Elijah McClain's father has been sentenced to prison and home confinement for assault by troopers

Elijah McClain’s father was sentenced to 10 days in jail or house arrest and given a 12-month deferred sentence for assaulting a Colorado State Patrol trooper during a DUI arrestThis was reported by the Arapahoe County Prosecutor’s Office.

Lawyne Mosley, 54, was sentenced in Arapahoe County District Court on Monday before the altercation in January after pleading guilty to second-degree assault on a police officer and driving under the influence in August.

Mosley was sentenced to 10 days in jail with credit for one day served, and the sentence may be served under house arrest, according to the district attorney’s office.

He was also sentenced to twelve months’ probation for driving under the influence.

Mosley was stopped by a soldier on January 20 after another driver reported he was weaving and not maintaining speed while driving on Interstate 70, according to previous reporting.

Mosley did not comply with the trooper’s commands to exit the vehicle, and when the trooper “began to help” him out of the car, Mosley assaulted the trooper.

According to previous reporting, Mosley identified himself as McClain’s father during the arrest. McClain, 23, died after he was wrongfully arrested in 2019 by Aurora police officers, who held him in a neck hold as a paramedic injected him with an overdose of ketamine.

His death led to the convictions of three care providerscourt ordered supervision and Aurora police reformstatewide reforms ketamine use in police encounters and a civil rights lawsuit filed by McClain’s parents against the city of Aurora settlement for $15 million.

An attorney for Mosley did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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