Weld County Man Sentenced to 96 Years to Life for Brutal 2021 Assault
Published on May 26, 2026
[WELD COUNTY, Colo.] When Weld County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies responded to a report of suspicious activity on Oct. 12, 2021, shortly after 6 a.m., they quickly realized the situation was far from routine. A passerby who had stopped to help reported seeing an adult woman walking on Weld County Road 6 without clothing and with chains wrapped around her neck and arms.
Deputies, and later Weld County Sheriff’s Office detectives, contacted the victim, who provided a traumatic account of the events that led to her being found in such a condition.
At the time, the victim was living with her then boyfriend, 36-year-old Tory Hammond, in a semi-truck trailer in an industrial lot on Highway 85 and Weld County Road 6.
The victim reported Hammond held her against her will in the truck trailer, brutally sexually and physically assaulted her for several hours, and threatened her with a firearm. The victim recounted to detectives that Hammond placed a tow chain around her neck and wrists and attached the chain to a table. Hammond fell asleep and the victim passed out after hours of trauma. She woke up and realized the tow chain was no longer secured to the table leg. She ran out of the truck trailer and into the road with the chain still wrapped around her. Good Samaritans stopped to help and called 9-1-1.
Deputies were able to locate the property where the crime occurred and found Hammond in a vehicle outside the trailer. Hammond was arrested, and the trailer was secured and search warrants were executed.
Following a two-part trial, a jury convicted Hammond of physically and sexually assaulting the victim, while holding her captive and restraining her with chains.
On May 21, 2026 a Weld County judge sentenced Hammond to 96 years to life in prison.
“This case is not something we commonly see in Weld County. The Sheriff’s Office and the Weld County District Attorney’s Office conducted a thorough and dedicated investigation into this incident, and I am grateful to see it prosecuted to the fullest extent possible. Our thoughts remain with the victim, and we sincerely hope she can find comfort, closure, and continued healing now that this case has come to an end,” said, Weld County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Captain Matt Turner. ###