Man gets convicted

Billy Scott, 55, was sentenced to life in prison without parole following his conviction for killing an Arvada man, 44-year-old Troy Pitman, in 2015. According to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Scott was convicted of the following felonies after seven days of trial: first-degree murder after deliberation, first-degree murder, three counts of burglary, menacing with a deadly weapon and four violent crime counts. He was also charged as a habitual criminal because he has a prior felony. He will return to court at 11 a.m. on June 13 for scheduling of that criminal trial. Following the outcome of that trial he will be officially sentenced for all his convictions. If found to be a habitual criminal, the penalty will be four times the maximum sentence for each conviction. Scott and accomplice Leslie Barrett went to Pitman’s house on March 19, 2015. They saw Pitman in his garage, and Scott entered uninvited, attacking the man, according to the district attorney’s office. Pitman’s brother was in the garage as well and he attempted to intervene and pull Scott away from his brother. Barrett pointed a gun at both men, and Scott ran to her, wrapping his arms around hers and placing his hands on the gun she was holding. Together, they pulled the trigger, hitting Pitman once in the back, the district’s attorney’s office said. He later died of his injury. Barret was sentenced June 15.