The Denver Police Department near East Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard at 9:43 p.m. Tuesday. A car hit a motorcycle near the intersection, on the edge of Denver’s Congress Park and Hale neighborhoods, and sent the motorcyclist to the hospital, police said.

Information about the hit-and-run car and driver was not available Wednesday.

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Aurora officers responded to the crash in the 1100 block of North Jamaica Street at 8:57 a.m. Friday, police spokesperson Gabby Easterwood said. When officers arrived, they found that a car had hit the home and the driver had fled the scene. Easterwood said the teen left the scene on foot.

Paramedics took a woman inside the home to the hospital with serious injuries, Easterwood said. A second woman inside the home at the time of the crash was not injured.

Officers later arrested an unidentified 13-year-old on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious bodily injury and careless driving, Easterwood said.

It’s unknown why the 13-year-old was driving.

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Ricky Roybal-Smith, 38, pleaded guilty on Thursday to second-degree murder and DUI in the Denver case, a deal that dismissed the original first-degree murder charge, according to court records. Denver District Court Judge Andrew Luxen sentenced Roybal-Smith to 56 years in prison during the disposition hearing, which will run concurrently with his other prison sentence, court records show.

“In just over two days in metro Denver, Ricky Roybal-Smith murdered three men in cold blood,” . “Today’s sentence, alongside severe sentences in Adams County, ensures that Roybal-Smith will spend the rest of his life in prison, which is where he belongs given his horrific and senseless crimes.”

Roybal-Smith strangled his cellmate, Vincent Chacon, in Denver’s Downtown Detention Center after being arrested in connection with a hit-and-run on June 30, 2025, police said. He was already in custody there when Aurora police linked him to the two fatal stabbings that happened on June 29, 2025.

The Aurora victims, 27‑year‑old Jesse Shafer and 61‑year‑old Scott Davenport, were both found dead with dozens of stab wounds, police said.

Roybal-Smith took a deal and pleaded guilty in March to two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbings, which dropped two charges of first-degree murder from his case, according to court records. Adams County District Court Judge Brett Martin sentenced Roybal-Smith to 40 years in prison for each of the men’s deaths, court records show.

Calistro Ortega-Uribe, 50, took a deal and pleaded guilty in February to attempting to leave the scene of an accident involving death, Denver District Court records show. The deal dropped two felony charges, vehicular homicide by DUI and leaving the scene of an accident involving death, from his case.

Ortega-Uribe was arrested after hitting a pedestrian in the 3600 block of North Quebec Street on Aug. 16, 2025, and fleeing the scene, Denver police said. The block is near where Quebec intersects with Interstate 70.

The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the pedestrian as 59-year-old Nicholas Teegarden. The man died from blunt force injuries sustained in the crash, and his death was ruled an accident, .

Brandon Joseph Sargent-Zuniga, 22, hit both the semitrailer and an RV, parked on the shoulder of I-270 with a dead battery, before fleeing the scene, according to his arrest affidavit. The crash injured his girlfriend, identified in the affidavit as 23-year-old Krista Parr, who died as Sargent-Zuniga tried to rush her to the hospital.

Sargent-Zuniga was arrested on March 28 and charged with vehicular homicide by reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident involving death, both felonies, according to Adams County court records. He posted a $50,000 surety bail on April 1.

Commerce City police officers responded to the hit-and-run on I-270 near Vasquez Boulevard at about 9:05 p.m. on Jan. 16, according to Sargent-Zuniga’s arrest affidavit. During that investigation, a Colorado State Patrol trooper stopped Sargent-Zuniga near the intersection of East 74th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard for speeding and running a stop sign.

The trooper found a woman unconscious in the car’s back passenger seat, the affidavit stated. Sargent-Zuniga told the trooper his girlfriend, Parr, had been injured in the earlier crash and he was trying to take her to the hospital. She was declared dead at the scene of the traffic stop, the affidavit stated.

Sargent-Zuniga told investigators that another vehicle entered his lane and brake-checked him on I-270, causing him to swerve into the parked RV, according to the affidavit. But cameras from the semitrailer involved in the collision showed Sargent-Zuniga attempting to pass the large truck on the highway’s shoulder, resulting in him striking both the RV and the semitrailer, police said.

