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Unsealed Records Tie Josh Reynolds Shooting to Mistaken-Identity Retaliation Over $250,000 Cocaine Rip-Off

A defendant received a 10-year sentence after prosecutors described a coordinated multi-vehicle pursuit.

Overview

  • Court filings say assailants believed Reynolds and two friends were the scammers who used counterfeit cash to buy $250,000 in cocaine, which police now say was wrong.
  • Burr Charlesworth pleaded guilty to felony assault for driving one of the vehicles and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
  • Seven adults have been arrested on attempted-murder charges, a juvenile is also charged, and an eighth adult suspect remains at large.
  • Prosecutors call the attack a carefully coordinated assassination attempt involving surveillance at a Glendale strip club, pursuit by up to four cars, and dozens of rounds fired.
  • A probable-cause statement details $37,000 in 'movie currency' found at a RiNo Best Western two days earlier, though its connection to the alleged cocaine scam remains unconfirmed.