, DOB: 3-16-89, appeared in the Jefferson County District Court today where he was sentenced to prison for 48 years for the child abuse death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, Samantha, in January, 2017.

Fo...

Guilty Plea in Arvada Vehicular Homicide

Troy Steven Glassford, DOB: 10-9-78, appeared in Jefferson County District Court earlier this week where he pled guilty in the vehicular homicide death of 43-year-old Nathan Osburn.

On January 10, 2018 Arvada police were called to the area of Pomona Drive ...

Erik Newton Guilty of Murder in Unincorporated Jeffco

A Jefferson County jury deliberated four hours on July 17^th before finding Erik Jamal Newton, DOB: 12-24-94, guilty of the murder of Zachary Greenstreet in June, 2016.

A Jefferson County jury deliberated four hours on July 17th before finding Erik Jamal Ne...

DA’s Citizens Academy Accepting Applications for 2018 Session

The First Judicial District Attorney’s Citizens Academy is accepting applications for the 2018 session. This Academy is open to residents of Jefferson and Gilpin counties and is designed to help create a better understanding of the criminal just...

Charges Filed in Shooting of Uber Driver in Lakewood

District Attorney Pete Weir announced that charges have been filed against two males involved in the shooting of an Uber driver in Lakewood in June. Quartez Smith, DOB: 03-16-00, and a 13-year-old juvenile have each been charged with numerous felonies.

On ...

Wheat Ridge Woman Guilty of Setting Car Fire with Husband Asleep Inside

A Jefferson County jury found Andrea Toni Moreno, DOB: 9-10-69, guilty of Attempted First Degree Murder for setting fire to the family vehicle with her husband asleep inside. The jury deliberated for five hours before returning their verdict on June 20, 2...

Joseph Barela Found Guilty of Child Abuse Resulting in Death

A Jefferson County jury found Joseph William Barela, DOB: 03-16-89, guilty of child abuse resulting in the death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, Samantha Sanchez, in January, 2017. 

Following nine days of trial, the jury delib...

Lawrence Arellano Sentenced to Life in Prison for First Degree Murder

Lawrence Arellano, DOB: 3-21-68, appeared today in Jefferson County District Court where he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of James Miller in January, 2017. 

Following four days of trial, a Jefferson County returned their guilty ve...

Lawrence Arellano Guilty of First Degree Murder

A Jefferson County jury deliberated two hours on June 7th before finding Lawrence Arellano, DOB: 03-21-68, guilty of the first degree murder of James Miller in January, 2017.On January 4, 2017 codefendant Charles Joseph Martinez, DOB/01-19-84, met Miller ...

Charges Filed in Vehicular Assault of Police Officer

The District Attorney’s Office has filed charges in the case against Enrique Arellano, DOB: 12-29-93, for hitting a police agent as he attempted to elude law enforcement in a stolen car.

At around 2:00 a.m. on May 25, Lakewood police agents ident...

Joshua Gonzales Sentenced to 30 Years Prison for Child Abuse of Toddler

Joshua James Gonzales, DOB: 10-24-95, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for inflicting a series of violent and traumatic injuries on his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter.

Following trial in April, a Jefferson County jury deliberated just three ho...

LIFE IN PRISON FOR GARY NICKAL IN MURDER OF WIFE

A Jefferson County jury deliberated for three hours, rejecting an insanity defense and returning a guilty verdict in the murder of 35-year-old Molly Nickal.  Gary Lee Nickal, DOB/7-22-77, Molly’s husband, shot her twice, once in the head, with a ...

Don’t Miss Senior Law Day in Jefferson County

The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office is hosting its 8th Annual Senior Law Day on June 2, offering educational seminars for seniors and for adults who may be facing challenges with aging parents.

This year there will be 24valuable works...

Tyler Blanco Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Shooting Cousin

            Tyler James Blanco, DOB: 9-17-90, appeared in Jefferson County Court on Friday, April 27, 2018, where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting his 23-year-old cousin in the back ...

Two Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Death of Littleton Man

Jordan Taggert Lemarinel, DOB: 4-17-90, appeared in Jefferson County District Court today where he was sentenced to life in prison, plus 12 years, for the murder of 26-year-old Addison Stewart in May, 2017. Codefendant Kenneth Upton Crise, DOB: 10-15-61, ...

Jury Finds Joshua Gonzales Guilty of Child Abuse of Toddler

A Jefferson County jury deliberated just three hours before returning a guilty verdict in the case against Joshua James Gonzales, DOB: 10-24-95, for abuse of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. The jury found Gonzales guilty of Child Abuse r...

Lakewood Man Sentenced to 28 Years Prison for Death of Infant

     Josiah Lamarr Jones, DOB: 9-7-95, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on April 10  where he was sentenced to prison for 28 years for the death of his three-month-old daughter, Naomi Jones. Josiah Jones pled...

Eric St. George Guilty of Shooting at Lakewood Police Agents

(Golden, CO – April 6, 2018) A Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the case against Eric James St. George, DOB: 7-31-77, for firing shots at Lakewood Police agents in July, 2016.Following seven days of trial, the jury came back wit...

