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Man found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing Wheat Ridge police officer

Andre Jones, 31, was convicted of attempted murder, assault, motor vehicle theft and resisting arrest on Tuesday

Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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A Jefferson County jury found a man guilty of attempted murder Tuesday for the 2022 stabbing of a Wheat Ridge police officer.

On Tuesday, 31-year-old Andre Jones was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, multiple counts of first-degree assault, aggravated motor vehicle theft and resisting arrest, according to court records.

In April 2022, a Wheat Ridge police officer was responding to reports of a stolen U-Haul rental truck that had crashed into a fence when he was attacked by Jones.

Jones stabbed the officer multiple times in the neck, chest and back.

After a six-day trial, the jury deliberated for just under four hours before reaching their verdicts, a spokesperson for the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Tuesday.

Jones will next appear in court for a sentencing hearing on Oct. 10, 2024.

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