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Former Sergeant with Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison in Civil Rights Case Stemming from Beating of Jail Visitor

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  A former sergeant with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), who was previously found guilty of federal civil rights offenses related to the beating of a handcuffed visitor to the Men’s Central Jail, was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison.

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Eric Gonzalez, 46, received the eight-year sentence from U.S. District Judge George H. King of the Central District of California, who immediately remanded the defendant into custody.

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