Thomas Cushing, a former attorney with the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting a child, according to El Paso County court records.

The man, who was driving a pickup truck, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Colorado State Patrol news release.

Three drivers were involved in the crash in Denver’s Congress Park neighborhood that injured two people, and one driver left the scene, police said early Monday morning.

Nearly 100 people staying at a Centennial hotel were evacuated Sunday afternoon after a fire sparked in one of the rooms, according to South Metro Fire Rescue.

Phillip Torres was sentenced Friday to more than six decades in prison for kidnapping and sexual assault after police discovered a teenager bound and gagged in a Thornton yard in June 2023.

Two brothers were sentenced to decades in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for a drive-by shooting at Denver’s Downtown Aquarium that killed a 19-year-old, according to the district attorney’s office.

Three people were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder this week in connection with a 47-year-old man’s death near Cherry