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Former police officer Jay Wu sentencing

Cronkite News was the pool photographer at Friday’s sentencing of former Salt River Police Department officer Jay Wu. He pled guilty in June after his 2016 arrest on charges of kidnapping and sexual abusing a female suspect in his custody. Wu was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court on Friday to six months in jail, lifetime probation and registration on the sex offender registry.

Defendant Jay Wu stands at the podium awaiting sentencing from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Kemp as one of his attorneys sets a hand on his back on Friday, Sept. 15, in Phoenix. (Pool photo by Ashley Ballard | Cronkite News)

Defendant Jay Wu shakes hands with one of his attorneys. He had to register as a sex offender at his sentencing on Friday, Sept. 15, at the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. (Pool photo by Ashley Ballard | Cronkite News)