Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Jury Finds Gay Porn Actor Guilty Of Murder

DENVER -- A Denver jury found a former gay porn star accused of killing one of his clients guilty of first-degree murder, authorities said Monday.

Timothy John Boham was also found guilty on charges of first-degree murder after deliberation and aggravated robbery, said Lynn Kimbrough of the Denver District Attorney's Office.

Boham killed a wealthy businessman, John Paul Kelso, who hired Boham for sexual services in 2006.

During the trial Boham had said the victim shot himself because he was depressed over failed relationships.

Boham is a 28-year-old former porn actor who was working as a gay escort. He also once worked for Kelso, who owned a debt-collection agency before his death in November of 2006.

Prosecutors said Boham tried to rob Kelso and shot Kelso when he refused to open his safe.

Boham faces life in prison without parole when he appears for sentencing on Tuesday.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Colo. Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Crash That Killed Old Greenwich Librarians

Greenwich Time- The Colorado woman charged in a hit-and-run collision that killed two Old Greenwich librarians pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges including vehicular homicide.

Sandra Lee Jacobson, 40, of Centennial, Colo., is charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving under the influence of alcohol in the Jan. 28 crash that killed Greenwich librarians Kathy Krasniewicz, 54, and Kate McClelland, 71.

Jacobson entered the not-guilty plea alongside her lawyer in Denver criminal court Thursday -- six days after the victims' families accused her of negligence as part of a wrongful death suit filed last week in Denver civil court.

Authorities say Jacobson sideswiped a taxi carrying the women to Denver International Airport, causing them to be ejected from the vehicle as it rolled down an embankment. Both women were killed.

Jacobson is due in criminal court again Aug. 20, according to Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney.

While her not-guilty plea sets the stage for a full-blown criminal trial, Jacobson still could accept a plea deal from prosecutors between now and her next scheduled court date in August, Kimbrough said.

"It's not uncommon to enter a plea at the time of arraignment . . . with the understanding there may be closed negotiations," said Kimbrough, who said she could not speak to the specifics of Jacobson's situation. "At this time, her case is on track to enter trial."