DENVER (KDVR) — A judge sentenced Joseph Koenig to life without parole, marking the end of sentencing for three teens who threw rocks at oncoming cars, ultimately killing 20-year-old Alexa Bartell.
On Tuesday, a judge sentenced Koenig to life without parole with an additional 60 years after he was found guilty on 19 counts, one being first-degree murder.
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- Count 1: life without parole
- Count 2: 10 years (consecutive to count 1 and counts 2-6)
- Count 3: 10 years (consecutive to count 1 and counts 2-6)
- Count 4: 10 years (consecutive to count 1 and counts 2-6)
- Count 5: 10 years (consecutive to count 1 and counts 2-6)
- Count 6: 10 years (consecutive to count 1 and counts 2-6)
- Count 7: 120 days in jail, time served, concurrent to all other counts.
- Counts 8-10: 364 days in jail, time served, concurrent to all other counts.
- Counts 11-13, 15, 18, 19: 120 days in jail, time served, concurrent to all other counts.
- Count 14: 10 years (consecutive to counts 2-6)
- Counts 16-17: 3 years (concurrent to all other counts)
Teens throw rocks at cars, kill 20-year-old woman
This sentencing comes after three high school students were throwing landscaping rocks at passing cars in Jefferson County on the night of April 19, 2023. Bartell was driving by the teens when a rock went through her windshield, hitting her in the head and killing her.
Koenig was said to be the one driving and threw the deadly rock. The two other people in the car, Nicholas Karol-Chik and Zachary Kwak, took plea deals, pleading guilty to lesser charges in exchange for agreeing to testify at Koenig’s trial…