A former Arapahoe County social worker convicted of filing a false child abuse claim against an Aurora City Council member and attempting to influence a public servant was sentenced to four years in prison Friday.

Robin Niceta will serve six months in jail in addition to the Colorado Department of Corrections sentence after she was found guilty by a jury in Arapahoe County District Court on Nov. 7, according to court records. The case was prosecuted by the Denver District Attorney’s Office.

Her attorney declined to comment Friday.

Niceta was arrested after she called in a false tip in January 2022 against Aurora Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky the day after Jurinsky criticized Niceta’s then-partner — Vanessa Wilson, who was Aurora’s embattled police chief at the time — on a talk radio show.

Wilson was fired by now-retired City Manager Jim Twombly in April 2022, a decision she alleges was the result of pressure by Jurinsky and other conservative City Council members who weren’t happy with Wilson, according to a discrimination lawsuit Wilson filed against the city.

Attorneys for Wilson allege she was the victim of a smear campaign over her efforts to reform the Aurora Police Department following a 2021 consent decree mandated by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office after it found a pattern of racist policing and excessive force at the department.

Jurinsky sued Niceta over the false child abuse report, alleging it was retaliation for her criticism of Wilson.

An Arapahoe County District Court judge ordered Niceta to pay Jurinsky $3 million in damages in December 2022.

Niceta is also facing six felony and four misdemeanor charges, including attempting to influence a public servant, forgery and tampering with evidence, after she was charged with lying about a brain cancer diagnosis so she would be found incompetent to stand trial.

Niceta pleaded not guilty to all charges, and that case is set for trial in September.

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