NHS rollover suspect Eggers sentenced

Tyler Eggers, arrested for causing a crash near Niwot High School after a high speed chase last Valentine’s Day, was sentenced to four years in prison after accepting a plea bargain. Although the defense requested Eggers spend five years in community corrections, the prosecution requested he serve time in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Eggers, 31, was accused of leading law enforcement officers on a car chase through Longmont, which ended in a collision at Niwot High School on Feb. 14, 2024. He was initially charged with reckless driving, driving without a valid license, speeding, and vehicular eluding.

According to police reports, the car chase began on Kimbark Street in Longmont and ended in a two-car collision on Niwot Road near Niwot High School. Eggers' vehicle rolled into the fence surrounding the NHS football field, and the other vehicle's driver was reportedly uninjured.

On July 31, Eggers pleaded guilty to vehicular eluding and violation of a protection order, with other charges, including third-degree assault, dismissed. At the time of his arrest, he had ten outstanding warrants related to fraud, larceny, vehicle theft, controlled substance possession, second-degree assault, and protection order violations across Boulder, Weld, Larimer, and Adams counties.

During sentencing, Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney Kelsey Waldorf said, “Eggers’ extensive criminal history started in 2012 with juvenile records and grew from there.” She said that he was being sentenced for four separate felonies, all in Boulder County cases. According to Waldorf, his speeds were excessive in very dangerous areas, reaching 120 mph, making it difficult for officers to catch up to Eggers. When passing Niwot High School, Eggers was going 110 mph, Waldorf reported.

Waldorf stated that Eggers was given opportunities for probation from past offenses. She reported that he picked up nine cases while being supervised on probation, an indicator that a community corrections sentence would not be successful.

At the sentencing hearing, Eggers said he wanted to apologize to the victims and the community. District Judge Thomas Mulvahill sided with the prosecution in sentencing Eggers to serve four years in the Department of Corrections, with probation to follow.