Author: Julia Cardi
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Paramedics guilty of negligent homicide — but not manslaughter — in the death of Elijah McClain
An Adams County jury found two Aurora Fire Rescue medics guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Aurora resident Elijah McClain. The jury decided decided the two men bear responsibility for their decision to inject McClain with the sedative ketamine after a struggle with Aurora police officers. Jurors also found then-Lt. Peter…
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A mistake or a crime? Aurora paramedics’ case goes to jury in Elijah McClain death trial
An Adams County jury now has to decide whether the decision by two Aurora paramedics to inject Elijah McClain with ketamine in 2019 was a tragic mistake or a crime. Prosecutors from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the paramedics’ defense attorneys presented their closing arguments to jurors Wednesday afternoon. The 12-member jury will begin…
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Ketamine dose didn’t kill Elijah McClain, defense experts for Aurora paramedics say
A doctor who treats living patients and another who focuses on analysis after death both testified Thursday they don’t believe the ketamine injection Elijah McClain received killed him. Kennon Heard, an emergency physician and toxicologist at UCHealth, said the 500 milligrams of ketamine McClain received was more than what his body weight called for based…
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Tragic mistake or crime? Opening statements made in paramedics’ trial over McClain’s death
Two Aurora paramedics violated every step of their training when they made the decision to inject Elijah McClain with ketamine after a struggle with police without taking steps to make sure giving him the sedative would be safe, a state prosecutor said Wednesday. But defense attorneys for the paramedics now facing trial for McClain’s 2019…
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Q&A: Looking ahead to paramedics’ trial for Elijah McClain’s death
The third and final criminal trial over Elijah McClain’s 2019 death in Aurora is scheduled to begin next week after a jury is chosen. Two paramedics from Aurora Fire Rescue, Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper, face charges in connection with their decision to inject McClain with 500 milligrams of the sedative ketamine after a struggle…
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6 more law enforcement officers charged for Christian Glass’ death
The district attorney for Colorado’s 5th Judicial District charged six more law enforcement officers with failing to intervene to prevent excessive force by Andrew Buen, the former Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Christian Glass on June 11, 2022. An officer for Georgetown, Marshal Randy Williams, also faces a count of third-degree assault.…
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Former Clear Creek County deputy pleads guilty to failing to intervene in excessive use of force
Following a guilty plea from fmr. Sgt. Kyle Gould in the death of their son, Christian, Sally and Simon Glass alleged the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office did everything in their power to coverup and deflect blame in Christian’s death. A Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy received two years of probation for pleading guilty to…
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Accused King Soopers mass shooter pleads not guilty by reason of insanity
The man accused of the 2021 King Soopers mass shooting in Boulder has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Judge Ingrid Bakke accepted his plea Tuesday morning, after she determined there is probable cause to believe he committed the crimes charged following a hearing. But more than two-and-a-half years after the attack, investigators have…
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Federal lawsuit alleges sexual harassment and assault in Aurora Police Department’s youth training program
Three young women who joined the Aurora Police Department’s Explorers program as teenagers with hopes it would help launch them into careers in law enforcement instead were groped during training exercises and sexually harassed by other young male members of the program, a new federal lawsuit claims. The lawsuit alleges the three girls complained to…
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Aurora police officer not guilty on all charges in Elijah McClain death
An Adams County jury decided on Monday that Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard is not guilty on all charges in connection with the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Jurors deliberated beginning early Friday afternoon, and the verdict was reached shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Monday. Woodyard — who was the first officer to stop McClain,…