Man who pleaded guilty in rock-throwing case sentenced to over 4 decades in prison
FOX31 Denver
[{'start': '2.669', 'end': '5.238', 'text': "GO OVER. THE TIMING OF THIS   CHANGE IS COMING UP. ALL   RIGHT. WE'LL SEE IN A BIT.   LIZ, THANK YOU. TODAY, ONE OF   THE 3 MEN INVOLVED IN A 2023   FATAL ROCK DURING INCIDENT HAS   LEARNED HIS FATE. NICHOLAS   KAROL-CHIK PREVIOUSLY PLEADED   GUILTY AND TODAY WAS SENTENCED   TO 45 YEARS IN PRISON.   >> FOX THIRTY-ONE'S GENELLE   PADILLA HAS THE LATEST. A   PERSON COUNTY SENTENCED   NICHOLAS KAROL-CHIK TO 45   YEARS ON ONE COUNT. AND 24   YEARS ON A SECOND, SERVED AT   THE SAME TIME, CAROL CHECK,   WHO WAS 18 AT THE TIME WAS IN   THE CAR WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS   THROWN HITTING THE WINDSHIELD   OF 20 YEAR-OLD ALEXA BARTELS   CAR, KILLING HER CAROL CHECK   TOOK A PLEA DEAL AND TESTIFIED   AGAINST JOSEPH KAY-NIG.   ANOTHER SUSPECT TOO JUST LAST   WEEK WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 19   CHARGES, INCLUDING   FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. TODAY'S   SENTENCING WAS VERY EMOTIONAL   FOR BOTH SIDES. KAROL-CHIK   ASKING BARR TELLS FAMILY FOR   FORGIVENESS.   >> EVERY DAY I WISH I COULD   TURN BACK TIME AND CHANGE   EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. I   WILL FOREVER HAVE TO LIVE WITH   THE FACT. THAT MY DESIRE TO   IMPRESS PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT   OF AS FRIENDS. CAUSE THIS   TRAGEDY. I WAS SCARED OF BEING   CASTAWAY. SO INSTEAD I TOOK   THE EASY ROAD. AND I FOLLOWED.   THE HARDEST PART TO MAKE SENSE   OF IS WHITE TOOK SOMEONE   LOSING THEIR LIFE FOR ME TO   REALLY THINK ABOUT THE   CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS.   >> MEMBERS OF OUR TELLS FAMILY   ALSO SPOKE TODAY ABOUT THEIR   HEARTBREAK. SEVERAL ASKED FOR   CAROL CHECK TO BE HELD FULLY   ACCOUNTABLE. THE 3RD PERSON IN   THE CAR WHEN THE ROCK WAS   THROWN. ZACHARY QUACK"}]