DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A man convicted of killing a Colorado U.S. Air Force member in a drunk driving crash in August of last year will spend the rest of his days in prison, a Douglas County judge ruled Thursday.
Paul Stephenson, 57, was found guilty of nearly a dozen counts back in April for the drunk driving crash that killed 39-year-old U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Anderson.
Prosecutors said Anderson and his family were coming home from the last day of the Douglas County Fair on Aug. 4, 2024, when Stephenson crashed into Anderson’s vehicle, which was stopped at a 7-Eleven gas pump on Plum Creek Parkway in Castle Rock as Anderson’s wife was going inside the store to get popsicles for the family…