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No Jail For Officer Who Put Handcuffed Woman in Police Car That Was Hit by Train
US Cop Avoids Jail After Putting Handcuffed Woman in a Police Car That Was Hit by Train
Former Colorado Officer Who Put Handcuffed Woman in Car Hit by Train Avoids Jail Time
BBC 20 SEP 2023
Officer on trial for placing suspect in car parked on train tracks
Former Colorado police officer who placed a handcuffed woman in the back of a police car parked on train tracks before a locomotive crashed into it will avoid jail time, a judge decided.
The woman under arrest, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, survived but was seriously injured when a high-speed train plowed into the car last year. The officer who put her there, Jordan Steinke, was sentenced Friday to 30 months of supervised probation and 100 hours of community service.
Steinke, who worked for the Fort Lupton Police Department at the time of the crash, was found guilty earlier this summer of reckless endangerment and assault – both misdemeanors – but acquitted of a third charge, felony attempt to commit manslaughter.
Weld County District Court Judge Timothy Kerns said he was planning on giving Steinke jail time but settled on the sentence after prosecutors and defense attorneys said they sought probation for her, The Denver Post reported. He said if Steinke breaks the terms of her probation, he'll revisit the sentence.
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