Colorado man gets 55 years for assault, later murder of homeless man
12/08/2019 7:28 pm PST
By Eric Ruble, KDVR
THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- A man was sentenced to 55 years in prison for assaulting and later killing a homeless man in Thornton.
Brandon Lee Sugg, 25, was sentenced to 40 years for second-degree murder and 15 years for first-degree assault.
According to the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office, on May 25, 2017, police found 47-year-old Brian McGreevy's body lying in a puddle of blood in a cinder-block trash bin behind the Sunrise Village Shopping Center at 9071 Washington St. He had suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as a severed kidney and liver.
The DA's office said officers found a baseball bat with dried blood on it near 12400 Washington St.
Sugg's girlfriend told police that Sugg admitted to killing McGreevy with the bat after an argument.
About two weeks earlier, Sugg beat McGreevy with a tricycle, causing a brain hemorrhage and multiple facial fractures. McGreevy was in the hospital for 10 days.
According to the DA's office, prosecutors asked for the maximum, 60-year sentence.
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