Ex-Colorado cop sentenced for using stun gun on elderly man

GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado police officer who shot a 75-year-old man with a stun gun without warning has been sentenced to two years of probation. Nicholas Hanning pleaded guilty in December to misdemeanor assault and relinquished his right to serve as a law enforcement officer in the state. Hanning was an officer with the Idaho Springs Police Department when investigators say he used the stun gun on Michael Clark without warning during a confrontation at Clark’s apartment. Clark’s attorney says Clark was hospitalized for a stroke and other health problems within days of the confrontation. Hanning was later fired.