NYPD sergeant sentenced to probation for beating cuffed men
A New York City police sergeant who pleaded guilty to beating two handcuffed men in separate incidents was sentenced to probation Wednesday.
Sgt. Phillip Wong, a transit bureau supervisor who was placed on modified duty after his arrest last July, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to charges of assault and attempted assault, both misdemeanors.
Prosecutors asked that Wong be jailed for 60 days, but Judge Curtis Farber sentenced him to two years of probation and ordered him to perform 70 hours of community service.