DENVER — The three Aurora police officers and two paramedics charged in Elijah McClain‘s death pleaded not guilty in Adams County court Friday afternoon as the case progresses toward trial.
Officers Nathan Woodyard and Randy Roedema, former officer Jason Rosenblatt and paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec face 32 combined counts related to McClain’s violent arrest and death in August 2019.
A district court judge this week separated the proceedings for the five men into three distinct trials, each expected to last three weeks.