The Colorado Court of Appeals denied an appeal Thursday to reduce the sentence of a Mesa County man who is serving 117 years on multiple burglary, car theft and escape charges.
Shane Edward Johnson, 53, initially was convicted in 2008 on seven counts of second-degree burglary, five counts of aggravated motor vehicle theft, four counts of theft, vehicular eluding and a slew of other felonies committed over a month-and-a-half period in 2006.
For that, he received 105 years.
But before he could be given that sentence in September 2008, he escaped from the Mesa County Detention Center using a hacksaw that had been smuggled into the jail, according to court records.
The Colorado Court of Appeals denied an appeal Thursday to reduce the sentence of a Mesa County man who is serving 117 years on multiple burglary, car theft and escape charges.
Shane Edward Johnson, 53, initially was convicted in 2008 on seven counts of second-degree burglary, five counts of aggravated motor vehicle theft, four counts of theft, vehicular eluding and a slew of other felonies committed over a month-and-a-half period in 2006.
For that, he received 105 years.
But before he could be given that sentence in September 2008, he escaped from the Mesa County Detention Center using a hacksaw that had been smuggled into the jail, according to court records.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against two Mesa County officials Tuesday, saying they both caused a Boulder woman to be jailed for two weeks for no good reason.
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court, names Chief Judge Brian Flynn of the 21st Judicial District, which encompasses the county, Mesa County Sheriff Matt Lewis and Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle.
In it, ACLU attorneys alleged that Flynn illegally barred judges in his district from setting a bond or allowing Boulder resident Michelle Reynolds to be released on bond or obtain pretrial release, causing her to spend 15 days in jail unnecessarily.