A judge Tuesday sentenced the man who “terrorized” people in Aurora and Denver during a two-hour deadly 2021 crime spree to 85 years in prison.
Andrew Jacobs, 34, received the sentence in Arapahoe County after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the Nov. 10, 2021 spree in which he committed several violent crimes that included murder, multiple carjackings and two home invasions, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday in a news release.
Jacobs claimed he was high on methamphetamine and fentanyl during the crime spree.
The spree started when Jacobs attempted to carjack a woman, stealing her purse and firing shots in her garages, about 3:20 a.m. Nov 10, 2021.
Police then responded to a possible carjacking at 14082 East Iowa Drive in the Florida Station Apartments complex a few minutes later at 3:29 p.m. where they found a man, Carlos Julio Albarracin, shot. He died after being taken to a hospital.
Albarracin’s six-year-old son was in his truck with him when Jacobs approached, shattered the truck’s window and shot Albarracin, according to the news release.
Jacobs then stole Albarracin’s truck.
Jacobs then broke into two homes and carjacked several other people, the news release said.
“This is one of the most egregious crime sprees my team has prosecuted,” District Attorney John Kellner said. “I can’t imagine the trauma this young child now lives with after witnessing his father’s killing. The decision to plead this case was made to spare this child the grief of having to testify in court.”
Jacobs pleaded guilty earlier this month.
As part of the plea agreement, 60 other charges Jacobs faced were dismissed. Those charges included a charge of first-degree murder with extreme indifference and a charge of first-degree murder after deliberation, each of which would have resulted in a sentence of life in prison if he was convicted; and several charges of robbery, burglary, auto theft, felony menacing, assault and trespassing.
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Editor’s note: This article was updated at 4:17 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, to include Carlos Julio Albarracin’s full name.