Judge Denies Unsupervised Off-Grounds Privileges for Eastwood

(Golden, CO – March 20, 2018) A Jefferson County District Court judge has denied the state hospital’s request for off-grounds unsupervised privileges for Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, DOB: 1-21-78. In 2011 Mr. Eastwood was found not gui...

Lakewood Man Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse Resulting in Death of Infant

Josiah Lamarr Jones, DOB: 9-7-95, appeared in
Jefferson County District Court on March 6, 2018 where he pled guilty inthe death of his three-month-old daughter,
Naomi Jones. Josiah Jones pled guilty to a class two felony, Child AbuseResulting in Death...

Former Mountain View Police Officer Sentenced for Embezzlement

A former Mountain View Police officer has been sentenced for embezzlement and attempting to influence a public servant. Leonard Portugal, DOB: 12-29-69, appeared in Jefferson County Court on February 28, 2018 where he was sentenced to four years Economic ...

RESCHEDULED: Drone Flight on McIntyre Street, Thursday, February 11, 2021

Due to snow cover, the drone flight scheduled for Wednesday, February 10 has been moved to Thursday, February 11 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The drone will fly along the west side of McIntyre Street between W. 52nd Avenue north to W. 56th Place.

There are ...

Drone Flight over JC-73 (Citation Trail to S. Blue Creek Road) on Thursday, January 21, 2021

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday January 21, 2021 using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly along both the east and west sides of JC-73 from Citation Trail to S. Bl...

Drone Flight over the Jeffco Administration & Courts Building on Thursday, January 21, 2021

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday January 21, 2021 using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly over the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility and surrounding area l...

Canceled: Drone Flight over the Jeffco Admin. & Courts Building on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Jefferson County canceled the Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone) flight that was scheduled for January 6 at 10:00 a.m. over the Administration and Courts Building. The aerial survey will be rescheduled for another date. 

Drone Flight over McIntyre Street (W. 32nd Avenue north to SH-58) on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday January 6, 2021 using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly along both the east and west sides of McIntyre Street between W. 32nd Avenue north...

Drone Flight over the Jeffco Administration & Courts Building on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly over the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility and surrounding are...

Drone Flight on S. Kipling Parkway Thursday, November 19, 2020

Jefferson County will conduct an aerial survey from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 19 using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly along the west side of S. Kipling Parkway between W. Coal Mine Avenue to W. Geddes Avenue.

T...

Drone Flight on W. Quincy Avenue, Monday, October 12

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Monday October 12 using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly along the north side of W. Quincy Avenue between S. Arbutus Way to S. Union Street.

There ...

Drone Flight on S. Foxton Road Thursday September 24, 2020

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday September 24, using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly along the south side of S. Foxton Road approximately 1/4 mile southeast of US Highway ...

Drone Flight on McIntyre Street, Wednesday, July 15

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). The drone will fly along the west side of McIntyre Street between W. 60th Avenue south to W. 58th Avenue. I...

Drone Flight on Jefferson County Highway 73, Tuesday, May 19

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone). JC-73 will be temporarily closed for the drone to fly over the roadway between State Highway 74 south t...

Drone Flight on McIntyre Street Tuesday, March 10

Jefferson County will be conducting an aerial survey from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone).  The drone will fly along the west side of McIntyre Street between W. 60th Avenue south to W....

Survive & Thrive - Securing Employment in 2021

"Survive and thrive in your job search during COVID-19" is a 5 week, 3 hour per week accelerated work search series through Jefferson County’s Business & Workforce Center for displaced workers currently seeking employment. The seri...

New Location for Clothing Bank Now Open

The Action Center has opened the clothing bank in a new, larger location near Colfax and Wadsworth. 

Why a new location?

Over the past several months, we have worked hard to address clothing needs in a variety of ways in our current facility and ha...

Helping Teens Thrive...Together

Helping Teens Thrive...Together is a new virtual event for teens and their trusted adult(s) to connect and learn together!  After 30 years of supporting parents through Jefferson Center’s Helping Kids Thrive Conference, community partne...

Human Services in the Community, 2020

2020 proved to be a challenging year, but through all the ups and downs Jefferson County Human Services rose to the challenge in innovative, creative, and exciting ways. Human Services achieved so much in 2020 it’s hard to put it all into words, so here a...

New Website to Better Serve Job Seekers & Businesses

Jefferson County's Business & Workforce Center (BWC) has launched a newly renovated website to better serve job seekers, businesses, and community members. 

The Business & Workforce Center provides resources to create successful c...

Virtual, No-Cost Preschool Includes Family Services

Jefferson County Head Start is enrolling now for no-cost preschool.

Head Start is currently providing virtual-only services due to the pandemic, and we will re-open in-person classes as soon as it is deemed safe by local health authorities. 

We cur...

Human Services Buildings Closed on Fridays

Human Services and Laramie buildings are open for limited in-person services Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30am – 5:30pm. Buildings are closed on Fridays but services are available virtually. 

A drop box remains available outside the ...

Access Services Virtually Due to COVID-19

Human Services and Laramie buildings are open for limited in-person services Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30am – 5:30pm. Buildings are closed on Fridays but services are available virtually. 

Services are encouraged to be accessed virtually wh...

Navigating Resources

For many people it may be difficult to know where to start looking for reliable resources and understand what resources are available in a time of crisis. A new resource is now available to help navigate the often-challenging road to identify specific res...

