A woman who helped a couple with a cross-burning hoax allegedly designed to help elect Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor, was sentenced to three years of probation on Thursday.
In March, Deanna Crystal West pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to maliciously convey false information and make threats with the use of fire for her part in the hoax from 2023.
West testified in the trial against the couple Derrick Bernard Jr. and Ashley Blackcloud as part of her deal…