MAN, 62, SEEKS, GETS A LIFE PRISON TERM

JUNCTION» A 62-year-old man GRAND who pleaded guilty to attempted murder after stabbing two men with a knife in the Grand Junction area was granted his request for a sentence that will send him to prison for life.

John Merell Siviter was sentenced 32 years in prison on Friday in Mesa County District Court.

The Daily Sentinel reports he was arrested June 10 by police officers who found him holding a large silver knife in a yard, with two victims on the ground nearby with stab wounds to their torsos.

Siviter pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder, which came with a potential sentence of 10 to 32 years in prison. Siviter requested and received the maximum sentence during an appearance before District Judge Brian Flynn.

The victims did not appear in court.

One in custody after two deaths in Weston. » Colorado authorities

WESTON have taken a person into custody following the deaths of two people whose bodies were discovered inside a residence by deputies responding to reports of a shooting.

KOAA-TV reports that Las Animas County sheriff’s deputies apprehended a man outside the residence following Friday’s shooting in Weston, a small town about 10 miles north of the Colorado-new Mexico border.

The unidentified suspect was being held on first degree murder charges. Names of the victims were not immediately released and deputies have not said how they died.

The cause of death was expected to be determined by an autopsy in coming days.

Undersheriff guilty in illegal hunts.

LUIS» An undersheriff from southern Colorado has been found guilty of 10 felonies in connection with charges that he led illegal wildlife hunts.

The Valley Courier in Alamosa reports Andrew Espinoza was accused by prosecutors of violations including guiding hunters to land where it was illegal for them to hunt. The investigation involved hunters from Indiana and West Virginia.

Espinoza was found guilty by a 12-person jury of illegal sale or purchase of wildlife. The jury found the 41-year-old defendant not guilty of criminal attempt to tamper with evidence and official misconduct.

Espinoza was a Costilla County undersheriff when the investigation into him began in 2014.

He allegedly charged $4,500 per hunter.

Sentencing is set for Jan. 26 before state District Judge Pattie Swift.