A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and two armed robbery charges in a 2021 carjacking spree and deadly shooting.
Andrew Jacobs, 34, pleaded guilty in Arapahoe County on Friday to three charges and three violent crime sentence enhancements in the Nov. 10, 2021, death of Carlos Julio Albarracin, who was 34 at the time, according to online court documents.
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 to life in prison if he was convicted; and several charges of robbery, burglary, auto theft, felony menacing, assault and trespassing.
Police responded to a possible carjacking at 14082 East Iowa Drive in the Florida Station Apartments complex at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 2021, where they found a man, Albarracin, shot. He died after being taken to a hospital.
Investigators at the time said Albarracin approached Jacobs, who showed his gun and fired. Jacobs then stole Albarracin’s vehicle and left, police said.
Police said Jacobs then reportedly committed two home invasion robberies and several more carjackings across Aurora and into Denver.
Police also said he caused two different crashes in Denver and Aurora that injured people.
Jacobs has a sentencing hearing Nov. 14.
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