Man Pleads Guilty To All Charges In Boulder Pearl Street Attack

On May 7th, 2026, starting at 9 a.m., the Boulder County Justice Center hosted a hearing, overseen by Judge Nancy Woodruff Salomone, for The People of The State of Colorado v. Soliman, Mohamed Sabry.

The defendant, 46-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, pleaded guilty to 101 substantive charges with 67 sentence enhancers against him related to a firebombing attack on June 1st, 2025, on Boulder’s Pearl Street. An interpreter relayed Salomone’s English statements to Soliman in Arabic simultaneously with her.

Charges against Soliman included class 1 felony charges of first-degree murder, both in extreme indifference and as an intentional and deliberate action, for the death of 82-year-old woman Karen Diamond. Both charges sentence Soliman to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

They also included 26 separate charges of intentional attempted first-degree murder and 26 separate charges of indifferent first-degree murder for the other named victims in the attack. These charges sentence Soliman to anywhere between 16 and 48 years in the Department of Corrections to be served consecutively. Ultimately, the remaining charges tied an additional 2,128 years to Soliman’s final sentence.

After pleading guilty to all charges, the court returned from a 15-minute break to hear sentencing statements from named victims of the attack and their family members. District Attorney Michael Dougherty, on behalf of the people, read statements from those who could not attend and from those who chose not to speak before the court.

In a written statement, Andrew and Ethan Diamond, sons of Karen Diamond and her husband Louis Diamond (another named victim of the attack), said that they chose not to attend the hearing because they did not want to relive the memories of the incident by seeing the murderer in court.

They described the lengthy recovery process for their parents, stating that the experience taught them the true meaning of the expressions “living hell” and “fate worse than death.” Additionally, they asked the media covering the hearing to name Karen directly, rather than merely labeling her as an elderly victim.

Many statements encouraged embracing the values of love and acceptance of one another, countering Soliman’s decisions on the day of the attack. In her written statement, 88-year-old Barbara Steimintz, a Holocaust survivor involved in the attack, stated that she had spent her entire life running from people like Soliman.

Steimintz continued by saying that she hopes Soliman can work to implement values of respect during his time in prison, both for himself and others. She also emphasized the resiliency of the Jewish community in Boulder. Her statement closed with the sentiment, “After thousands of years of persecution, we are here, and we will be.”

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