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 Joneswas 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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Originally Published: August 14, 2024 at 8:46 a.m.
