LA Junta Tribune
Former Rocky Ford police officer James Lopez Jr. was sentenced to five years probation and 60 days in Otero County Jail on Feb. 2 after Lopez pled guilty to one count of perjury in the first degree, a Class 4 felony.
Lopez faced four other criminal charges across two more cases that the court dropped upon recommendation at the Feb. 2 sentencing hearing.
In one case, Lopez faced one count of possession with intent to manufacture or distribute marijuana or marijuana concentrate, a Level 3 drug felony, and one count of first degree official misconduct, a Class 2 misdemeanor.
In the other case that was also dropped, Lopez was facing charges of stalking, a Class 5 felony, and criminal mischief, a Class 2 misdemeanor.