Former officer gets more than four years for Redondo Beach pier fight
A Los Angeles police officer who used a knife and a gun to threaten a restaurant patron on the Redondo Beach pier was sentenced Tuesday to four years, four months in prison.
David Woon Chong, 39, had previously pleaded guilty to one assault count, and added a no contest plea of making a criminal threat before he was sentenced.
Chong was off duty when he got into a dispute with two fellow diners at Old Tony's restaurant on March 15, 2008.
The 10-year department veteran used a knife to threaten one man, then left. However, he returned a short time later, kicked foot out of the man's hand and pointed the .45 caliber Glock semiautomatic handgun at his head.
He was arrested as he drove out of the parking garage, and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11, above the state's legal limit of 0.08.
While at a rehabilitation program, he was arrested again for threatening a man during a treatment session.
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I would like to say that prison may not be the best place for this man with this anger management problem, but unfortunately, a few cops are of this type and I don't attribute their behavior to PTSD either.
Good to see a fair sentence but that's probably because he was off-duty when it happened.