A 42-year-old Colorado Springs man, on parole for fatally shooting his mother in 1989, was acquitted Thursday of vehicular assault that left a woman seriously injured.
Charles Limbrick Jr. was convicted of six lesser counts in the March 4 wreck, court records show, including reckless driving, careless driving causing injury and driving under the influence.
Limbrick had a blood alcohol level of .22 to .25 at the time of the crash, roughly three times Colorado’s legal limit of .08. According to the newspaper, Fourth Judicial District Judge Deborah Grohs set sentencing for early December and ordered a $5,000 personal recognizance bond for the convicted killed.
The jury’s findings Thursday could mean more legal trouble for Limbrick, who served 23 years for killing his mother before his sentence was commuted in 2011 by former Gov. Bill Ritter.
Limbrick was 15 years old when he shot his mother, 42-year-old Betty Limbrick, in the head with a .357 Magnum at their Colorado Springs home.
A friend of the boy who witnessed the crime said after Charles Limbrick fired the revolver, he heard Betty Limbrick say: “Chuckie, I love you, but you just killed me.”
While Limbrick could be sentenced to more prison time for a parole violation in connection with the crash, it’s not clear what the sentence might be, the Department of Corrections has said.
Limbrick told a Colorado Springs police officer he drank “vodka in coffee” before he crashed into two vehicles, one of which authorities say was stopped at a red light. An arrest affidavit says Limbrick’s breath smelled of alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot and he was “unsteady on his feet” when interviewed after the wreck.
