Officer pleads guilty in assault


By — Peter Hermann, Lynh Bui, — Martin Weil and — Matt Zapotosky

 A veteran D.C. police captain has been given a suspended prison sentence and probation for assault after authorities said he tried to choke his wife in the back of a car in Prince George’s County, according to authorities.
Capt. Lamar West, 49, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict following an October trial. A judge declared a mistrial, but West agreed to a deal rather than face a new trial.
Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks said in a statement that West, who has been on the force 23 years, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, all of it suspended, and put on 18 months of supervised probation.
— Peter Hermann and Lynh Bui