Wheat Ridge man who shot at thieves cuts plea deal

WHEAT RIDGE - A Wheat Ridge        sentence, but a plea bargain
homeowner will not have to         was announced in court Friday.
spend any time in prison for         Wallace pled no contest to
what he calls an act of            attempted manslaughter and
defending his property.            illegal discharge of a
81-year-old Bobby Wallace was      firearm.
charged with 12 felonies in        He was placed on two years,
February, including four           unsupervised probation and
counts of attempted first          has to forfeit his guns. 
degree murder, after he fired      The two thieves, who are
at two thieves as they were        suspected illegal aliens,
stealing his trailer from his      were not initially charged
driveway.                          with anything, even though
He says he didn’t realize it       one confessed.  Both are now
at the time, but he hit one        charged with theft involving
in the head.                       an at-risk adult and their
The original charges could         cases continue.
have carried a 32-year prison                                    

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