A Lake County, Calif., man has been sentenced to jail in Oregon for making a false police brutality report, which was debunked thanks to holding cell video that showed him punching himself dozens of times.

On Feb. 11 Aleksander Robin Tomaszewski, 33, of Lucerne was found guilty and sentenced to 20 days in the Lane County, Ore., jail, along with 36 months of probation and a $500 fine for attempted coercion, and 20 days in jail and a $100 fine for initiating a false report, according to Sgt. Carrie Carver of the Lane County Sheriff's Office.

Carver said that Tomaszewski was brought to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 9 to be interviewed regarding a separate criminal investigation.

According to Lane County jail records, Tomaszewski had been arrested on Dec. 8 for stalking, violation of a restraining order and contempt of court.

The Jan. 9 interview took place in a room with video and audio recording, both of which were running while he was in the room, Carver said.

After the interview was over, Tomaszewski was left in the holding room alone while the recording continued to run. Carver said he was escorted directly to another holding room just down the hall, where a video recording also was taking place.

When he later was contacted in the second holding room, Tomaszewski – who has visible facial injuries – complained to multiple deputies that he was just assaulted by the detectives who had interviewed him, Carver said.

Carver said the complaint was immediately forwarded for review to the sergeant in charge of detectives.

Tomaszewski – who was interviewed shortly after he made the complaint – provided a statement claiming he was assaulted and said multiple times that he wanted to press charges, Carver said.

In addition, Carver said Tomaszewski also signed the portion of the incident report that warns about initiating a false report.

Carver said the video was reviewed for both holding rooms. The video footage from the second holding room showed Tomaszewski punching himself multiple times in the face.

When he learned that the incident was caught on camera, Tomaszewski admitted that he thought making the claim would get him released, Carver said.

Tomaszewski subsequently was charged with initiating a false report, which is a Class C misdemeanor, and attempted coercion, which is a Class C felony, according to Carver.

In addition to those charges, on Jan. 9 Tomaszewski was arrested on first degree sexual abuse, stalking and contempt of court, Lane County jail records showed.

Last May, Tomaszewski was sentenced in Lake County for violating unlawful stream diversion and unlawfully dumping trash and rubbish within 150 feet of a streambed as part of a marijuana grow in the Double Eagle Ranch subdivision near Clearlake Oaks, as Lake County News has reported: bit.ly/1Du6dK4 .

The case arose from an investigation resulting from a 2012 marijuana bust. At that time, Tomaszewski was arrested after the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force and the Sheriff’s Special Weapons and Tactics Team found 170 pounds of processed marijuana in his Lucerne home during the service of a search warrant.