WELD COUNTY, Colo. — A jury trial has been scheduled for a man arrested for allegedly killing a man and strangling a female child at a Windsor home nearly a year ago.
Trevor George, 33, was arrested Oct. 30, 2020. Weld County deputies responded to a home in the 7900 block of Weld 62 (Crossroads Boulevard), just west of Weld County Road 17 at 1 a.m. that morning where they found a man dead from a gunshot wound.
The Weld County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 30-year-old Ryan Ray Rogina. According to an arrest affidavit for George, Rogina was at the home babysitting a 6-year-old girl at the time of the shooting.
The mother of the child and her friends returned home to find Rogina dead in the driveway and a man, later identified as George, in the home who pointed a gun at the women, according to the affidavit. The women and child hid in a crawl space until police arrived. The child had injuries consistent with being strangled, the affidavit says.
The Fort Collins man was immediately considered a person of interest, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office. Within hours, he was found in a stolen Dodge Challenger Hellcat at a gas station on the corner of E. Mulberry Street and Greenfield Court and taken into custody before noon the same day. Police used a Taser on him during his arrest, and he was evaluated at the scene.
According to the affidavit, George "made a spontaneous utterance of knowing police were there because he killed a male earlier that morning."
George has been charged with the following:
- One count of first-degree murder after deliberation
- One count of felony first-degree murder
- One count of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder
- One count of crime of violence
- One count of first-degree assault
- One count of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury
- One count of aggravated robbery
- One count of first-degree burglary
- One count of second-degree burglary
- One count of criminal attempt to commit robbery
- Two counts of first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft
- Four counts of menacing
- One count of possession of a weapon by a previous offender
- One count of theft
- One count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance
George pleaded not guilty Tuesday, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said in a media release.
A motions hearing is scheduled for Dec. 21, and a jury trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 7, 2022.
