Post by Logan on Jan 22, 2016 19:42:04 GMT -6
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A police officer whose account of a physical altercation with a motorist during a traffic stop was contradicted by a dashcam video showing the motorist with his hands raised was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison.
Bloomfield Officer Orlando Trinidad and a fellow officer were found guilty in November of official misconduct, falsifying public records and other offenses. Officer Sean Courter's Friday sentencing was postponed.
Trinidad will be ineligible for parole during the five-year sentence.
Prosecutors contended Courter followed motorist Marcus Jeter onto the Garden State Parkway in June 2012 after Jeter voluntarily left his home following a verbal dispute with his girlfriend. They said Jeter refused to get out of his car when Courter stopped him, and Courter and Trinidad, who struck the front of Jeter's car when he arrived, broke one of the car's windows and dragged Jeter out.
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Bloomfield Officer Orlando Trinidad and a fellow officer were found guilty in November of official misconduct, falsifying public records and other offenses. Officer Sean Courter's Friday sentencing was postponed.
Trinidad will be ineligible for parole during the five-year sentence.
Prosecutors contended Courter followed motorist Marcus Jeter onto the Garden State Parkway in June 2012 after Jeter voluntarily left his home following a verbal dispute with his girlfriend. They said Jeter refused to get out of his car when Courter stopped him, and Courter and Trinidad, who struck the front of Jeter's car when he arrived, broke one of the car's windows and dragged Jeter out.
Continued at hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OFFICERS_CHARGED_DASHCAM_VIDEO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-01-22-18-24-11 .