Chad Roger Penland turned himself in to Johnston County deputies on charges of sex crimes involving a minor.
Former patrol officer Johnathan Andrew Edwards, 37, will also have 15 years of supervised release upon completing his sentence and must pay $10,000 in restitution.
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office says a grand jury indictment was unsealed charging a former Los Angeles police officer in the 2015 shooting death of an unarmed homeless man.
"A young woman taken advantage of by somebody who's a predator with a badge. It's not that much scarier than that."
According to court documents, Wesley Adam Lane held a knife to the man's throat and threatened him.
Deputy Kevin Letarte was sentenced to 75 days in the Harnett County Jail and suspended for 18 months of unsupervised probation.