Police sergeant who ordered beatings gets 2 years in prison
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former DeKalb County police sergeant convicted of ordering the beatings of teenage suspects to serve two years in prison.
The office of DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said in a news release that DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger on Tuesday sentenced Anthony Robinson to serve two years in prison followed by eight years on probation.
A jury on Friday convicted Robinson of two counts of felony violation of oath of office, three misdemeanor counts of simple assault and one misdemeanor count of simple battery.
Robinson was a 15-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department. Prosecutors say he ordered officers to beat a handcuffed teenage burglary suspect and also ordered and took part in the beatings of three other teens.