Grand Opening of PorchLight, A Family Justice Center

The long-awaited grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for PorchLight, A Family Justice Center in Jefferson County is finally here: 

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting CeremonyWednesday, February 24, 2021 I 9:00 a.m.Virtual to the public, In-per...

Read our latest Engage Jeffco enewsletter

Read the February Issue to find out about county news, community events, classes, health and safety tips, announcements and much more!

Our ongoing goal is to make Engage Jeffco a great resource for citizens to stay updated on county news, important service...

Dahlkemper Nominated for Leader of the Year

Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper has been nominated for the 2020 Leader of the Year for the Evergreen Chamber. She is joined by Betsy Hayes, Mount Evans Healthcare & Hospice, and Cindy Latham, Latham Consulting Services, for this honor. 

Through...

Jefferson County Moves to Level Yellow on State’s New Dial 2.0

Jefferson County, Colo. – On Feb. 5, 2021, Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced a new Dial Framework for measuring county’s levels of openness called Dial 2.0. Under the new dial...

2020 Historically Jeffco Magazine Now Available!

The Jefferson County Historical Commission (JCHC) invites you to read its annual publication, Historically Jeffco magazine. Following the theme of Legacy Trades and Businesses, the 2020 edition highlights numerous local commercial enterprises that have th...

New! Sign up for Notifications for COVID-19 Alerts

Do you want to be notified of the latest news about COVID-19 from Jefferson County, like about vaccines, testing sites, changes to Jeffco’s dial status and more? Then subscribe to our Jeffco COVID-19 Alert notification. We will send these out to you via t...

Inspections Start, Businesses Pre-Certified for Jefferson County’s Five-Star Certification Program

With approval of the Jeffco Five-Star Certification Program, Jefferson County has begun sending inspectors out to restaurants that indicated interest for certification and participation in the program and completed an application that was approved. At thi...

Meet Your Newly Elected Jeffco Officials on Jan. 12

Please join us for the 2021 Jefferson County Elected Officials Swearing-In Ceremony. The following will be sworn into office: Commissioner Elect Andy Kerr; Commissioner Elect Tracy Kraft-Tharp; District Attorney Elect Alexis King; Surveyor Elect Robert He...

CDPHE Approves Jefferson County’s Five-Star Certification Program

On December 31, 2020, at 4 p.m., we received approval from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) of our Five-Star Certification Program. Due to the recent announcement from Governor Jared Polis that all counties in Level Red wil...

Jefferson County Submits Application for Five-Star Certified Business Variance Program

Jefferson County submitted the required application and letters of support to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) on Dec. 23 for the “5 star” certified business variance program that, if approved, will allow increased capacity...

Jefferson County Public Health Announces New Large Capacity COVID-19 Testing Sites

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH), in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) and Curative Testing, is launching two new FREE COVID-19 testing sites in the county....

CARES Team Highlights Economic Help to Community, Continued Efforts

For more than six months, a dedicated team from across Jefferson County has been busy helping small businesses, cities, nonprofit organizations, residents and others via the CARES Act, or Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.  Shortl...

Jeffco Development and Transportation In-Person Services Closed

Several divisions under Jeffco’s Development and Transportation department are closing in-person appointments and services due to the increase in the community spread of COVID-19. The safety and well-being of our visitors and our employees is ou...

Notice: First Amended Public Health Order 20-009

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today released a first amended Public Health Order 20-009 (PHO 20-009). The order was amended to provide clarifications on where PHO 20-009 does and does not apply. The intent of the order has not changed. This amende...

JCPH Announces New COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies to Help Protect Community

Jefferson County, Colo. – Today Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) announced a series of new mitigation strategies to help curb the alarming spread of COVID-19 in the county. Strategies include issuing a new local Public Health Order 20-009 (PHO 20-009...

Climate Action Plan Approved

On Sept. 15, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissions adopted by majority vote Resolution No. CC20-254, a resolution acknowledging the global climate crisis and affirming the county’s commitment to climate action. 

In partnership with Jeff...

Historic Preservation Symposium Going Virtual

The Jefferson County Historical Commission (JCHC) is pleased to present its 17th Annual Historical Preservation Symposium. Due to the pandemic, this free educational program will be presented virtually on three separate Tuesday evenings in October on JCHC...

Commissioners Highlight Local Businesses in Video Series

Jefferson County Commissioners Libby Szabo, Casey Tighe and Lesley Dahlkemper visited with business owners who are emphasizing public safety. These visits were filmed and a series of videos is now available on our YouTube channel.

The goal of the Jeffco Op...

Jeffco Sustainability and Human Services Partner to Distribute Free LED Lighting Kits

Please note that the kits are available to clients of Human Services already visiting the building for official county business, and are not freely available to the public for pickup at this time.

Through a collaborative effort with Xcel Energy’s...

Sheltair Unveils New Denver FBO Terminal and Hangar Complex

Sheltair is proud to announce the opening of its new state-of-the-art FBO and hangar complex at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) in Broomfield, Colorado. It features a 10,400 square-foot FBO terminal, nearly 11 acres of ramp space, and a 31,...

