MISSOURI
Bailey Colletta, 26, a former police officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department who pleaded guilty last week in federal court to one count of making false statements to a federal grand jury will be sentenced in December, according to officials.
Colletta lied about her knowledge of the arrest and assault of a fellow police officer, who was working undercover in downtown St. Louis during protests following the 2017 acquittal of a former officer on a state murder charge, officials stated.
Colletta’s co-defendants, officers Dustin Boone, Randy Hays, and Christopher Myers, remain under indictment on federal charges related to the assault and subsequent cover-up.
They have pleaded not guilty.
According to the plea agreement, in addition to facing a maximum of five years in prison, Colletta must forfeit her law enforcement certification. A sentencing date has been set for Dec. 13.
The trial of Boone, Hayes, and Myers is set for Dec. 2, 2019.