Kevin Vaughan

1 week ago | 9news.com | Kevin Vaughan

GOLDEN, Colo. — At one point, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik considered Joseph Koenig his best friend – and told a jury Friday that was part of the reason he repeatedly lied to investigators about the rock-throwing death of Alexa Bartell. Koenig is on trial on first-degree murder and other charges, accused of hurling a rock from the pickup he was driving at Bartell’s oncoming car on April 19, 2023, along Indiana Street.

1 week ago | 9news.com | Kevin Vaughan

GOLDEN, Colo. — One of the two people who took guilty pleas in connection with the rock-throwing death of Alexa Bartell has been sentenced. Nicholas Karol-Chik, 20, was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole after serving 75% of that sentence, or 33.75 years. Karol-Chik and two codefendants, Zach Kwak and Joseph Koenig, were accused of five separate rock attacks on oncoming cars on April 19, 2023. All three were 18 at the time.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Mike Klis |Kevin Vaughan

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Jeff Sperbeck, a close friend and business associate of John Elway, died Wednesday morning -- a little more than three days after he fell off a golf car driven by the retired Denver Broncos quarterback. The incident occurred Saturday at a gated golf community in Southern California where Elway owns a home. That Elway was driving after he and Sperbeck had attended the Stagecoach music festival was first reported by TMZ.

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Kevin Vaughan

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It was still not clear on Monday whether any of the 114 people taken into custody during a federal raid in Colorado Springs will be charged with committing a crime. On Sunday morning, more than 300 federal law enforcement officers, along with local authorities, executed the operation at an illegal underground nightclub.

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Kevin Vaughan

GOLDEN, Colo. — El viernes, un jurado del condado Jefferson declaró a Joseph Koenig culpable de 19 cargos, incluyendo asesinato en primer grado, por la muerte de Alexa Bartell, quien murió cuando una piedra atravesó el parabrisas de su vehículo y la golpeó en la cabeza. El juicio comenzó con declaraciones iniciales el 14 de abril.