A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was found guilty of using excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a supermarket in Lancaster.

An L.A. County sheriff's deputy was found guilty of excessive force after an incident in which he threw a woman to the ground in Lancaster.

A Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff is facing the prospect of 10 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of using excessive force on woman outside a supermarket more than two years ago,