By Bob Walsh
A federal judge today (07-18) rejected a plea deal that would have given former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca (who was a close personal friend of our editor) at most a paltry six months in custody for various degrees of nastiness, including lying to the feds.
Federal Judge Percy Anderson rejected the plea which would have given Baca a maximum of six months in custody and would have very possibly resulted in him doing no actual in-custody time at all. The judge said such a light sentence would “trivialize” the rule of law.
Baca copped to ordering his staff to impede an FBI investigation into jail operations. He did, however, refer to his actions as “mistakes” in his statement to the court before he got the bomb dropped on him.
The defense must now decide if they will accept a greater sentence or will go ahead for a trial. Baca has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, though the effects are “mild” at this stage.
A total of 21 staff at the jail have been nailed by the feds on some level of official misconduct.
He has to appear in court again August 1 to announce which way he will jump.
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Close personal friend of our editor.” Ouch, Bob, you sure know how to hurt a guy. I never met the asshole, but it didn’t take long for me to detect the foul odor emitted by that phony ass-sucking ‘Sheriff to the Stars.’ That’s why I have long referred to him as Pepe LePew Baca.
Peter Pitchess and Sherman Block, his predecessors must be turning over in their graves.
Good for Judge Anderson! Alzheimer’s notwithstanding, I hope he throws the book at Pepe LePew Baca!
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