“The best defense against those who choose to do evil in our community is committed, professional prosecution. I was voted into office because of my prosecutorial experience. Over the past three years our office has made it clear that if you commit a crime in El Paso or Teller County, you will be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” DA Allen said.
Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich was sentenced to 2,000-plus years in prison after pleading guilty to more than 50 charges Monday, DA says sentence is longest ever achieved in district
In a post-trial press conference on Monday, 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen joined several city leaders and public safety officials in praising the heroism shown during the Club Q shooting, as well as the law enforcement and prosecutorial efforts that led to Anderson Aldrich pleading guilty to more than 51 charges and being sentenced to five life sentences plus more than 2,000 years in prison, with no possibility of parole or appeal.
But with an emotional and arduous trial behind him, and with Aldrich unlikely to ever leave prison alive, Allen also had some strong words for the Club Q assailant as well as Colorado laws that prevented his office from pursuing the death penalty.
“Today marks an important step in the recovery journey of the victims and family members of the Club Q shooting,” Allen said.
“Five consecutive life sentences – one life sentence for each murder victim …plus 48 years for each person the defendant in this case attempted to murder that night, running consecutively, totaling 2,208 years on top of those five consecutive life sentences. That is the longest sentence ever achieved in the 4th Judicial District.”
Letecia Stauch found guilty of all charges, sentenced to life in prison
An El Paso County judge on Monday sentenced Letecia Stauch to life in prison after a jury found her guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson Gannon, capping a five-week trial that featured emotional testimony from Gannon's family members.
…“I’ve been a prosecutor a long time. ... I’ve never seen the horror that this defendant brought down on this family,” Allen said. “No matter what the sentence is it’ll never bring Gannon back … but it will go a long way towards healing.”