Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca to Plead Guilty to Lying regarding Jailhouse Corruption Probe

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This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca to Plead Guilty to Lying regarding Jailhouse Corruption Probe

The Federal Investigation regarding Los Angeles County Jailhouse Corruption has resulted in the extraordinary, Breaking News of former Sheriff Lee Baca "Pleading Guilty to Lying".

Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca reviewing future accommodations?

** Blogger's Note: Extraordinary news breaking this morning regarding the Federal Investigation into LA County Jailhouse Corruption.

From the LA Times:

Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will plead guilty in a downtown courtroom Wednesday to making false statements, marking a dramatic turn in the ongoing federal investigation into corruption in the Sheriff's Department.According to a charging document filed by federal prosecutors on Wednesday morning, Baca lied about his involvement in keeping an inmate away from FBI agents who wanted to interview him about brutality and corruption by sheriff’s deputies in the county jails.Baca also lied when he said he was unaware that his subordinates planned to approach an FBI special agent at her home, the document said.Baca's attorney, Michael Zweibeck, said his client had agreed to plead guilty to a single count as part of a deal with prosecutors that will see him spend no more than six months in prison and possibly no time at all.