FBI paid deputy to smuggle cellphone in jail sting

The officer allegedly accepted about $ 1,500 to smuggle a cellphone to an inmate who was an FBI informant, sources say. Sheriff asks whether the FBI is capable of investigating alleged jail abuses.

FBI agents probing misconduct allegations in the L.A. County Jail orchestrated an undercover sting in which they paid about $ 1,500 to a sheriff’s deputy to smuggle a cellphone to an inmate, sources said.

L.A. Times – California | Local News

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