"Proclaiming a local emergency to address this critical crisis will provide the county with additional tools to accelerate and expand its response in collaboration with our state partners and others," the motion states. The county Probation Department is still app...
“This case is just a microcosm of the bigger problem—a failure of the Los Angeles County Probation Department to protect our children,” attorney Jamal Tooson, who is representing the family, said in a statement Thursday. “Regrettably, some who have sworn to...
L.A. County agreed to bestow new powers on its beleaguered probation chief, giving him temporary authority to redirect some of the county’s workforce as the agency defies a state order to shut down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey over lack of staffing. The supervisors voted 4 to 1...
Los Angeles County supervisors acknowledged a crisis and declared an emergency proclamation Tuesday for the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, paving the way to address the staffing crisis."Clearly decisive action needs to be taken and it needs to be taken now." Supervi...
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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 video, which depicts a December 2023 incident, shows one youth sustaining punches and kicks in a “day room” decorated for Christmas inside the juvenile hall in Downey.The footage led the county Probation Department to suspend eight officers in January. The footage was first made public ...
James Albert Williamson, 37, a former Little League treasurer, was sentenced in Downey Municipal Court last week to 30 days in Los Angeles County Jail, 1,500 hours of community service, and three years of probation by Judge Leon Emerson, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Jack Stuart. In addition, ...
Downey was sentenced to three years probation after pleading no contest to drug and weapons charges. He spent about three months in a live-in treatment program. His probation was revoked Oct. 17 after his drug counselor said he violated a court order by using drugs again. The actor could ...
The final chapter in one of the most bizarre political cases in Orange County history comes to a close today as the 6-month probation of former Irvine City Councilman C.