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Courts/Crime

  • Arrest warrant requested in Bashline homicide

    GREELEY -- Weld County sheriff's investigators asked for an arrest warrant in the murder investigation of former Brighton High School and Harlem Globetrotters' trainer Tom Bashline.

    Bashline, 42, was shot to death in his Frederick home Nov. 4. His girlfriend found the body in the bathroom.

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  • Garcia pleads guilty to weapons charge in connection with accidental shooting

    GREELEY – A Longmont man plead guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge for his part in an accidental shooting in Frederick this spring.

           Adolpho Garcia received a one-year deferred sentence. Weld County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Jennifer Finch said if Garcia stays out of trouble for one year, the case will be taken off his record.

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  • Jose Garcia pleads guilty in alley shooting

    GREELEY – A Hudson man will be back in Weld County Court for sentencing at 10 a.m., Oct. 18, on several charges connected with an alleyway shooting in Hudson in February.

    Jose Garcia was charged with attempted first-degree murder and illegal discharge of a firearm, among other counts. Deputies said he allowed a car to pass, then followed it down an alley before firing shots in its general direction. No one was hit, but a pick-up truck and a home were.

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  • Carbon valley Police Blotter

    6 a.m., Sept. 5
    4000 block of state Highway 52
        Police stopped subject and issued him a county summons for driving with a revoked, suspended or denied license.

    11:35 a.m., Sept. 5
    6100 block of Clayton Street
        Police were advised of a possible domestic violence case at this location. After an investigation was completed, an adult male was arrested for suspected third-degree assault and he was transported to the Weld County Jail.

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  • Ryan’s disposition hearing continued until Oct. 5

    GREELEY – Steven Ryan’s disposition hearing for his part in a double-fatal accident near Fort Lupton almost a year ago was continued to 9 a.m., Oct. 5, in Weld County Court Room 15.

    Ryan is accused of being behind the wheel of a car that passed into the eastbound lanes of state Highway 52 near Weld County Road 21. The car collided head-on with another car, killing the driver, Tanya Guevara and a small child in her car.

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  • Adolpho Garcia returns to court for disposition hearing

           GREELEY – A Longmont teenager is due to return to court at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 19, for a disposition hearing in a third-degree assault case.

           Adolpho Garcia also faces counts of possession of a dangerous weapon and driving under restraint.

    The case is the result of a shooting in Frederick in June. Police said Garcia accidentally shot a 15-year-old girl with birdshot during a moving party.

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  • Alleged Hudson car shooter back in court for preliminary hearing Sept. 22

    GREELEY - ­ Jose Jair Garcia’s preliminary hearing on attempted first-degree murder charges is set for 3 p.m., Sept. 22, in Weld County Court.

    Garcia, who is from Hudson, also stands charged with vehicular eluding and illegal discharge of a firearm after an incident in Hudson in February.

    Weld County sheriff’s deputies said Garcia fired a shot down an alleyway after allowing a car to pass. The shots missed the car but hit a truck and a house.

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  • Ryan's disposition hearing continued

    A disposition hearing for Steven Ryan, accused of causing the deaths of a woman and her infant child in November near Fort Lupton, was continued to 10 a.m., Sept. 7.

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  • Keenesburg crime spree suspect gets 48 years in prison

    GREELEY -- A Keenesburg man was sentenced to 48 years in prison for crimes he committed almost two years ago.

    A jury convicted Richard Norton of a slew of charges, including attempted first-degree murder, four counts of first-degree assault, first-degree arson and felony criminal mischief, in connection with a standoff with Weld County sheriff's deputies.

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  • Platteville assault suspect gets preliminary hearing date

           GREELEY – A preliminary hearing is the next item of court business for a Platteville man accused of second-degree assault.

     

    Arthur Maestas III also faces a felony menacing charge. His next Weld County Court appearance is 3 p.m., May 20.

    The incident happened outside of Platteville in early January. The victim said she was assaulted in the couple’s home. She was able to escape and flag down a motorist, who took her to Mead to get help.

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