THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR A BRUTAL, SENSELESS KILLING WAS SENTENCED MONDAY. TAXI CAB DRIVER LARRY MULLIN WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED IN A SMITH’S PARKING LOT NEAR CENTRAL AND COORS LAST YEAR. THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THE MURDER, LUKE WARUSZEWSKI, IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 15 YEARS, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED UNDER HIS PLEA DEAL.
WARUSZEWKI ATTACKED AND FATALLY WOUNDED MULLIN, THEN FLED, EVENTUALLY BEING CAUGHT AT THE DANCING EAGLE TRAVEL CENTER ALONG I-40. DURING HIS SENTENCING THE JUDGE MENTIONED THAT WARUSZEWSKI’S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WERE NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED DURING THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE.
WARUSZEWSKI WILL BE ON PROBATION FOR THREE YEARS ONCE HE’S RELEASED.
