A former Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail upon pleading guilty to insurance fraud and filing a false police report, in which he claimed he was shot outside his home.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norm Shapiro ordered Anthony Razo, 49, to surrender Thursday at the East Los Angeles sheriff's station to begin serving the jail term.
Razo also was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $5,400 in restitution to the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division, which held a fundraiser to help pay his medical bills.
Razo admitted that he falsely reported his car stolen on Jan. 4 and made fraudulent claims against his auto and homeowners' insurance policies for the car and its contents, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Razo also fabricated his claim that two men assaulted him in his driveway on Jan. 31 and used his gun to shoot him, admitting that he shot himself, prosecutors said.
Razo was relieved of duty in March and has since resigned.
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