Jeff Gottlieb and Corina Knoll (Los Angeles Times) | February 14, 2013 Former Bell City Councilman George Cole testified Thursday about the extraordinary retirement benefits he received through the city, and the great job that former City Manager Robert Rizzo did in his early years in the small, working-class city. Cole said he was surprised [...]
KABC/Associated Press | February 28, 2012 BELL, Calif. — A judge has dismissed three of the felony charges against a former mayor and a former councilman in the scandal-plagued city of Bell. The judge dismissed one count of misappropriation of funds against ex-Mayor Oscar Hernandez, and two counts of the same against former Councilman Luis [...]
Jeff Gottlieb (Los Angeles Times) | January 19, 2012 More than half of the disability retirements awarded to police officers under former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo — including those given to three police chiefs — should not have been granted, and workers’ compensation settlements for 13 officers were “exceedingly large,” an investigation has concluded. [...]
Jeff Gottlieb (Los Angeles Times) | November 16, 2011 Six former Bell council members will head to court Wednesday morning to ask that a judge dismiss corruption charges against them. The former city officials contend that voters approved a ballot measure making Bell a charter city, giving them authority to collect salaries of nearly $100,000. [...]
Stephen Ceasar (LA Times) October 25, 2010 Former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo’s owner’s license has been suspended by the Hollywood Park board of stewards after he failed to respond to charges of conduct detrimental to horse racing, the Daily Racing Form reported. Rizzo, 56, who faces 55 felony counts of misappropriation of public funds, [...]
Paul Pringle (Los Angeles Times) September 23, 2010 Former Bell Police Chief Randy Adams had himself declared disabled even as he was hired for the post, a move that could make him millions of dollars in tax-free pension income when he retires, according to records and interviews. An agreement that Adams struck with former Bell [...]
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