AURORA, Colo. — Former Aurora Police officer Randy Roedema began serving his sentence in connection to the death of Elijah McClain.
Adams County jail records show he was booked at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Roedema, 41, was sentenced to 14 months in jail and four years of probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. He is eligible for work release.
He was among five first responders indicted by a statewide grand jury and accused of wrongdoing in the Aug. 24, 2019, death of McClain, 23.
Roedema is appealing his conviction. In the February filing, his attorneys asked the Colorado Court of Appeals to consider a number of questions, including:
- Whether Adams County District Judge Mark Warner erred in trying Roedema and Rosenblatt together, in allowing amendments to the indictment, and in overruling Roedema’s challenges to the dismissal of several jurors by prosecutors?
- Whether the indictment should have been dismissed before trial for “defects and deficiencies” and for “errors in the instructions given to the grand jury?”
- Whether sufficient evidence existed to convict Roedema of criminally negligent homicide?
The filing also suggested that the attorneys could raise other issues.
The same jury that found Roedema guilty acquitted Rosenblatt of all charges. A jury in a separate trial acquitted Woodyard of all charges.
In another trial, a jury convicted Cichuniec and paramedic Jeremy Cooper of criminally negligent homicide. Cichuniec, the supervisor on the scene, was also found guilty of second-degree assault.
Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corrections, which is essentially the minimum sentence for second-degree assault. He could petition a judge to shorten his sentence.
Paramedic Jeremy Cooper has a sentencing scheduled for April 26.
Kevin Vaughan contributed to this report.
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