Jason Lawton, 34, was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Martin Maley on a simple assault conviction for striking Amy Connelly in March 2019 at the St. Albans police station.
Tyler Pollender-Savery is charged with second-degree murder in the January 2018 death of 11-month-old Karsen Rickert in Ludlow. The trial is expected to run through the week in Windsor County Superior criminal court.