Post by Mya on Feb 14, 2022 8:16:51 GMT
‘get over it,’ man said before being sentenced to prison in Black Forest traffic killings
A man who in 2020 stole a nursing home bus in Aurora and crashed it into oncoming traffic in Black Forest, killing two people, told victims’ family members to “get over it” Friday before he was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
Daihauonzadre Brooks-Jones, 21, pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors to two counts of vehicular homicide, and was handed two back-to-back 16-year sentences in the Department of Corrections, with five years of mandatory parole, by 4th Judicial District Judge Laura Findorff. All other charges — over 40 — were dropped per the agreement.
Brooks-Jones, of Denver, pleaded guilty to stealing an Aurora nursing home bus and crashing head-on with two other vehicles at Colorado 83 and Old Stagecoach Road in Black Forest, killing 42-year-old Kizzy Mary Aguirre and 66-year-old Sergio Sanchez on Nov. 5, 2020. He was arrested one day later.
As he gave his statement, at least two family members protested from the gallery, asking what the point was.
Tensions in the audience rose as Brooks-Jones continued to speak. After one shout, he was heard saying to “get over it, like I am.”
gazette.com/news/crime/get-over-it-man-said-before-being-sentenced-to-prison-in-black-forest-traffic-killings/article_64f2641a-808e-11ec-99f9-3b972aaa0381.html
A man who in 2020 stole a nursing home bus in Aurora and crashed it into oncoming traffic in Black Forest, killing two people, told victims’ family members to “get over it” Friday before he was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
Daihauonzadre Brooks-Jones, 21, pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors to two counts of vehicular homicide, and was handed two back-to-back 16-year sentences in the Department of Corrections, with five years of mandatory parole, by 4th Judicial District Judge Laura Findorff. All other charges — over 40 — were dropped per the agreement.
Brooks-Jones, of Denver, pleaded guilty to stealing an Aurora nursing home bus and crashing head-on with two other vehicles at Colorado 83 and Old Stagecoach Road in Black Forest, killing 42-year-old Kizzy Mary Aguirre and 66-year-old Sergio Sanchez on Nov. 5, 2020. He was arrested one day later.
As he gave his statement, at least two family members protested from the gallery, asking what the point was.
Tensions in the audience rose as Brooks-Jones continued to speak. After one shout, he was heard saying to “get over it, like I am.”
gazette.com/news/crime/get-over-it-man-said-before-being-sentenced-to-prison-in-black-forest-traffic-killings/article_64f2641a-808e-11ec-99f9-3b972aaa0381.html