Joy receives three year prison sentence, probation

MEEKER I Neil Joy listened while his best friend’s mother, father, sister-in-law and district attorney spoke. Then he heard his counselor, a friend, his brother, his wife and his attorney speak on his behalf. Finally, Joy spoke for himself before Judge Denise Lynch sentenced him to three years of confinement in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the Aug. 5, 2011 shooting death of James Eben “Jeb” Berthelson, Joy’s best friend.