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By John Bryan 08 Mar, 2024
Breckenridge, Colo. (Summit County) – Miles Fernando Tovar, 40, of Breckenridge, was found guilty today by a jury of: Reckless Manslaughter (F4), and 1 st Degree Criminal Trespass (F5) related to a 2019 incident involving the death of his (then) co-worker, Brendan Rye. The jury found him not guilty of: 1 st Degree Burglary (F3), and another charge of 1 st Degree Criminal Trespass. During the investigation of the death by the Breckenridge Police Department, an arrest warrant was issued for Defendant Tovar in February 2022, and he later turned himself in to the U.S. Marshals Service in Bridgeport, Conn., in October 2022. He was extradited back to Summit County, Colo., to face charges here. Background On Nov. 6, 2019, at 9:48pm, a co-worker called 9-1-1 to report Mr. Rye was unconscious and not breathing in a condominium they were all living in while renovating it (in Breckenridge). Upon arrival, law enforcement found Mr. Rye laying unresponsive in the bathroom. He was later pronounced deceased. Tovar, Rye and the reporting party were all temporarily living in the condo while they renovated it as subcontractors. The owner of the unit lived nearby and invited the men to have dinner in his condo as a thank you for their hard work. Tovar became heavily intoxicated during the evening dinner, and the condo owner asked him to leave. Tovar kept returning to the owner’s residence for various reasons, and Mr. Rye would step in and physically lead Tovar away and back to their unit, several times that night. This apparently led to the deadly confrontation between Tovar and Rye. At some point, the reporting party heard loud ‘pops’ inside the unit. Tovar had been shot in the leg once, and Rye’s death was ruled a homicide by manual strangulation. 5 th Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum said, “We appreciate the efforts of the Breckenridge Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service in bringing this defendant to answer for the crimes he committed. Mr. Rye’s family and friends have waited more than four years for this justice, and I sincerely hope this is one more step in their healing process.” Tovar will be sentenced on May 9, 2024, at 10:30am. He faces one to three years in the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) for the criminal trespass conviction, and two to six years for reckless manslaughter (in the DOC). -DA5- ALL PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRIMES ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL THE CONTRARY IS PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW.
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