LA deputy convicted of excessive force gets sentenced reduced to 4 months in prison
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy convicted of using excessive force against a woman in Lancaster had his sentence reduced on Monday.
Trevor Kirk was sentenced to four months in prison. He was originally charged with a felony and faced a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for assaulting and pepper-spraying a woman.
The incident happened outside a WinCo Foods in Lancaster nearly 2 years ago.
The judge later reduced Kirk's charge to a misdemeanor.
Kirk's attorney says they will be filing a notice of appeal and ask for bail.
"I don't think there's any kind of evidence where a deputy sheriff follows his training, how that can be construed as a specific intent to violate a suspect's civil rights in a robbery investigation," said Kirk's attorney, Tom Yu.
Kirk has been relieved of duty, according to a statement by the L.A. Sheriff's Department.
The department's internal investigation is ongoing.
Last month, interim U.S. attorney Bill Essayli offered Kirk a plea deal that would reduce Kirk's sentence from 10 years to one year, despite the fact that he had already been convicted.
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