A Colorado police officer was found guilty of two misdemeanors after placing a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on train tracks that was then struck by a freight train.
July 28, 2023, 4:26 PMBody camera footage released by the Platteville, Colorado Police Department shows the train collision on Sept. 16, 2022.A Colorado police officer on trial for placing a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on train tracks that was then struck by a freight train was found guilty of two misdemeanors.
Kerns read his verdict in the Weld County courtroom on Friday. Steinke had waived her right to a jury trial, so Kerns decided the case. Body camera footage released by the Platteville, Colorado Police Department shows the train collision on Sept. 16, 2022.Body camera footage released by the Platteville, Colorado Police Department shows the train collision on Sept. 16, 2022.
The defense, meanwhile, contended there was no intent to harm and the incident was a "horrific" accident. "It was incredibly dark. I was miles outside of my jurisdiction," Steinke told the court. "I was fairly certain that that particular stop was going to end in a gun fight. I never in a million years thought a train was going to come plowing through my scene."
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