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A former James City County police officer got a three-year sentence — all suspended — for shooting his superior officer outside a Williamsburg bar nearly three years ago.

Michael Trenton Rusk, 27, was set to face a four-day trial this week in the shooting of his sergeant, Christopher Gibson. But the two sides quietly reached a plea agreement on the eve of trial.

A judge found Rusk guilty of a lesser charge, and he was immediately sentenced to the three-year suspended prison term. The former officer will get three years of supervised probation and was ordered to pay $468 in costs, the docket says.

The public was not notified that what was billed as a “pre-trial motions” hearing would turn into a plea agreement and sentencing hearing.

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