Wednesday, December 14, 2011

OFFICER JEFF STENROOS: Former LAUSD Officer Sentenced in Hoax Shooting

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VAN NUYS – Former LAUSD police officer Jeff Stenroos, convicted in September of staging a shooting hoax earlier this year that launched a 10-hour manhunt, was sentenced to five years in jail, the District Attorney’s office announced. Deputy District Attorney Paul Nunez with the Justice System Integrity Division said Judge Richard Kirschner also ordered the 31-year-old Santa Clarita resident, who was convicted of faking his own shooting while he was on duty at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills on Jan. 19, to perform 400 hours of community service. The judge actually sentenced Stenroos to five years in jail, but said he would not have to serve three of the five years if he met all the terms of his probation. A restitution hearing is scheduled for Jan. 19. Nunez told the judge that the city is seeking $361,289 in restitution, and LAUSD is seeking $58,000 in medical costs. In a non-jury trial in September, Judge Kirschner found Stenroos guilty of five felonies -- insurance fraud, workers’ compensation fraud, preparing false documentary evidence and planting false evidence – and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an emergency. Stenroos told fellow officers that a car burglary suspect shot him once in the chest as he was patrolling the campus perimeter. More than 550 law enforcement officers throughout Southern California responded and conducted a 10-hour search, shutting down an eight-square-mile area in the Valley. An LAPD investigation determined he lied about the incident.
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