SoCal detective gets 2 years for prostitute attack

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego County sheriff's detective has been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a prostitute he picked up in his patrol car.
Thomas Sadler apologized to the judge as he was sentenced Wednesday. He was convicted in March of felony assault and battery by a peace officer and two misdemeanors. He was acquitted of felony sexual battery and false imprisonment.
Prosecutors say the married 20-year veteran picked up a prostitute in his unmarked police car in 2008 and drove her to a Mission Valley parking lot.
However, authorities say the 49-year-old Sadler changed his mind about having sex and struck the woman with his car door as he drove away. She wasn't seriously hurt.
At trial, four other women testified that he groped them during drug searches.

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