Jeffco Taking Steps to Reduce COVID-19 Case Increase with Goal of Avoiding Business Closures

Jefferson County, Colo. – Despite several public health orders over the last few weeks and concerted efforts, Jefferson County has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases – from 388 cases (probable and confirmed) during the weeks of June 27...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order 20-008 Requiring Mask-Wearing Outdoors

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH), at the direction of the Jefferson County Board of Health, today issued a new Public Health Order 20-008 (PHO 20-008) that requires everyone in Jeffco ages 11 and older to wear a ma...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order 20-007 Requiring Approval of Large Event Plans

County Must Take Steps to Suppress Cases or Risk Losing Local Variance

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today issued Public Health Order 20-007, which requires venues hosting large events to provide a plan outlining...

JCPH Adopts State Executive Order Requiring Use of Face Coverings in Indoor Public Spaces

On July 14, 2020, JCPH issued Emergency Public Health Order 20-005 ordering all individuals in Jefferson County to wear face coverings with certain limited exceptions, in an effort to protect and preserve the public health. Shortly after JCPH Order 20-005...

JCPH Statement on Bandimere Speedway’s Fourth of July Events

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has been closely monitoring the situation at Bandimere Speedway, and we are disappointed in the organization’s ability to limit and manage the crowd size, implement social distancing requirements and adhere ...

JCPH Urges Residents to Continue to Take Steps to Prevent COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — As cases of COVID-19 begin to decline in Jefferson County, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) reminds residents we must all continue to take important steps to sustain this momentum. This is especially impor...

Floodplain Information for Jeffco Residents

Many people think they are not in danger of flooding if they don’t live near a stream or creek. Unfortunately, this is not true. Flooding is the nation’s number one natural disaster. Flash floods, inland flooding and seasonal storms fl...

Jefferson County to Move to “Safer-at-Home” Level Beginning May 9

Jefferson County, Colo. — Along with other counties in the Denver Metro region, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) will allow the county’s extension of the Stay-at-Home order to expire at midnight on May 8. This means that ...

JCPH Extends Stay-at-Home Order through May 8

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has issued a public health order extending the state’s Stay-at-Home order in Jefferson County through May 8, 2020, with a key revision to support non-Critical businesses. ...

Jeffco Hope Fund to Help Strengthen and Stabilize Community Organizations Responding to COVID-19

Community First Foundation created the Jeffco Hope Fund to strengthen and stabilize community organizations responding to and impacted by COVID-19. With a $1 million contribution to seed the fund, the foundation welcomes donations from the Jeffco communit...

JCPH Working with Regional Partners on Strategies For Slowly Opening Communities

Jefferson County, Colo. — Earlier this week, Governor Polis announced a path forward to continue to help protect our community from COVID-19 while slowly reopening our economy. The statewide Stay-at-Home order is set to expire on April 26. We ar...

Stay-At-Home Public Health Orders for Jeffco

Updated: April 6, 2020

Governor Jared Polis has extended the statewide Stay-at-Home Order through April 26. Please continue to stay at home, and only leave if you must for critical services and activities. Public health models show social distancing is wor...

Jeffco Strong: Working Together to Keep Our Community Healthy and Safe

Although many of us are feeling a wide range of emotions, including uncertainty and concern, Jeffco has a long tradition of coming together to care for one another in times of crisis.

Multiple county agencies are assisting our lead agency, Jeffco Public He...

Jefferson County Online Services Page Now Available

On March 19, Jefferson County Public Health issued a Public Health Order, which closed dine-in service at bars and restaurants, as well as theaters, gyms and county buildings. With Jefferson County offices closed due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the county ...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order Closing Restaurants and More at the Local Level

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today issued a public health order to close all dine-in service at bars and restaurants, as well as all theaters, gyms and county buildings in Jefferson County, Colorado. T...

Jefferson County Board of Commissioners Directs a Closure of County Offices

Update: March 19, 2020

On March 19, 2020, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a First Extension of Disaster Declaration COVID-19 (PDF), which expanded the March 13, 2020, order declaring a COVID-19 local disaster emergency i...

Jefferson County Declares Local Emergency to Address COVID-19

On Friday, March 13, in collaboration with Jefferson County Public Health, Board of County Commissioners Chair Lesley Dahlkemper signed a Disaster Declaration, which allows the county to activate certain response plans and makes the county eligible for fu...

Additional Jefferson County Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — We have been notified that another Jefferson County resident has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual is in their 50s, and was exposed to the virus during international travel. This brings the total pre...

Two Additional Jefferson County Residents Test Positive for COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — Two passengers aboard a cruise, who are Jefferson County residents, have tested positive for COVID-19. The individuals are a male and female, both in their 70s. They were exposed to the virus during internation...

First Jefferson County Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has been notified that the State Laboratory at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has confirmed the first presumptive positive case of COVID-1...

Jeffco Public Health Statement: First Presumptive Positive Case of COVID-19 in Colorado

On March 5, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) reported that the state laboratory had a presumptive positive test result for COVID-19.

The case presented itself in a male in his 30s, who had contact with a known case ...

Jefferson County Government Properties Go Tobacco-Free

Effective February 3, 2020, smoking and the use of tobacco products will not be permitted on Jefferson County Government properties except in select, marked Designated Tobacco Use Areas (DTUA) and private vehicles. New signs to point you to those DTUAs th...

