JeffCo contractor gets 10 years in prison for exposing Arvada neighborhood to asbestos

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JeffCo contractor gets 10 years in prison for exposing Arvada neighborhood to asbestos

A 55-year-old man was sentenced Friday to a decade in prison for defrauding an elderly woman and exposing an Arvada neighborhood to “hazardous asbestos contamination,” according to the Colorado Attorney General’s office. A Jefferson County jury found Lance Slayton guilty in November of three felonies: exploitation of an at-risk elder, theft from an at-risk elder and intentionally causing a hazardous substance incident. He was also found guilty o…