LOS ANGELES – Former Veterans Affairs Police Department officer He was sentenced on Friday He was sentenced to a year in prison for beating a man in hospital with a baton more than 40 times in less than a minute.

Juan Anthony Carillo Alhambra In July, the 34-year-old pleaded guilty to depriving the victim of her rights and using excessive force. The maximum sentence for the charges is 12 months.

“Officers have a special duty and a special obligation to maintain the trust of the citizens they police,” Judge Wesley Hsu said in his decision.

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The beating took place on January 16, 2022. The man was taken into custody by another VAPD officer on VA Medical Center grounds. Carrillo came to assist the other officer. While the other officer was on top of him, Carrillo beat the man with a baton 45 times in 41 seconds. The man was unarmed.

Both Carrillo and the other officer outweighed the man by at least 60 pounds. Carrillo’s beating left him with a broken bone in his foot and cuts on both of his legs.

The FBI, VA’s Office of Inspector General and VA’s Office of Security and Law Enforcement are still investigating the incident, according to the California Department of Justice.