Collaborative Conservation: Honoring our Volunteers & Partners

2020 has been a challenging year. Together with our partners and volunteers, Jefferson County Open Space has endured and accomplished exceptional things.

Since the onset of the pandemic, our visitors have looked to us for a place to escape and recreate. Co...

Seasonal Wildlife Closures to Begin February 1

Each year Jeffco Open Space (JCOS) uses seasonal wildlife closures at to protect species at sensitive times in their life cycles. This year’s seasonal wildlife closures affect numerous JCOS parks and trails. Protect the wildlife you love. Respect seasonal...

CANCELED: Community Meeting About Proposed Heritage Square Exchange

CANCELED: Heritage Square Exchange Community Meeting, scheduled for Thursday, March 19 canceled due to escalating concerns over COVID-19.Due to escalating concerns over COVID-19 and to prioritize the health and safety of our employees and community, we ha...

Flying J Ranch Park Forestry Restoration, Pile Burn Notice for Spring

Flying J Ranch Park Forestry Restoration, Pile Burn Notice for Spring

As part of the on-going forest restoration and wildfire mitigation work at Flying J Ranch Park, Jeffco Open Space will be conducting slash pile burns for a three-day period between March...

Jefferson County Moves to Level Blue on Dial 2.0

Jefferson County, Colo. – Effective Feb. 26 at 6 a.m., Jefferson County will move to Level Blue: Caution on the state’s Dial 2.0. Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) was notified about the move by the Colorado Department of Public He...

Jeffco Reaches Goal of Vaccinating at Least 70 Percent of Residents Age 70 and Over

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) announced today that the county has reached its goal of vaccinating at least 70% of residents age 70 and over by the end of February. This monumental effort, achieved in partnership...

JCPH announces new Executive Director, Dr. Dawn Comstock

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) is excited to announce and welcome its new Executive Director, Dr. Dawn Comstock. Dr. Comstock is bringing with her decades of experience and a passion for data-driven, equity-minde...

Jefferson County Moves to Level Yellow on State’s New Dial 2.0

Jefferson County, Colo. – On Feb. 5, 2021, Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced a new Dial Framework for measuring county’s levels of openness called Dial 2.0...

Notice: Fourth Amended Public Health Order 20-009

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) released a fourth amended Public Health Order 20-009 (PHO 20-009). The order was amended to provide clarifications on where PHO 20-009 does and does not apply. The intent of the order has not changed. This amended ver...

JCPH to Open its Vaccination Clinic to Adults Age 70+

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Jefferson County, Colo. — In an effort to help more people in Jefferson County access the COVID-19 vaccine, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) is expanding availability o...

JCPH Partners with COVIDCheck to Provide COVID-19 Testing in Jeffco

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Jefferson County, Colo. – Beginning Feb. 2, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) will partner with COVIDCheck Colorado to provide fast, accurate and free COVID-19 testing at a varie...

JCPH Provides Update on COVID-19 Testing in Jefferson County

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Jefferson County, Colo. – On Jan. 20, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) alerted Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) of concerns with COVID-19 testing...

JCPH Provides Update on Vaccination Prioritization and Timeline

Jefferson County, Colo. – As of January 11, 2021, 18,734 Jefferson County residents have received at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Of these, 3,799 have received both doses of the vaccine and are on their way to being more prote...

New! Sign up for Notifications for COVID-19 Alerts

Do you want to be notified of the latest news about COVID-19 from Jefferson County, like about vaccines, testing sites, changes to Jeffco’s dial status and more? Then subscribe to our Jeffco COVID-19 Alert notification. We will send these out to you via t...

January is National Radon Action Month – JCPH offering free test kits by mail to Jeffco residents

Jefferson County, Colo. – January is National Radon Action Month, and Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) is encouraging residents to protect themselves and loved ones from dangerous radon gas by testing their homes. To help, JCPH is offering ...

Jefferson County moved to Level Orange on COVID-19 Dial

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has been notified that as of today, January 4, 2021, the county is being moved to Level Orange on the Dial Framework by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDP...

Notice: Second Amended Public Health Order 20-009

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today released a second amended Public Health Order 20-009 (PHO 20-009). The order was amended to provide clarifications on where PHO 20-009 does and does not apply. The intent of the order has not changed. This amend...

Statement: Extreme demand seen at Jefferson County Fairgrounds testing site, line closed for 11/22

Jefferson County Public Health Announces New Large Capacity COVID-19 Testing Sites

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH), in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) and Curative Testing, is launching two new FREE COVID-19 testing sites in t...

State to Move Jefferson County to Level Red, “Severe Risk,” in the Dial Effective Nov. 20, 5 p.m.

Jefferson County, Colo. – Effective Friday, November 20, 2020 at 5 p.m. the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will move several Denver Metro counties, including Jefferson County, to “Level Red – Sev...

Update on Jeffco’s Move to Level Orange & Public Health Order 20-009

As announced on November 4, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) will move to Level Orange (formerly Level 3) of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment’s (CDPHE) Dial Framework beginning today, Monday, November 9 at 5 p.m. A...

