EIght INdIcted by graNd jury IN armed robberIes
Eight suspects have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly being in a gang that robbed cellphone stores at gunpoint.
The grand jury returned 69 counts against the suspects, including violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and numerous counts of aggravated robbery and kidnapping, according to a Thursday news release from the district attorney’s office. Some defendants are also charged with assault and attempted murder.
The defendants also are suspected of robbing a marijuana dispensary. Some suspects tried to kill a man who had been selling the stolen phones, the release said.
The suspects indicted are identified as Jermaine Jerome Wright, 24, of Aurora; Cartrell Bounds, 24, of Denver; Kove A. Davis, 28; Damon Tyree Webster, 28; Marrell Lawayne Jones, 29; Adrian Washington, 26, of Aurora; Hasina Nafisa AllenTurner, 20; and Jalen Roosevelt Wright, 19, of Aurora.
The city of residency was unavailable for some of the suspects. Each of the defendants faces multiple criminal counts.
They are suspected of robbing the following businesses on the date listed:
• Jan. 21, AT&T store, Aurora.
• Jan. 25, Verizon store, Highlands Ranch.
• Jan. 28, T-Mobile store, Denver.
• Feb. 2, T-Mobile store, Westminster.
• Feb. 11, T-Mobile store, Aurora.
• Feb. 28, T-Mobile store, Denver on Feb. 28.
• March 3, Verizon store, Aurora.
• March 15, X-Clusive Cannabis, Aurora.
The Aurora Police Department and the FBI’s Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force investigated the case with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Lakewood Police Department and Denver Police Department.
Two men convicted by Adams County juries in separate murder cases.
Two defendants in Adams County have been convicted by juries in separate murder cases this month, marking the first two convictions since jury trials resumed after a stoppage of several months because of the pandemic.
Mauricio Eduardo AnchondoOlivas, 29, was convicted April 9 of first-degree murder, according to a Thursday news release from the district attorney’s office. He was sentenced to life without parole.
On April 12, 43-year-old Javier Zamudio-Anaya attended a gathering at a home in Federal Heights with a group of people, including Anchondo-Olivas. The men, who had previously been housemates, left the gathering together in a truck driven by Anchondo-Olivas. The truck had been stolen, the release said. Anchondo-Olivas shot Zamudio-Anaya twice and slit his throat.
On April 2, Steven Young was convicted of first-degree murder for the June 1 shooting death of 41-year-old John Cyprian, the news release said.
Cyprian was walking along East 16th Avenue and Akron Street, with a 33-year-old woman, Charley Lewis, when a large gray SUV, driven by Young, pulled up. Young got out of the SUV and shot Cyprian, who crawled to a nearby field and died, the release said. Young returned to the SUV and fled with Lewis.
21-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for Southmoor Park area shooting death.
A 21-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, with a possibility of parole after 40 years, for his part in a Denver home invasion in which a resident was shot dead.
Dmarco Blake, who was 17 at the time of the Southmoor Park neighborhood incident, was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, according to a district attorney’s office news release. The jury deliberated for a day and a half.
On May 15, 2017, Blake was one of four people who broke into a home, the release said. Timothy Anderson, 27, was shot and killed.
After the incident, Blake fled to California where he was later arrested and convicted of a home burglary and the horrific beating of an elderly woman, prosecutors said. He was extradited to Denver in October of 2018 and tried here as an adult.
Co-defendant Demond Hamilton was found guilty in October of 2018 and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Keione Clark, a third defendant, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in July of 2018 and received a 45-year prison sentence. A juvenile in the case pleaded guilty to accessory to murder, aggravated robbery and to being an aggravated juvenile offender, the release said.
Two more facing charges in connection with University Hill riot. BOULDER» Two more people are facing charges in connection with the University Hill riot in March, bringing the total amount of defendants in the case so far to nine.
Patrick Benz, 19, was arrested on suspicion of engaging in a riot, violation of a public health order and criminal mischief, while Sam Tilley, 20, was ticketed for engaging in a riot and violation of a public health order. Both are University of Colorado students, according to court documents.
An estimated 500 to 800 college-aged people gathered near Pennsylvania Avenue and 10th Street on March 6 in a large outdoor party that became destructive, with people flipping a car and damaging other vehicles and property.