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  Print Email Font ResizeBreaking NewsMan sentenced for escaping Denver jail with deputy's helpBy Jordan SteffenThe Denver PostPosted:
  08/12/2013 08:56:33 AM MDTUpdated:
  08/13/2013 12:00:58 AM MDTFelix Trujillo. (Colorado Department of Corrections)Jan 24:Former Denver sheriff's deputy gets maximum sentence in aiding escapeNov 22:Former Denver sheriff's deputy accepts plea deal in aiding escapeJul 17:Arraignment date set for Denver deputy charged with helping inmate escapeMay 29:Denver deputy charged with helping inmate escape jail resignsApr 22:Denver sheriff's deputy formally charged in escape from downtown jailApr 17:Charges filed against sheriff's deputy, Denver escapeeApr 11:Court records reveal new details in Felix Trujillo's jail escapeThe felon who was allegedly assisted by a Denver deputy in escaping from the Downtown Denver Detention Center in April pleaded guilty on Monday to robbery and escape charges.Felix Trujillo was then sentenced to 10 years for the escape charge and 24 years for his role in a 2012 home invasion. The sentences are to be served consecutively.Trujillo, 24, walked out of the detention center on April 7 wearing a deputy's cap and jacket. Deputy Matthew Andrews, 36, has been charged with helping Trujillo escape.Trujillo was awaiting sentencing for his role in the robbery case when he escaped.On Monday, prosecutors described how Trujillo and three others stormed into a house in August 2012 and attacked a family that had recently moved into the home where previous tenants allegedly sold drugs.Victims from the aggravated robbery case against Trujillo told Denver District Court Judge William Robbins they still fear someone will break into their home.While in jail, Trujillo allegedly offered Andrews $500,000 to help him escape jail, attorneys said. Denver police say Andrews told co-workers he helped Trujillo escape because he had been threatened and told there was a contract out on him and his family.Andrews allegedly drove Trujillo to Thornton, where he got into a different vehicle and fled. Trujillo surrendered to Denver police three days later.Jeanette Perez, Trujillo's mother, described her son's struggle with mental illness and asked the judge for leniency.Advertisement"My son was never able to see his world in our reality," Perez said. Still, Robbins passed down the maximum sentence."In a lot of ways, you're the worst kind of criminal," Robbins told Trujillo.Print Email Font ResizeReturn to Top Related Stories