A teen who stabbed a correctional officer within the Lakeside space, whereas in youth companies’ custody and at a dental appointment, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail.
Juan Ocegueda, 18, was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County District Courtroom for the Might 31, 2022, stabbing, in response to the Jefferson County district legal professional’s workplace.
Ocegueda, on the time of the incident, was 17 and was within the custody of Platte Valley Youth Providers in Greeley. Ocegueda was at a dental appointment, with a Division of Youth Providers safety specialist when the stabbing occurred.
The sufferer, a 52-year-old youth companies worker, was stabbed a number of instances in his arm, stomach, shoulder and neck. He has taken early retirement due to the assault, in response to the district legal professional’s workplace.
On Might 1, Ocegueda, who was charged as an grownup, pleaded responsible to first-degree assault and a crime-of-violence sentence enhancer. Further costs had been dismissed as a part of the plea settlement.
Ocegueda, who’s deemed a violent offender by the court docket, faces sentences in two different legal instances, one on July 13 in Weld County and the opposite on July 31 in Larimer County.
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