1st charge filed in FBI probe of L.A. sheriff’s deputy misconduct

The case involves former Deputy Gilbert Michel, who admitted smuggling a cellphone and other contraband into Men’s Central Jail for an inmate who promised him $ 20,000.

Federal prosecutors filed their first criminal charge in the ongoing investigation of deputy misconduct in the Los Angeles County jails, saying that an ex-guard has agreed to plead guilty to felony bribery and is cooperating with the FBI.



L.A. Times – California | Local News

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