LANCASTER : Officer Sent to Prison for 90-Day Psychiatric Exam
Former Torrance Police Officer Roland Sabara, who resigned after his January arrest for accosting a woman in Lancaster, was ordered to state prison Wednesday for a 90-day psychiatric evaluation before his sentencing on a battery and false imprisonment conviction.
Lancaster Superior Court Judge Haig Kehiayan set Aug. 28 as the sentencing date for the 35-year-old Lancaster resident. In a five-page letter to the judge, Sabara said he remembered little of the Jan. 31 incident, but admitted being an alcoholic and having had eight to 10 drinks that day.
If problems surface during the psychiatric evaluation, Sabara could be sentenced up to one year in the County Jail and fined $10,000. But if no problems are identified, prosecutors said they would seek only probation at his sentencing. Sabara pleaded no contest April 2 to charges of felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery.
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