Strodtman sentenced to 31 years in prison

GREELEY – A Weld County judge sentenced convicted racketeer Mark Strodtman yesterday afternoon to 31 years in prison.

A jury on Nov. 18 convicted Strodtman of 23 criminal counts including one count of a pattern of racketeering under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act; 11 counts of theft of $15,000 or more; and 11 counts of forgery of a check or commercial instrument.

Strodtman’s charges could have carried a maximum sentence of 378 years — 48 years for the COCCA count, 24 years for each theft count and six years for each forgery count. Weld District Court Judge Marcelo Kopcow handed…