First of three defendants in deadly rock-throwing case is sentenced in Colorado
CBS Colorado
[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '4.640', 'text': 'Also tonight, one of three men involved'}, {'start': '2.000', 'end': '6.960', 'text': 'in the death of Alexa Bartell will spend'}, {'start': '4.640', 'end': '8.400', 'text': "45 years in prison. He's the first of"}, {'start': '6.960', 'end': '10.080', 'text': 'three defendants in this deadly rock'}, {'start': '8.400', 'end': '12.240', 'text': 'throwing case to learn his fate.'}, {'start': '10.080', 'end': '14.080', 'text': '20-year-old Alexa Bartell died when a'}, {'start': '12.240', 'end': '15.679', 'text': 'landscaping rock smashed through her car'}, {'start': '14.080', 'end': '18.000', 'text': 'windshield while she was driving two'}, {'start': '15.679', 'end': '20.400', 'text': 'years ago. A court sentenced Nicholas'}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '22.400', 'text': 'Carolic today. He testified against his'}, {'start': '20.400', 'end': '24.080', 'text': 'former friend Joseph Kanig and plead'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '26.080', 'text': 'guilty to seconddegree murder and'}, {'start': '24.080', 'end': '28.160', 'text': 'attempted first-degree murder. The other'}, {'start': '26.080', 'end': '30.080', 'text': 'defendant, Zachary Quac, is sentenced to'}, {'start': '28.160', 'end': '32.000', 'text': 'be is scheduled rather to be sentenced'}, {'start': '30.080', 'end': '33.520', 'text': 'tomorrow. Your reporter in Jefferson'}, {'start': '32.000', 'end': '35.840', 'text': 'County, Karen Morford, has been covering'}, {'start': '33.520', 'end': '37.360', 'text': "this case for you. And Karen Carolic's"}, {'start': '35.840', 'end': '40.079', 'text': 'family pleaded with the judge for'}, {'start': '37.360', 'end': '42.320', 'text': "leniency while Bartell's family called"}, {'start': '40.079', 'end': '45.600', 'text': 'for justice. This is been a case that'}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'has been hard on everyone involved.'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '49.840', 'text': "Yeah, Michael, that's exactly right. But"}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '51.680', 'text': "no one more than Bartell's family. Many"}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '54.719', 'text': 'of them speaking today at that hearing.'}, {'start': '51.680', 'end': '57.199', 'text': 'her girlfriend describing Alexa as the'}, {'start': '54.719', 'end': '59.039', 'text': "son in everyone's life. A Carol check"}, {'start': '57.199', 'end': '61.079', 'text': "also using today's hearing as an"}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '63.600', 'text': 'opportunity to call for'}, {'start': '61.079', 'end': '65.920', 'text': 'forgiveness. It was a morning filled'}, {'start': '63.600', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'with sadness. 20-year-old Alexa'}, {'start': '65.920', 'end': '70.640', 'text': "Bartell's friends and family putting"}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '73.400', 'text': 'their grief into words. What mother'}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '76.040', 'text': 'should have to live with that kind of'}, {'start': '73.400', 'end': '78.720', 'text': 'goodbye? One that never'}, {'start': '76.040', 'end': '81.280', 'text': "happened. To this day, I can't make"}, {'start': '78.720', 'end': '83.520', 'text': "peace with the fact that she's gone. Her"}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '85.600', 'text': 'mother, Cali Bartal, carrying the loss'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '87.840', 'text': 'with her daily, telling the court the'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '90.600', 'text': 'weight is heaviest with every hint of'}, {'start': '87.840', 'end': '95.040', 'text': 'happiness. I find it difficult to feel'}, {'start': '90.600', 'end': '98.240', 'text': 'joy without being consumed by guilt. As'}, {'start': '95.040', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'if any happiness I experience is a'}, {'start': '98.240', 'end': '102.880', 'text': 'betrayal. Together they painted a'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'picture of a vibrant, energetic, and'}, {'start': '102.880', 'end': '108.479', 'text': 'kind human being. She was kind. She was'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '110.560', 'text': "the son in everybody's life. Nicholas"}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'Carolich check emotional listening as'}, {'start': '110.560', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'they shared the last of their memories'}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '117.920', 'text': 'with Alexa then breaking down entirely'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '119.079', 'text': "when his own family spoke. Please, I'm"}, {'start': '117.920', 'end': '122.320', 'text': 'begging'}, {'start': '119.079', 'end': '125.119', 'text': "you. Don't throw my baby away. If you"}, {'start': '122.320', 'end': '126.960', 'text': "send him to DOC, it's another tragedy"}, {'start': '125.119', 'end': '130.080', 'text': 'waiting to happen. And before learning'}, {'start': '126.960', 'end': '132.239', 'text': 'his fate, an apology. Regardless, the'}, {'start': '130.080', 'end': '134.480', 'text': 'most important thing I can say today is'}, {'start': '132.239', 'end': '137.360', 'text': 'how truly sorry I am. The judge'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '141.280', 'text': 'ultimately handing down a 45-year prison'}, {'start': '137.360', 'end': '143.520', 'text': 'sentence and agreeing it is in itself a'}, {'start': '141.280', 'end': '145.680', 'text': 'tragedy. That is absolutely true. But'}, {'start': '143.520', 'end': '148.400', 'text': 'make no mistake, that tragedy was not'}, {'start': '145.680', 'end': '150.400', 'text': 'caused by the sentencing agreement or by'}, {'start': '148.400', 'end': '152.480', 'text': 'this court or by anyone involved in the'}, {'start': '150.400', 'end': '157.160', 'text': 'criminal justice system. It was caused'}, {'start': '152.480', 'end': '157.160', 'text': 'by three codefendants in April 2023.'}, {'start': '157.519', 'end': '162.080', 'text': 'Now, that third codefendant, Zachary'}, {'start': '159.360', 'end': '164.560', 'text': 'Quac, is uh was the first to take a plea'}, {'start': '162.080', 'end': '166.720', 'text': 'deal, and he will be sentenced tomorrow'}, {'start': '164.560', 'end': '168.160', 'text': 'morning. And under his agreement, we'}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '171.840', 'text': "should mention that he's looking at a"}, {'start': '168.160', 'end': '174.640', 'text': 'range of sentenced between 20 and 32'}, {'start': '171.840', 'end': '176.519', 'text': 'years for his role in what happened on'}, {'start': '174.640', 'end': '178.640', 'text': 'April 19th,'}, {'start': '176.519', 'end': '180.319', 'text': "2023. For now, we're live in Jefferson"}, {'start': '178.640', 'end': '182.239', 'text': 'County. Karen Morphet covering Colorado'}, {'start': '180.319', 'end': '183.760', 'text': 'First. All of it just awful. Karen,'}, {'start': '182.239', 'end': '185.760', 'text': 'thank you. Karen, of course, one of two'}, {'start': '183.760', 'end': '187.200', 'text': 'reporters who covers Jefferson County'}, {'start': '185.760', 'end': '188.879', 'text': 'for you and has covered this'}, {'start': '187.200', 'end': '191.040', 'text': 'investigation for us. You can always'}, {'start': '188.879', 'end': '194.360', 'text': 'send Karen or Andrew your story ideas'}, {'start': '191.040', 'end': '194.360', 'text': 'through cbscol.com.'}]