FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A man was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison after he held a family hostage in their Fort Collins home in 2022.

On Thursday, Rick Edward Murphy was sentenced to 52 years behind bars after he pleaded guilty in September to second-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and attempted first-degree assault. All are felonies.

This case stemmed from Dec. 12, 2022 . On that day, Murphy, who was 44 at the time, attempted to enter the home while one of the residents was in the garage. The woman closed the door, called 911 and took her 8-year-old daughter to go hide in the house. Her husband then went outside to confront Murphy, according to the Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office.

The two men had some previous interaction, but they were mostly connected thr

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