State to Move Jefferson County to Level Orange in the Dial Due to Continued Surge in COVID-19 Cases

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) was notified today by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) that the county will be moved to Level Orange, formerly Level 3, in the Dial Framework, effect...

Notice: First Amended Public Health Order 20-009

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today released a first amended Public Health Order 20-009 (PHO 20-009). The order was amended to provide clarifications on where PHO 20-009 does and does not apply. The intent of the order has not changed. This amende...

JCPH Announces New COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies to Help Protect Community

Jefferson County, Colo. – Today Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) announced a series of new mitigation strategies to help curb the alarming spread of COVID-19 in the county. Strategies include issuing a new local Public Health Order 20-009 (...

JCPH Launches New Campaign “Together We Go Forward"

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today announced and launched a new public information campaign aimed to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Jefferson County by reminding people of their important role in this effort. T...

Notice: Third Extension of JCPH Order 20-007

Jefferson County Public Health has extended Public Health Order 20-007, which requires approval of large event plans, until midnight on November 20, 2020 (or until it is extended, amended or rescinded). The full order is available on our Local Public Heal...

Jefferson County At Risk of Tighter Restrictions

Jefferson County, Colo. – Due to a continued increase in COVID-19 cases, Jefferson County is at risk of tighter restrictions, including being moved to Level 3 of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE) Dial F...

COVID-19 Update to the Community

To our Jeffco Community: 

We know it’s been a long road and, trust me, we are tired of COVID-19 too. But we have to talk about our path forward. 

Here are the facts. Our two week case count is the highest it has ever been since the start o...

Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from Flu – JCPH Announces Fall Vaccination Events

Jefferson County, Colo. – This year has been a challenging time for the Jefferson County community, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it more important than ever for residents to do everything they can to remain as healthy as possible. As we en...

Jeffco Partners Warn Community of Increase in Fentanyl-related Overdoses

Jefferson County, Colo. – The Jefferson County Substance Use Partnership (JCSUP) — a program spearheaded by Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) — Jefferson County Communities That Care (CTC) coalition, Lakewood Pol...

CDPHE Announces New Dial Framework to Provide Standardization as Counties Reopen

As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and learn to live with COVID-19 in our lives, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has released a new dial framework and Public Health Order (PHO 20-35) to standardize different ...

Notice: Second Extension of JCPH Order 20-007

Jefferson County Public Health has extended Public Health Order 20-007, which requires approval of large event plans, until midnight on October 20, 2020 (or until it is extended, amended or rescinded). The full order is available on our Local Public Healt...

JCPH Executive Director Dr. Mark B. Johnson to Retire After More than 30 Years of Service

Johnson to Continue Leadership Role as President of the Colorado Medical Society

Jefferson County Public Health’s (JCPH) Executive Director, Mark B. Johnson, MD, MPH, will retire from the department on October 2, 2020, after more than 30 years of...

JCPH Announces New Office of Pandemic Response

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) announced today the official launch of a new team, the Office of Pandemic Response (OPR), as part of the county’s long-term COVID-19 response and recovery strategy. The OPR’s main purpose will be t...

JCPH files lawsuit against Bandimere Speedway following Sept. 1 event

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today, September 3, 2020, filed a lawsuit against Bandimere Speedway for their blatant violation of public health orders. JCPH notified Bandimere Speedway in advance of their “Stop the COVID Chaos”...

JCPH offers tips to celebrate Labor Day safely and limit COVID-19 spread as we head into fall season

Jefferson County, Colo. – Labor Day is the last holiday of the summer and for many, the last chance to get outside and celebrate with loved ones. While we continue to see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in our lives, it’s importan...

Jeffco's Variance: What’s at Risk, How the County is Responding and What You Can Do

As we’ve shared with our residents, Jefferson County is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases. Since the county’s variance was approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), we’ve gone from ...

Statement on Bandimere Speedway Event Cancellations

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has heard frustration from community members, expressed through emails, social media and in the media, that events scheduled to take place at Bandimere Speedway have been cancelled due to the restrictions in place aro...

Jeffco Taking Steps to Reduce COVID-19 Case Increase with Goal of Avoiding Business Closures

Jefferson County, Colo. – Despite several public health orders over the last few weeks and concerted efforts, Jefferson County has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases – from 388 cases (probable and confirmed) during the weeks of June 27...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order 20-008 Requiring Mask-Wearing Outdoors

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH), at the direction of the Jefferson County Board of Health, today issued a new Public Health Order 20-008 (PHO 20-008) that requires everyone in Jeffco ages 11 and older to wear a ma...

Jefferson County Public Health Releases 2019 Annual Report

At Jefferson County Public Health, we have spent 2020 largely in response to COVID-19. As we act to protect the public from the greatest public health threat of our time, it’s clear that while public health has always been here, the importance o...

Statement on Court’s Decision Regarding Bandimere Speedway

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) thanks the Court for its time in hearing this case. Judge Russell determined that the case between JCPH and Bandimere Speedway is moot due to JCPH’s Public Health Order 20-007 (PHO 20-007), which is currentl...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order 20-007 Requiring Approval of Large Event Plans

County Must Take Steps to Suppress Cases or Risk Losing Local Variance

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today issued Public Health Order 20-007, which requires venues hosting large events to provide a plan outlining...

