JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A Jefferson County judge on Thursday dropped charges against a man accused of killing two and severely injuring two others in a fiery December 2021 crash after doctors declared him unfit to stand trial.
District Court Judge Tamara S. Russell called it a “bitter pill to swallow” before she dismissed the case of Guillermo Ramirez, who faced a dozen charges, including multiple counts of vehicular homicide.
Ramirez had been found incompetent in six different medical evaluations. Under a new state law that took effect last year, if a defendant is found incompetent and not restorable, a judge has to dismiss the case…