GOLDEN, Colo. — A 33-year-old man was sentenced Monday after a 2025 incident in which he rammed patrol cars at the Evergreen Walmart parking lot and led officers on a high-speed chase in a stolen work truck carrying radioactive materials.
A Jefferson County judge gave Tyler James Young the maximum sentence: 13 years in state prison, after Young pleaded guilty to motor vehicle theft, vehicular eluding and second-degree assault.
On Sept. 11, 2025, the owner of a stolen Ford F-150 tracked his vehicle to the Evergreen Walmart and notified authorities. Jefferson County deputies and the Colorado State Patrol responded to the report…