JCPH Adopts State Executive Order Requiring Use of Face Coverings in Indoor Public Spaces

On July 14, 2020, JCPH issued Emergency Public Health Order 20-005 ordering all individuals in Jefferson County to wear face coverings with certain limited exceptions, in an effort to protect and preserve the public health. Shortly after JCPH Order 20-005...

JCPH Issues Emergency Public Health Order Requiring All Jeffco Residents to Wear Face Coverings

Jefferson County, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today issued an Emergency Public Health Order effective July 14 at 5 p.m. that requires Jefferson County residents and visitors to wear a mask or cloth face covering when in public ...

Squirrel with Plague Found in Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Colo. — On Saturday, July 11, 2020, a squirrel found in the Town of Morrison tested positive for bubonic plague. The squirrel is the first case of plague in the county this year. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the ba...

JCPH Statement on Bandimere Speedway’s Fourth of July Events

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has been closely monitoring the situation at Bandimere Speedway, and we are disappointed in the organization’s ability to limit and manage the crowd size, implement social distancing requirements and adhere ...

JCPH Provides Tips for Enjoying the Fourth of July Holiday with COVID-19 in Our Lives

Jefferson County, Colo. – As we head into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, we know residents are eager and excited to celebrate with friends and loved ones. Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) offers ideas for ways to show your red, white a...

Jefferson County Public Health Executive Director Awarded "Distinguished Service Award"

Jefferson County, Colo. – Dr. Mark B. Johnson, Executive Director of Jefferson County Public Health, was presented with the American College of Preventive Medicine’s Distinguished Service Award at their annual meeting on June 26, 2020....

Children Still Need their Check-ups and Vaccinations

Jefferson County, Colo. — While our community works to slow the spread of COVID-19, many families have been hesitant to seek check-ups and vaccinations for their children. But it’s more important than ever to get preventive ca...

Jefferson County Board of Health, JCPH Declare Systemic & Structural Racism a Public Health Crisis

Jefferson County, Colo. – The Jefferson County Board of Health, in tandem with Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) passed a resolution declaring systemic and structural racism a public health crisis during its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June ...

JCPH Urges Residents to Continue to Take Steps to Prevent COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — As cases of COVID-19 begin to decline in Jefferson County, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) reminds residents we must all continue to take important steps to sustain this momentum. This is especially impor...

Public Health Reminds Residents and Visitors to Take Steps to Prevent Animal-Borne Disease

Summer is almost here and wildlife is out and about. With the warmer temperatures and sunshine, people are likely to be spending more time outside and may even spot some wildlife. Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) reminds residents to be aware of anim...

JCPH Aligns with Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) today published an amended public health order, Safer-at-Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors. The order addresses several new topics, including youth and adult league sports, playgrounds, s...

Jefferson County Restaurants Can Open with Strict Precautions Beginning May 27

Jefferson County, Colo. — The State of Colorado announced that additional Colorado businesses can begin to reopen with strict precautions to protect public health and safety. According to an extended Safer-at-Home Executive Order, resta...

Jeffco Sees First Rabies Case of 2020

Jefferson County, Colo. – A bat found on May 20, 2020 in Littleton near the intersection of C-470 and South Platte Canyon Road just north of Chatfield State Park has tested positive for rabies. This is the first rabid animal to be found in Jeffe...

JCPH Reflects on Efforts During First Three Months of COVID-19 Response

Jefferson County, Colo. — The COVID-19 pandemic has required change for everyone. For many, this has meant making changes in how they work, interact with others and experience the world, all in an effort to keep one another healthy. At Jefferson...

Jefferson County to Move to “Safer-at-Home” Level Beginning May 9

Jefferson County, Colo. — Along with other counties in the Denver Metro region, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) will allow the county’s extension of the Stay-at-Home order to expire at midnight on May 8. This means that ...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order 20-003

Jefferson County Public Health issued Public Health Order 20-003, which limits P-12 school access and prohibits P-12 sports activities in Jefferson County. Specifically, public and private schools and school districts in Jefferson County may not use schoo...

JCPH Permits the Limited Recommencement of Voluntary or Elective Surgeries and Procedures

Statement: JCPH Aligns with New State Executive Order, Permits the Limited Recommencement of Voluntary or Elective Surgeries and Procedures 

On April 26, 2020, the State of Colorado issued Executive Order D 2020 045, permitting the limited recomme...

JCPH Extends Stay-at-Home Order through May 8

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has issued a public health order extending the state’s Stay-at-Home order in Jefferson County through May 8, 2020, with a key revision to support non-Critical businesses. ...

JCPH Working with Regional Partners on Strategies For Slowly Opening Communities

Jefferson County, Colo. — Earlier this week, Governor Polis announced a path forward to continue to help protect our community from COVID-19 while slowly reopening our economy. The statewide Stay-at-Home order is set to expire on April 26. We ar...

JCPH Announces 2019 Public Health Champions, Underlines Importance of Participation in Public Health

Jefferson County, Colo. — In the midst of the greatest public health challenge facing our nation in decades, it’s easy to lose sight of the victories that happen in our community every day. But now, more than ever, it’s impor...

