Associated Press - June 2, 2008 5:54 PM ET
ATLANTA (AP) - A former Atlanta police officer has been sentenced to three years of probation for extortion in a case stemming from the fatal shooting of an elderly woman during a botched drug raid.
The former officer, 26-year-old Daniel Betts of Rockmart, pleaded guilty in January to extortion. He admitted taking cash payoffs from the owner of an apartment complex in exchange for a promise of extra protection from crime.
According to federal prosecutors, Betts was implicated after 1 of the officers involved in the Nov. 21, 2006 killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston told investigators that several members of the department were taking such payoffs.
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