A 34-year-old defendant has been sentenced to 96 years in jail for a 2018 street rage capturing in Parker.
Abraham Paquet, a repeat felon, was convicted in February by a Douglas County jury of tried first-degree homicide and assault severely bodily damage with a lethal weapon, each felonies, amongst different prices, based on a Douglas County District Legal professional’s Workplace information launch.
Throughout the night commute of Might 22, 2018, Paquet shot one other driver close to Parker Highway and E-470, based on the discharge. The injured driver was capable of get to Parker Adventist Hospital for remedy and had surgical procedure on his hand. A number of bullets that hit the sufferer’s car, a witness account and video surveillance footage led investigators to Paquet.
“This felon endangered many lives, and whereas we might by no means know the true motive for his violent actions, the very fact is he ought to have by no means been in possession of a firearm,” District Legal professional John Kellner mentioned within the launch. “This prolonged jail sentence ensures the defendant gained’t be capable of victimize anybody else for the foreseeable future.”
Throughout the capturing, Paquet had a passenger within the car. That co-defendant was charged and pleaded responsible to being an adjunct to against the law — a category 5 felony.
Paquet was sentenced by Douglas County District Court docket Choose Theresa Slade.
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