Tag: Derrick Bernard
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Defendant in Colorado Springs cross burning case files appeal after sentencing
Ashley Blackcloud, one of the three defendants convicted in the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election hate crime “hoax,” has filed for an appeal after her sentencing earlier this month. Blackcloud, 41, and her co-defendant, Derrick Bernard, 36, were both found guilty of one count each of conspiracy and maliciously conveying false information to intimidate…
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Defendant in cross-burning case sentenced to federal prison, motion for new trial rejected
DENVER — Ashley Blackcloud, one of the three defendants involved in the hate crime “hoax” that made headlines during the 2023 mayoral runoff election in Colorado Springs, was sentenced to federal prison Thursday after a U.S. District Court judge denied her request for a new trial. Blackcloud, 41, and her co-defendant, Derrick Bernard, 36, were…
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Defendant in cross-burning case seeks new trial ahead of Thursday sentencing
Ashley Blackcloud, one of the co-defendants in the federal hate crime “hoax” case that arose during the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election, is seeking a new trial or to be acquitted of her charges, court records show. Blackcloud, 41, and her co-defendant, Derrick Bernard, 36, were found guilty of one count each of conspiracy…
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2nd suspect in 2019 Colorado Springs rapper’s murder sentenced on conspiracy charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six years after the murder of a local rapper, one of the suspects received the minimum sentence on conspiracy charges when an El Paso County jury acquitted him of pulling the trigger in April. Investigators arrested Aee Shawn Mathews, 27, last year and accused him…
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Man accused of hate crime hoax in Colorado Springs likely to have attempted murder trial delayed
The man accused of trying to kill two Colorado Springs police officers will likely have his trial delayed due to his federal indictment for allegedly faking a hate crime to affect the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral race. Derrick Bernard Jr., 35, was scheduled to appear in 4th Judicial District Court on Wednesday for a status…
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The rise and fall of former Mobolade booster Derrick Bernard Jr., and his radio station, The Slide
There was a time — just last year, in fact — when Derrick Bernard Jr. was by all appearances a respected community activist and rap artist in Colorado Springs. But in November he was convicted of first-degree murder, and separately indicted in federal court for a hate crime hoax. In the federal indictment, the 35-year-old Black man,…
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Central to Colorado Springs hate crime hoax case, Derrick Bernard had lengthy record in home state
From Florida, with baggage
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‘I did not lie to the FBI’: Mayor Mobolade rejects rumors around alleged hate crime hoax
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade spoke Friday to address the recent weeks of rumors surrounding his connection to an alleged hate crime hoax that took place during the 2023 election. In a video message on his official Facebook account, Mobolade emphasized his full cooperation with the investigation into the alleged faked hate crime and condemned…
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Mayor Mobolade, Wayne Williams respond after 3 indicted in ‘hoax’ hate crime involving burning cross
Both candidates in Colorado Springs’ mayoral runoff election in 2023 have responded to the news earlier this week that three suspects were indicted in federal court for allegedly staging a racist vandalization of a campaign sign. Colorado Springs police, and later the FBI, investigated vandalism from the early hours of April 23, 2023. On Tuesday…
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Trial of man accused of ordering rap artist’s killing begins Tuesday in Colorado Springs
The man accused of ordering the death of a local rap artist in 2019 is set to begin his trial Tuesday, despite numerous complications and the man’s insistence on representing himself at trial. Derrick Bernard, 35, is accused of ordering Aee Shawn Mathews, 26, to kill William Underwood, who went by the rapper name “FYL Jackk,” on…