An Adams County jury has convicted a 32-year-old woman in the 2008 murder of a security guard who was gunned down in the parking lot of The Grizzley Rose nightclub.
Timothy Minnick, 48
Jennifer Lewis was convicted on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 of first-degree murder in the death of Timothy Minnick, former Brighton police officer.
The jury also convicted Lewis of three counts of attempted first-degree murder of two security guards and an off-duty police officer.
“This was a complicated case,” said Chief District Attorney Pete Stumpf. “We were fortunate to have a smart jury that worked hard and was able to sift through the evidence and reach a verdict that brings justice to the death of Mr. Minnick.”
Lewis drove three men to the Grizzley Rose on Dec. 12, 2008 and then drove her vehicle to a side street where she waited for the men to return, said Sue Lindsey, spokeswoman for the Adams County District Attorney’s Office.
The jury began deliberations Tuesday afternoon.
According to evidence presented during the week-long trial, Lewis drove three men to the Grizzly Rose on Dec. 12, 2008 and then drove her vehicle to a side street where she waited for the men to return.
The men opened fire on security guards and an off-duty police officer who went to investigate after seeing the men wearing bandanas over their faces in the parking lot.
Lewis will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. on April 23.
Lewis and Gerald Michael Anthony Gurule, 32, were indicted by an Adams County grand jury last March.
Gurule is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder and three counts of felony menacing. His trial is set for April 28.
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