LA sheriff's deputy Eric Gonzalez gets eight years for 2011 jail beating of Gabriel Carrillo

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Sgt Eric Gonzalez was taken into custody immediately on Monday after being sentenced
He was convicted of several charges in the 2011 beating of Gabriel Carrillo
These included deprivation of civil rights, conspiracy to violate constitutional rights and falsification of records back in June
Could have got a maximum 12 years' jail - while his attorneys asked for a two-and-a-half year sentence
Four other deputies have been convicted, and fifth was indicted last month

By Dailymail.com Reporter and Associated Press

Published: 16:01 EST, 2 November 2015 | Updated: 19:37 EST, 2 November 2015

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Former Sgt Eric Gonzalez pictured in an undated LA County Sheriff's Department photo

A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for supervising the backroom beating of a jail visitor who fellow guards testified was handcuffed on the ground and covered in blood.

US District Judge George King ordered former Sgt Eric Gonzalez, 49, to be taken into custody immediately on Monday.

Gonzalez was found guilty in June of deprivation of civil rights, conspiracy to violate constitutional rights and falsification of records in the 2011 beating of Gabriel Carrillo.

Gonzalez could have received up to 12 years in prison.

His attorney had requested no more than a two- and-a-half-year sentence.

Prosecutors argued that Gonzalez orchestrated the beating of Carrillo, who had come to visit his brother, an inmate at the Men's Central Jail.

Carrillo, who came to jail with his, girlfriend and grandmother, was handcuffed during the beating, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Judge King said: 'It was a blatant crime, no different than one committed by any street criminal except that it was worse because it was committed by a law enforcement officer.

Carrillo, who came to jail with his, girlfriend and grandmother, was handcuffed during the beating, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Judge King said: 'It was a blatant crime, no different than one committed by any street criminal except that it was worse because it was committed by a law enforcement officer.

'He believes he is above the law and that he can show total disrespect for the law.'

Four other deputies have been convicted in the case and are awaiting sentencing.

A fifth was indicted in the case last month.