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A 23-year-old who led a high-speed chase through Wheat Ridge in a stolen SUV last year was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison.
Branden Kyle Winters was convicted of charges that he stole the sport utility vehicle and eluded police in school zones and in a park at speeds up to 80 mph. The chase ended in a fiery, head-on collision with a police cruiser.
Winters also was ordered to pay more than $60,000 in restitution.
The chase on Feb. 20, 2010, began when Winters rammed the SUV into a police cruiser in a gas station parking lot, prosecutors said. The chase ended after the collision with a second cruiser. The Denver Post
