QUINCY — A former corrections sergeant at High Desert State Prison in Susanville has been ordered to pay $52,000 in restitution to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which provided security to his family after he faked an off-duty attack by gang members.

Greenville resident Todd Posch claimed he was jumped and beaten by up to three men in March of last year, when he stopped at a rest area near Canyon Dam on his way to work.

In February, Posch falsely reported he had been intentionally struck by a vehicle while walking near his Greenville home.

In both instances, Posch spent weeks in the hospital recovering from what were determined to be self-inflicted injuries.

The restitution order is on top of a 30-day jail sentence, 300 hours of community service and three years of formal probation after pleading no contest in April to two counts of filing a false police report.

At his sentencing in July, Posch was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,000 to another prison guard, who he claimed was the intended victim of the attacks.

A restitution order in the case was championed by Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood.

Posch was a veteran corrections officer awarded a medal of valor in 2008 after being injured while trying to subdue an out-of-control inmate.