Commerce City cop sentenced to 2 years probation in Boulder standoff case


Commerce City cop sentenced to 2 years probation in Boulder standoff case

A former Commerce City police officer accused of locking himself while intoxicated in his ex-girlfriend's Boulder home for several hours with a gun last October was sentenced today to two years of probation.
David Scott Wilson, 41, also was ordered by Boulder Chief District Judge Roxanne Bailin to forfeit all of his firearms and do 100 hours of community service as part of his sentence for first-degree trespassing.
According to police, a woman who identified herself as Wilson's ex-girlfriend called 911 on Oct. 2 and said Wilson had locked himself in her house in the 3200 block of Euclid Avenue and that he was drunk and armed.
Following a three-hour standoff -- during which two different robots were sent into the house -- SWAT officers entered and apprehended Wilson, who was armed with a loaded handgun.
The charge of first-degree trespassing was punishable by up to three years in prison, but prosecutors agreed Wilson complied with the terms of his probation and appeared to be getting help for his depression.
"He is now a convicted felon, and he is looking at having that for the rest of his life," prosecutor Tim Johnson said. "He chose to drink, chose to take prescription medication, chose for whatever reason to drive to (the victim's) house. These are choices that Mr. Wilson made. He didn't choose to say, 'I need to talk to someone,' and that choice snowballed."
Wilson's therapist testified at the hearing that the incident was a "perfect storm of circumstances," including a knee injury that forced him to retire from the Commerce City Police Department and breaking up with the victim.
Wilson said he is getting help for his depression and his prescription drug and alcohol use.
"I'm very guilt-ridden and shamed by my actions that day," Wilson told Bailin.
Bailin said the probation would give Wilson the chance to get the treatment he should have gotten before the incident ever occurred.
"I do believe you when you say that this event was driven by this extreme depression as well as your use of drugs and alcohol," Bailin said. "I suppose the silver lining in this is because of this incident you are doing the very important work you needed to do before."