The probation officer who appears to be in charge in the video was identified in court as Taneha Brooks. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sandy Ser did not allow Albin to question Brooks during the Thursday hearing. Brooks left the building before a Times...
Roger I'm a deputy probation officer, a career that has often been gratifying and fulfilling, but also physically and emotionally demanding. While preparing for a second knee replacement surgery due to the demands of the job, I spoke with attorneys Richard Felton and Amy Leung. They fully desc...
L.A. County probation officer accused of sex with jailed youth March 11, 2024 Sherrie Albin, the deputy public defender who represented the teen in the Los Padrinos video, said it would be impossible to subpoena footage to challenge every report. Juveniles in custody are also often hesitant to...
The County’s jails are an ideal breeding ground for gangs. Most deputies are assigned to work in the system straight out of the academy. Sources close to jail operations say that many are eager to prove themselves. TheCitizen’s Commission for Jail Violencefound in a report on deputy gangs...
“It’s not like an organized crime family, where all the money goes to the godfather and the godfather parcels it out to the lieutenants, or capos,” Los Angeles County probation officer Jim Galipeau said. Crack is a racket, not so much for gangsters but for “players,” explained Rodge...
“But when I was rappin’ in the county jail, a lot of the older inmates told me, ‘Man, you’re too talented to be in here. You need to be outside, not wasting your life away with crime.’ “I don’t want anybody to get the wrong idea, though. Life in the ghetto ain’t ...
“Typically, the probation officer will come up with a payment plan,” Martin said. “If he violates those terms the court will step in and he could face up to a one year in County Jail or three years in state prison.” The April 8 sentencing does not preclude other counties or cities...
Advertisement On March 2, Baker pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor battery charge. If convicted, the officer would face a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $2,000 fine, Deputy City Atty. Alice Hand said.
Mitchell, who did appear in Ventura early Friday for a probation review, is required to attend 52 counseling sessions and pay $1,000 to the state’s victim restitution fund and $1,000 to the Ventura County’s Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, which operates a shelter for batter...
So suspicious neighbors were not at all surprised when county investigators raided the condo and arrested him. Then the charges were announced; that really shook the complex on Manchester Court. Tetro stood accused not of dealing drugs--but of forging the fine art of Marc Chagall, Joan Miro,...