Former Rocky Ford Officer Gets 16 Years For Man’s Murder

LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — A former Rocky Ford police officer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a man he followed into a home.
Court officials say 33-year-old James Ashby was also sentenced Thursday to five years of parole in the Oct. 12, 2014 death of 27-year-old Jack Jacquez. Jurors convicted him in June of second-degree murder.
Jack Jacquez, left, and
James Ashby, right (credit: CBS)
Prosecutors say Ashby was on duty when he followed Jacquez into the home of Jacq