DALLAS — Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer sentenced to prison Tuesday for the on-duty killing of Atatiana Jefferson is in Texas’ prison system.
Dean arrived Wednesday at an intake facility in Huntsville, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst said. He will undergo a standard evaluation before being assigned to one of the state’s prisons, Hurst said.
Dean’s trial ended Tuesday when a Tarrant County jury sentenced him to 11 years, 10 months and 12 days in prison. Dean must serve half that time before becoming eligible for parole.
