LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was charged Wednesday with using excessive force when he allegedly assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a WinCo Foods in Lancaster last year.
Trevor James Kirk, 31, of Santa Clarita, is charged in a single-count federal indictment with deprivation of rights under color of law for the force used in June 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Kirk, who allegedly used pepper spray on victim J.H....