Metro Denver Public Health Departments Rescind Stay at Home Public Health Orders; Adopt State Order

Boulder County Public Health, Jefferson County Public Health and Tri-County Health Department applaud Gov. Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for issuing a Stay at Home Public Health Order effective Mar. 26 to protect the h...

Statement: First Jefferson County Resident dies from COVID-19

On March 24, 2020, Jefferson County Public Health received notification of the first death from COVID-19 in the county. The first death was an individual in their 60s with known health complications.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of ...

Three Metro Denver Public Health Departments Issue Stay-At-Home Orders to Stop Spread of COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — Three public health departments serving more than 2 million residents across the Metro Denver region joined together to issue Stay-At-Home Public Health Orders in their counties today, effective March 26 at 8:00 a.m. un...

JCPH Issues Public Health Order Closing Restaurants and More at the Local Level

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today issued a public health order to close all dine-in service at bars and restaurants, as well as all theaters, gyms and county buildings in Jefferson County, Colorado. T...

Jefferson County Board of Commissioners Directs a Closure of County Offices

As the COVID-19, or Coronavirus, becomes more widespread, the Board of County Commissioners has directed the closure of all county offices to the public, effective today, March 16, with the exception of the courts and those services related to law enforce...

Presumptive Positive Cases of COVID-19 in Jefferson County Increase to Total of Six

Jefferson County, Colo. — We have been notified that another two Jefferson County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. The first individual is in their 30s, and the second individual is in their 60s. The investigation on both ca...

Additional Jefferson County Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — We have been notified that another Jefferson County resident has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual is in their 50s, and was exposed to the virus during international travel. This brings the total pre...

Two Additional Jefferson County Residents Test Positive for COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — Two passengers aboard a cruise, who are Jefferson County residents, have tested positive for COVID-19. The individuals are a male and female, both in their 70s. They were exposed to the virus during internation...

First Jefferson County Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19

Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) has been notified that the State Laboratory at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has confirmed the first presumptive positive case of COVID-1...

Statement: First Presumptive Positive Case of COVID-19 in Colorado

Today the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) reported that the state laboratory had a presumptive positive test result for COVID-19.

The case presented itself in a male in his 30s, who had contact with a known case of COV...

JCPH Offers Free Well Water Testing during Groundwater Awareness Week

Jefferson County, Colo. — Do you know where your water comes from before it leaves the water, showerhead or hose? There’s a good chance that it comes from the ground beneath your feet. One-third of the water supply for all U.S. municip...

Social Media Privacy Settings

January 28th is Privacy Day in 2021, but everyday we should be aware of how the information we make available online could be used to target us.

Unemployment Fraud

Unfortunately, with the rise in unemployment insurance claims associated with COVID-19, there has also been a rise in fraudulent claims and other instances of fraud.

2020 has resulted in unemployment for numerous people.  In response, the federal government has worked to extend unemployment benefits and increase payments to help people get by.  Sadly, this has caused the criminal element to turn thei...

Jeffco Sheriff’s Office Welcomes Veteran Public Information Officer

Jefferson County, CO. – The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office welcomes a new Public Information Officer (PIO) to the Public Affairs Unit. Karlyn Tilley comes to the Sheriff’s Office from the City of Golden (her home town), where she served as the Communic...

Local man Arrested for Sex Assault

Jefferson County, CO. – On February 4, 2021, Jesse Miles Davis (06/23/1975) was arrested and booked into the Jefferson County Detention Facility on charges of sex assault and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. This is an ongoing investi...

CSOC Scholarship Available through JeffCo Sheriff’s Office

Jefferson County, CO. – Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader announced today that County Sheriffs of Colorado, Inc. (CSOC), the state sheriffs association, will award a $500 scholarship to a deserving Jefferson County student this spring. The s...

Temporary Fire Restrictions Lifted for Jefferson County

Jefferson County, CO. – Effective today, January 13, 2021, Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader lifted the temporary fire restriction order for Jefferson County. Residents are encouraged to continue to be vigilant and are reminded to use cautio...

Suspect in Possession of Explosive Components

Jefferson County, CO. – On Friday January 1, 2021, Samuel Livingston came to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office campus just after 11:00 a.m. Livingston kicked a glass door to the jail lobby, cracking the glass. 

Liv...

Temporary Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Implemented in JeffCo

Jefferson County, CO. – Effective at 8:00 p.m. on December 3, 2020, Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader will relax the Stage 2 Fire Restrictions to temporary Stage 1 Fire Restrictions for all lands in Unincorporated Jefferson...

Jeffco Development and Transportation In-Person Services Closed

Several divisions under Jeffco’s Development and Transportation department are closing in-person appointments and services due to the increase in the community spread of COVID-19. The safety and well-being of our visitors and our employees is ou...

Xcel Energy to Fly Drones in Jefferson County from July through September 2020

As part of its Wildfire Mitigation Program, Xcel Energy contract crews will perform inspections using an unmanned aerial system (UAS / drone) in Jefferson County from July through September 2020. The drones will fly above Xcel Energy poles, lines, and wir...

Denver Water Conduit #16 Easley Road Closure

Easley Road will be closed between W. 60th Avenue and W. 54th Avenue from June 8 until June 12. Denver Water Conduit #16 will cross Easley Road.

For more information, please visit the Denver Water North System Renewal web page.