Colorado Springs Officer Arrested
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A Colorado Springs police officer is due in court Monday to be advised she faces a charge of attempting to influence a public servant.
Prosecutors say Sydney Huffman was arrested Friday. Formal charges haven't been filed yet.
Police haven't released details of her case. But The Gazette reports the 24-year-old Huffman told police last year that her estranged boyfriend Jarrott Martinez, who is a former Manitou Springs officer, had strangled her after trying to talk her out of testifying against him in a restraining order case.
Martinez' lawyer contends Huffman lied about the incident. Martinez was acquitted of charges earlier this year.
Huffman has an unlisted phone number and couldn't be reached for comment.
Huffman earned the police department's Distinguished Service Award in 2009.
She is on paid leave.
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