Judge imposes six-year sentence for former LaSalle police officer convicted of manslaughter

Judge imposes six-year sentence for former LaSalle police officer convicted of manslaughter

Nearly two years after he was shot to death, Justin Reffel’s loved ones finally found a sense of justice at the sentencing hearing of Erik Hernandez on Friday afternoon. Hernandez, 36, a former LaSalle police officer convicted of manslaughter, will spend six years in prison for fatally shooting Reffel outside a Family Dollar in May 2023. Hernandez appeared Friday in a packed courtroom for a sentencing hearing before Weld District Judge Marcelo K…