Former police officer sentenced in death of Elijah McClain

Randy Roedema, a former Aurora, Colo., police officer, has been sentenced to 14 months of jail with work release and four years of probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in the death of Elijah McClain.

Roedema was sentenced on Friday by Adams County District Judge Mark Warner. Roedema, who was convicted Oct. 13, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. The maximum sentence the former officer faced was six years in prison. He could have also been sentenced to probation only. Roedema will serve his sentence in a...