"In 2023, Oprea took his parents' vehicle without permission from their home in Aurora, Colorado, and was idling near an intersection when he observed two women standing on a street corner whom he believed were lesbians, according to the local district attorney's office. Witnesses said Oprea began yelling at and making obscene gestures toward the women before making a U-turn and driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of the road he was on, in an apparent attempt to get closer to them."
"Fearing for their safety, the women ran onto a grassy area at a nearby high school to escape. Oprea then drove over a curb, onto a sidewalk, and across the lawn in pursuit of the women. They fled into a Ram pickup truck, which Oprea then rammed with his vehicle. Oprea exited his own vehicle and approached the passenger side of the truck, kicked the vehicle, opened the door, and attempted to pull one of the women out."
Vitalie Oprea, 47, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and a violent crime sentence enhancer and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He took his parents' vehicle without permission in Aurora, Colorado, and observed two women he believed were lesbians standing on a street corner. He yelled, made obscene gestures, drove toward them in the wrong lanes, and then drove onto a curb, sidewalk, and lawn in pursuit. He rammed a Ram pickup truck, exited his vehicle, kicked and opened the passenger door, and attempted to pull a woman out. Victims and witnesses feared he intended to kill them. While in custody he stated, "I drove at the women because I saw them kissing and they were lesbians and I wanted to kill them."
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