Overview
- Vitalie Oprea, 47, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and was sentenced to 20 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
- Court records show the plea deal dismissed 10 other felonies, seven misdemeanors, two sentence enhancers, and six traffic offenses, including a second attempted murder count.
- The Feb. 19, 2023 incident involved Oprea driving over a curb and across a grassy area, ramming the victims’ pickup, and attempting to pull one woman from the truck.
- He was arrested later that day in Arvada and told police he targeted the women because he believed they were lesbians and wanted to kill them.
- The confrontation occurred near East Arapahoe Road and South Liverpool Street by Grandview High School after Oprea took his parents’ vehicle without permission.