A former police officer in Colorado, USA, who locked a woman in a police car on a railroad track and caused her to be hit by a freight train, was acquitted of attempted murder
A former police officer in Colorado, USA, who locked a woman in a police car on a railroad track and caused her to be hit by a freight train, was acquitted of attempted murder. The court sentenced the former police officer to 100 hours of community service and 30 months of probation. The woman who was seriously injured in the incident attended the hearing online and apologized to the ex-cop.
A former police officer who locked a female suspect inside a police car on a railroad track in Colorado, USA, and caused her to be seriously injured when a freight train hit the vehicle, was acquitted of attempted murder. During a hearing in Weld District Court, former police officer Jordan Steinke was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault in September 2022 after locking a female suspect in handcuffs in a police car on a railroad track and causing her to be seriously injured when a freight train crashed into the locked car.
At the hearing, Steinke, who was acquitted of attempted murder and not sentenced to imprisonment, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and 30 months of probation
At the hearing, Steinke, who was acquitted of attempted murder and not sentenced to imprisonment, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and 30 months of probation.On the other hand, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, who suffered traumatic brain injury and was seriously injured in the incident, attended the hearing online.Steinke apologized to Rios-Gonzalez at the hearing. Stating that he did not let go of what happened that night, Steinke said, “I remember your cries and screams.
I have never felt so helpless. We couldn’t get you out of the car.” The other former police officer involved in the incident, Pablo Vazquez, is expected to stand trial this year.IncidentPolice officers Jordan Steinke and Pablo Vazquez intervened in a roadblock dispute on the night of September 16, 2022, and stopped Yareni Rios-Gonzalez’s vehicle and pulled Rios-Gonzalez out of the vehicle. Steinke handcuffed Rios-Gonzalez to the police car on the railroad tracks and locked the vehicle. Rios-Gonzalez was seriously injured and suffered brain damage in an accident in which a freight train crossing the railroad tracks hit the officer’s vehicle while the police were searching the woman’s vehicle.Both officers were dismissed after the incident.
