TSA

TSA Screeners Allegedly Took Bribes To Let Drugs Pass Through Los Angeles Airport

Nick R. Martin | April 25, 2012, 5:03PM

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against four security screeners who worked at Los Angeles International Airport and were allegedly paid thousands of dollars in bribes to look the other way while drug shipments slipped through security checkpoints.

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Topics: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Los Angeles, TSA

Los Angeles

LA City Firefighters Investigated For Allegedly Taking Part In Porn On The Job

Jillian Rayfield | September 22, 2011, 4:52PM

The Los Angeles Fire Department says its investigating allegations that several firefighters allowed porn to be filmed in their fire trucks while they were on the job.

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Topics: California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Fire Department, Pornography

Bell, CA

County DA Expanding Probe Of Bell, CA To Include Allegations Of Voter Fraud

Jillian Rayfield | July 28, 2010, 12:56PM

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has expanded its probe of the city of Bell, widening the investigation from a scandal over inflated salaries to include allegations of voter fraud and possible conflicts of interest involving city businesses.

Bell City Council members have taken a lot of heat this month after it was revealed that many of them had inflated their salaries to $96,000 a year for part-time elected positions, with one city staff member banking nearly $800,000 a year.

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Topics: Bell City Council Officials, Bell, CA, California, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles, Steve Cooley

Bell, CA

Salary Scandal In CA: Bell City Council Members Resign, Take Pay Cuts After Inflated Earnings Uncovered

Jillian Rayfield | July 27, 2010, 5:08PM

In the wake of a major salary scandal, some City Council members in the small working-class community of Bell, California have resigned and others have announced that they will take a 90% pay cut. Many officials in the 40,000-person city near downtown L.A. were making $96,000 a year for part-time elected positions that are typically paid about 1/20 of that amount.

The revelations of inflated salaries in Bell -- where one city official banked nearly $800,000 a year -- have caused massive public outrage and triggered a review by the state's top fiscal officer.

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Topics: Bell City Council Officials, Bell, CA, California, Los Angeles

Antonio Villaraigosa

L.A. Mayor Accepted At Least $50K In Free Tickets: Reports

Rachel Slajda | June 25, 2010, 11:02AM

Reports in the L.A. Times and the L.A. Weekly show that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has accepted free tickets to around 80 events over the past five years, worth an estimated $50,000 at least.

Villaraigosa has reportedly accepted free tickets to concerts, award shows and sports games without reporting the vast majority of them. The L.A. Weekly estimated -- using a list of events on the mayor's public schedule -- that the tickets total between $50,000 and $100,000, depending on how many tickets he got for each event.

According to the Weekly, the mayor's office kept no documentation of how much the tickets were worth, how many he got for each event, who they came from or how much he received in related freebies like food and drink.

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Topics: Antonio Villaraigosa, California, Democrats, Ethics, Los Angeles