Seth Klamann is a statehouse reporter at the Denver Post, covering policy, state government and the legislature. He previously worked for the Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri and a proud Kansas City native.
A man was convicted in Adams County on Friday of attempted second-degree murder after he doused his mother in gasoline and threatened to set her on fire while they were driving in Commerce City late last year.
Matthew Nicholas, 41, was also convicted of attempted first-degree assault and three-degree motor vehicle theft after a five-day jury trial, according to a Friday news release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Nicholas is set for sentencing Oct. 28., while they were running errands and she was driving. Nicholas demanded she play a game of “truth or dare,” according to the Friday news release, and threatened to shave her head if she didn’t tell the truth.
The woman said Nicholas was angry because she had sold her restaurant and was going to sell her house, leaving Nicholas without a job or place to stay, an initial probable cause affidavit stated. She also alleged Nicholas was upset because he felt she had cheated him out of the inheritance money he was supposed to receive.
Nicholas dumped a cup of gasoline on his mother, according to the release, and pulled out a lighter. His mother then pulled the car over in a nearby construction area, jumped out and called for help. One construction worker used a concealed handgun to subdue both Nicholas and his mother and keep them apart until law enforcement arrived, according to an initial probable cause affidavit.
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