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Mikal Newton

Gang member sentenced to prison for shooting Aurora man

A gang member who shot an Aurora man who was out walking his dogs was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Mikal Newton

Mikal Newton


Mikal Newton, 20, of Denver, was sentenced Nov. 5 in Arapahoe County District Court for shooting the 44-year-old man at the Sable Landing Condominiums in Aurora. Newton pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree assault with serious bodily injury, a Class 3 felony. Other counts were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.

“Senseless, violent crimes like this terrorize neighborhoods and communities; they are one of the reasons I felt it was important to have an Organized Crime Unit in my office,” said District Attorney John Kellner. “To the victims, these are random acts of violence. My unit sees the bigger picture and the inter-connectedness that exists. We want to identify the bad actors who commit a disproportionate number of violent crimes and get them off the streets.”

Early in 2019, a gang member killed a member of rival gang in Denver. Gang affiliates of the dead man vowed revenge.

On Oct. 22, 2019, the victim took his two dogs out for a walk. A car pulled up and one of the occupants yelled something referencing one of the gangs. The victim ignored the remark and continued walking. When the man was unlocking the door to go back inside, someone asked for his phone number. The man turned and saw one of the occupants of the car, pointing a gun at him. The man was shot several times but survived.

Aurora detectives worked to identify the car the men were in, and they gathered information from the spent shell casings. That led them to Newton. He still had the gun that matched the casings at the Aurora scene. The gun was traced to two additional crimes in Denver.

“The victim in this case was simply a man in his own community out walking his dogs. The defendant in this case mistook him for a rival gang member and then very coldly, with no provocation or hesitation, shot and nearly killed him,” said Deputy District Attorney Tony Tarantino, the prosecutor from the Organized Crime Unit who handled the case. “Those who commit violent crimes in this jurisdiction — be it for profit, retaliation, or any other reason – need to know that they will be pursued, they will be caught, and they will be incarcerated.”

Gang member sentenced to prison for shooting Aurora man was last modified: November 9th, 2021 by Eric Ross
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Joshua Alonzo Cunningham

Gang member gets 35 years for Aurora crime spree

An admitted gang member has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a violent crime spree in Aurora.

Joshua Alonzo Cunningham

Joshua Alonzo Cunningham


Arapahoe County District Court Judge Andrew Baum sentenced Joshua Alonzo Cunningham, 20, of Aurora, after he pleaded guilty May 6 to one count of attempted first-degree murder in one case, and to aggravated robbery with a firearm in a second case. Other charges he faced were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.

On Dec. 8, 2017, Cunningham fired at a victim from a vehicle in a drive-by shooting on East 14th Avenue in Aurora, where he and other gang members targeted an individual they believed to be a rival gang member.

On Feb. 12, 2018, Cunningham robbed an O’Reilly Auto Parts store on South Havana Street in Aurora with a handgun, where he threatened a clerk and forced her to give him money from a cash register.

In July 2018, 14 co-defendants who were involved in the crime spree were arrested and charged. Cases against other defendants are still pending.

The cases were investigated by the ATF, the FBI Safe-Streets Task Force, and the Aurora Police Department, focusing on a pattern of gang-related aggravated robberies, burglaries, and shootings throughout the Denver metro area by members and associates of the Park Hill Bloods criminal street gang. Several firearms were recovered during the investigation and forensic technology allowed investigators to match ballistic evidence from several crime scenes, along with cell-phone information that contributed to the identification and apprehension of those responsible for the shootings.

“It takes the combined efforts of our fantastic law enforcement partners at Aurora PD, FBI, and ATF to help protect us from the seeming surge in violent crime being perpetrated by younger members of our community,” said District Attorney George Brauchler. “Gang-related drive-by shootings are not limited to LA-based 1980s movies. They are here, and as long as there are those who engage in this extreme and lethal behavior, we will work to protect our community by removing them from it. This is why we build prisons.”

Gang member gets 35 years for Aurora crime spree was last modified: May 21st, 2019 by Eric Ross
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