By J. David Goodman, The New York Times Published: May 21, 2013 It was the sort of discovery that is usually the mark of good police work: A Bronx detective came upon an online criminal enterprise that offered — for a low price — to hack into private e-mail accounts. But the detective was not [...]
By Lora Neng WWW.STREETGANGS.COM STAFF WRITER March 13, 2013 The charisma that helped propel Kwame Kilpatrick into becoming Detroit’s “hip-hop” mayor can’t save him from the fallout of corruption. Kilpatrick was found guilty of 24 out of 30 counts of corruption in a “classic RICO case” that also ensnared a contractor friend Bobby Ferguson and his [...]
TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press LOS ANGELES February 7, 2013 (AP) Seven Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies from an anti-gang unit have been notified that the department intends to fire them for being members of a secret law enforcement clique that allegedly encouraged unethical conduct. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday the deputies were sent the [...]
Abby Sewell (Los Angeles Times) | December 7, 2012 A former Rosemead mayor whose bid for a state Assembly seat was cut short when he pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge has changed his plea to not guilty, citing new information that might discredit an informant who helped the government build its case. John [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 17, 2012 | 11:03 a.m. PST Last year, investigators for the Los Angeles County district attorney began probing secret, improper tax breaks granted to more than 100 wealthy Westside property owners since Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez’s election. They also started looking into complaints from assessor’s office employees who claimed they were [...]
By Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 3, 2012 | 10:38 a.m. Sheriff Lee Baca set to address the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence report on his department’s management of the jail system and respond to recommendations included in the report. A commission was appointed to investigate the jails in Los Angeles County because the system has [...]
By Stefani Camille Streetgangs.com Staff Writer September 27, 2012 | 1:01 p.m Last Friday, two ex-Lynwood officials, Louis Byrd, 80, and Fernando Pedroza, 47, were in front of Compton Superior Court Judge Eleanor Hunter to be sentenced to prison for corruption. Byrd and Pedroza were charged in 2007 after a four-year investigation, along with three [...]
Richard Marosi (Los Angeles Times) | August 11, 2012 Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents face a maximum of 50 years in prison after being found guilty Friday of multiple counts of conspiracy, bribery and human smuggling. The conviction ends a long-running case that became an example of the pernicious reach of corruption into Border [...]
Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives (Los Angeles Times) | June 22, 2012 Three Cudahy city officials – the mayor, a city councilman and a former acting city manager – have been indicted on federal bribery charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The three were charged with soliciting and accepting $17,000 in bribes from someone [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff May 10, 2012 | 4:25 p.m. PST An investigation into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has revealed that the gang unit has members involved in their own secret gang. They have matching tattoos of a gun-toting skeleton which deputies would modify when they were involved in a shooting. One deputy has already [...]
May 9, 2012 | 22:20 PDT | Long Beach, Calif. (AP) – Long Beach police say an officer who was arrested last month for investigation of possession of child pornography has been arrested again for several sexually-based offenses. A police department statement says Officer Noe Yanez was arrested Wednesday and was being held on $951,000 [...]
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