A 47-year-old man in Colorado will spend up to two decades behind bars for trying to run down two women he believed were lesbians before intentionally ramming their pickup truck with his vehicle, telling police it was because he “saw them kissing.”
Vitalie Oprea on Monday pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation with a violent crime enhancer in connection with the attack and was subsequently ordered to serve 20 years in a state correctional facility, authorities announced.
In exchange for Oprea’s guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a slew of additional charges against him, including an additional count of attempted murder, six counts of attempted first-degree assault, two counts of motor vehicle theft, and one count of criminal mischief…