A second defendant in an alleged Basalt assault and kidnapping case has worked out a plea bargain that could potentially keep him out of prison.
The attorney for Daniel Wettstein and the prosecutor in the case said in Eagle County District Court on Wednesday that they have reached a disposition but needed additional time to finalize the paperwork.
According to defense attorney Michael Fox and 5th Judicial District Assistant District Attorney Johnny Lombardi, Wettstein would plead guilty to second-degree assault by strangulation. In return for the guilty plea, the DA’s office would make it a non-aggravated charge, which would remove it from a sentence range of five to 16 years in the state prison system, Lombardi said. Instead, the DA’s office would reserve the right to argue for a prison sentence with a cap of three to six years.
A multiagency task force recently arrested two men on suspicion of sexual exploitation of children, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
Fort Morgan Police suspect parolee of shooting, killing man on Sunday Darren Whitehead
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A 24-year-old man on parole was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a man in Fort Morgan Sunday afternoon, said police.
Fort Morgan Police Department (FMPD) took Ryan Rodriguez into custody on Sunday night, said a post on the department s Facebook page.
Police said they responded to the shooting scene in the 800 block of West Railroad Avenue on Sunday where they found one man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken by ambulance to the Colorado Plains Medical Center where he later died from his injuries, said police.
Fort Morgan Police suspect parolee of shooting, killing man on Sunday Darren Whitehead
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A 24-year-old man on parole was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a man in Fort Morgan Sunday afternoon, said police.
Fort Morgan Police Department (FMPD) took Ryan Rodriguez into custody on Sunday night, said a post on the department s Facebook page.
Police said they responded to the shooting scene in the 800 block of West Railroad Avenue on Sunday where they found one man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken by ambulance to the Colorado Plains Medical Center where he later died from his injuries, said police.
Fort Morgan Police suspect parolee of shooting, killing man on Sunday Darren Whitehead
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A 24-year-old man on parole was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a man in Fort Morgan Sunday afternoon, said police.
Fort Morgan Police Department (FMPD) took Ryan Rodriguez into custody on Sunday night, said a post on the department s Facebook page.
Police said they responded to the shooting scene in the 800 block of West Railroad Avenue on Sunday where they found one man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was taken by ambulance to the Colorado Plains Medical Center where he later died from his injuries, said police.