Hernandez could face up to six years in either Community Corrections or the Colorado Department of Corrections, followed by two years of parole. The court also has the option of sentencing ...

Colorado's second-highest court on Thursday decided a Weld County judge should have instructed jurors to consider whether a ...

Erik Hernandez pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a class 4 felony, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said in a news ...

Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke this week said the deputy was found to be justified in his shooting of Joe Sanchez II in a Dec. 31 letter and report to Weld Sheriff Steve Reams, according ...

A former LaSalle police officer has pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to manslaughter in a 31-year-old man’s shooting death in 2023.

According to a Weld County District Attorney’s Office release in 2023, Hernandez encountered Juston Reffel at the store. Reffel reportedly ran from officers and got into his vehicle. The ...

the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. A grand jury in June 2023 indicted Hernandez on one count of second-degree murder after he shot and killed 38-year-old Juston ...

Colorado's second-highest court on Thursday decided a Weld County judge should have instructed ... suggesting a struggle took place. District Court Judge Timothy Kerns acknowledged as much when ...

Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke this week said the deputy was found to be justified in his shooting of Joe Sanchez II in a Dec. 31 letter and report to Weld Sheriff Steve Reams ...

Erik Hernandez had originally faced a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Juston Reffel that occurred on ...

Colorado’s second-highest court determined that the jury for the 2021 trial didn’t receive proper instruction.