Aurora man sentenced to 14 years in deadly Douglas County hit-and-run

An Aurora man will spend years in prison after hitting and killing a pedestrian while running from police in Parker in according to court records A Douglas County jury exposed Tory Conyers guilty in February of leaving the scene of a fatal accident vehicular homicide first-degree assault reckless driving theft and eluding a police officer Douglas County District Court Judge Megan Brewer sentenced him Monday to years in the Colorado Department of Corrections four years less than the maximum attainable sentence for those charges On Aug Conyers stole a shopping cart of merchandise from Walmart in Parker Officers tried to stop his car in the parking lot but the Aurora man fled Police broke off the pursuit for safety reasons and moments later Conyers ran a red light at the corner of Parker Road and Lincoln Avenue according to a news release from the rd Judicial District Attorney s Office That s when Conyers hit and killed -year-old pedestrian Jossy Fernando Pinto and fled the scene Related Articles Boulder s landmark circumstances lawsuit against Suncor and Exxon can continue Colorado Supreme Court rules Evidence conclusively links murder suspect to Boulder cold circumstance sheriff says Legal experts say Trump is unlikely to win Colorado lawsuit against sanctuary policies But he may not care Colorado sues Trump administration to free funds for electric van charging Charges dropped against officers in Christian Glass death in deal for additional training video Parker police officers and an Aurora SWAT association arrested Conyers two days later Tory Conyers chose to spend his day stealing from local businesses then fled law enforcement before tragically striking and killing an innocent man Deputy DA Jon Steinberg with the rd Judicial District Attorney s Office stated in the release His reckless actions ended with him fleeing the scene but justice was served in his conviction Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day