Sargent-Zuniga, who was driving a gray sedan, appeared to be racing a blue sedan before the crash, police said in the affidavit.

Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash. Sargent-Zuniga denied engaging in any form of road rage, racing or reckless driving, according to the affidavit.

Sargent-Zuniga decided to drive home because he believed it would be faster to take Parr to the hospital in his truck, which was not involved in the crash, than to wait for an ambulance, according to the affidavit. His neighbor helped him move Parr from the damaged sedan to the truck.

At that time, Parr was breathing but unconscious, the neighbor told police in the affidavit.

“Krista was vibrant, creative, and full of love,” . “She had a fiery spirit and an infectious laugh that could light up any room. Wherever she went, joy followed. She was truly the life of the party, always making others smile and laugh. Being around Krista meant warmth, fun, and unforgettable moments.”

Sargent-Zuniga is next scheduled to appear in court on April 22 for a preliminary hearing, court records show.

A Colorado State Patrol trooper pulled Brandon Joseph Sargent-Zuniga over for speeding on Jan. 16 and found a woman dead in the passenger seat, according to a news release from the .

Investigators believe Sargent-Zuniga was racing down Interstate 270 earlier that night when he crashed into a parked RV, . The man’s passenger, a woman who has not been publicly identified, was injured in the crash.

Sargent-Zuniga fled the scene, went home, switched vehicles and tried to take the woman to the hospital, but she died from her injuries before they arrived, police said. That’s when the trooper pulled Sargent-Zuniga over and found her body.

Sargent-Zuniga faces two felony charges: vehicular homicide by reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident involving death, according to Adams County court records. A warrant was issued Friday for Sargent-Zuniga’s arrest on those charges, and the man was arrested Saturday, court records show.

He will next appear in court on Wednesday for a setting hearing, according to court records. As of Tuesday afternoon, he was being held at the Adams County Detention Center in Brighton on a $50,000 bail, .

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The unidentified rider was hit near 15th and Market streets by a black 2018 Nissan Maxima with Colorado license plate CYW-Y89 about 8:45 p.m. Friday, .

The driver, believed to be a white woman with blonde hair, fled the scene and was last seen driving south on Auraria Parkway, the alert stated. Police believe the car has damage to the driver’s side rear door.

Anyone with information about the incident or the car involved is asked to contact the Denver Police Department at 720-913-6010.

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Denver officers responded to the fatal crash on eastbound I-70 near Havana Street, on the edge of the city’s Montbello and Central Park , at 4:15 a.m. Saturday, . Four vehicles crashed on the eastbound portion of the highway, and one driver fled on foot, .

The identity of the person killed in the crash will be released by the medical examiner’s office..

Eastbound I-70 was closed for several hours after the fatal crash, but reopened later that morning, according to a .

Anyone with information about the crash or the suspect who fled the scene is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

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The rides-hail driver of a Toyota Corolla was headed north on I-225 near East Iliff Avenue with two passengers in the backseat about 2:15 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department. A minute later, the driver rear-ended a Chevy Silverado.

The crash forced the Toyota to roll, and it slid to a stop on the highway shoulder, police said in the release. Speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash, police said.

One of the ride-hail passengers, a man who will be identified by the Arapahoe County coroner’s office, died, police said. Paramedics took the driver and the second passenger to a hospital with serious injuries.

Both people inside the Chevy left the car and ran from the crash scene, police said in the release.

Anyone with information on the crash, including the identities of the two people who left the scene, is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

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The man’s body was found near the intersection of Evergreen Parkway and Kerr Gulch Road, roughly 6 miles west of Genesee, just after 3 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the state patrol. The 67-year-old man, who has not been publicly identified, was walking along the road Saturday evening and started to cross traffic when he was hit, officials said.

Investigators believe the man was hit between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Saturday by an unknown car, the release stated. The car likely has front-end damage, which may include the windshield.

“Investigators are also seeking information on a vehicle of interest,” state patrol officials stated in the release. “Troopers would like to speak with the driver of a white sedan, possibly manufactured around 2010, who was also traveling eastbound on (Evergreen Parkway) during this timeframe.”

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact dispatchers at 303-239-4501 and reference case number VC260080.

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