A
former Wichita police officer was sentenced Monday to one year probation for
trying to bribe a witness.
Joletta
Vallejo, 35, had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit
wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release.
Prosecutors
said Vallejo didn’t properly report alleged crimes against two people in
October 2011. She and Patrick Melendrez tried to bribe a witness to change his
statements to the police department’s professional standards bureau.
Vallejo
was a Wichita officer from January 2006 to August 2012.
Melendrez
was sentenced to two years probation on Nov. 18. Courtney Foster, another
co-defendant, is awaiting trial.