PITTSFIELD — A police officer has been ordered to serve a year in jail for an off-duty assault in 2016 that sent a man to the hospital.

Michael McHugh was sentenced by Judge John Agostini on Friday to serve one year of a two-year sentence, the Berkshire Eagle reported. He was convicted last month of assault and battery, filing a false police report and misleading police.

A co-defendant in the case, Jason LaBelle, was given a two-year suspended jail sentence but ordered to serve six months of a two-year probation period under house arrest. LaBelle was convicted of misleading a judge, misleading a clerk and filing a false criminal complaint.

The assault occurred on July 4, 2016 when McHugh and LaBelle reportedly pulled Michael Cebula out of a truck the night of July 4, 2016, beat him and then lied about it.

Cebula, who suffered seven fractured ribs and a fractured vertebrae, is LaBelle’s estranged father-in-law.

Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn said Friday that steps were being taken to formally dismiss McHugh, who has been on unpaid suspension since August 2017, the Eagle reported.