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Troubled L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca to announce his retirement today

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Editor Posted in Lee Baca, Los Angeles 3 Comments

L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, who faced a tough battle for reelection amid scandals in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, plans to annouce his retirement, law enforcement sources told The Los Angeles Times.

The 71-year-old has served as Sheriff since 1998 and was up for re-election later this year, according to Fox News. Continue reading→

Indictment of 18 current or former LA Sheriff’s Deputies could doom Sheriff Baca

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Editor Posted in FBI, Lee Baca, Los Angeles, Mike Carona Leave a comment

When Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca woke up Monday morning, he was probably looking forward to the fundraiser being held that very evening for his 2014 re-election campaign. But his mood probably changed about 9:30 a.m., when news broke that the U.S. Department of Justice had indicted 18 current or former members of the Sheriff’s Department on a wide range of misconduct charges that include excessive force, unlawful arrests and obstruction of a federal investigation, according to KPCC.

At least three people — including a lieutenant, a sergeant and a deputy — were taken into custody by FBI agents as part of a federal obstruction of justice probe into how sheriff’s officials handled an FBI informant at the center of the jail investigation, one source familiar with the probe said, according to the L.A. Times. Continue reading→