The 66 suspended officers account for about 2% of the 2,800 sworn personnel working for the LA County Probation Department. "It is out of respect for the majority of our officers, who perform their duties each day with integrity, that we moved quickly on these cases," Viera Rosa said. "...
A Probation Department spokesperson would not comment on the status of the suspended officers. The video has been shared with the L.A. County office of the inspector general, the spokesperson said. Advertisement The California attorney general’s office is handling t...
The probation department announced it has suspended 66 officers for misconduct in the juvenile halls this year — including the eight involved in the Los Padrinos incident — but did not say if any of those officers face accusations of dishonesty. ...
County probation officers stood by as at least six youths assaulted a 17-year-old inside Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall late last year, according to footage obtained by The Times. The video, which depicts a December 2023 incident, shows one youth sustaining punches and kicks in a “day room” ...
Marion County prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett rebutted Fuller, and also referred to letters sent to his office and to Gifford, asking for leniency. “The evidence in this case flies in the face of what we see in these letters,” Modisett said. “Desiree Washington believed Mike Tyson to be a ni...
After his recovery, Keith was suspended from school for five days, as were the other student officers. The girl who provided the pills was suspended and transferred to another school. Keith’s mother, who requested anonymity, remembered she “was scared to death” when she heard about her son...
he pleaded guilty to one count of filing his 1978 income tax returns years late. It was a misdemeanor, and he was given probation, the main term of which was that he pay his taxes. As a result of that conviction, the state Bar suspended him from practicing law for 30 days last year...
“The truth is, it’s incredibly stressful,” said retired Sgt. Ed Lutes, now a county prosecutor. “People handle it in different ways. Some don’t handle it. “You have all this information, and you have to be able to bear this burden,” Lutes added, “the burden of knowledge.”...