Jason Cozmanoff gets 12 years in hit-and-run that killed jail guard Britney Meux

February 7, 2014 (LAKE COUNTY, Ind.)

Cozmanoff was convicted of reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and 11 other counts in December 2013.

The most serious charges - reckless homicide and failure to stop after an accident resulting in death - each carry a sentence of two to eight years.

Cozmanoff was driving his GMC Yukon past the Lake County Government Center on 93rd Avenue at more than twice the speed limit and hit four officers in March 2012. Britney Meux, 25, was killed. He fled the scene.

Meux, a former Marine and new mom, was described as spirited, personable and smart.

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