Lee Baca

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was behind bars at a federal prison in Texas Wednesday, serving a three-year federal prison sentence for obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. The 77-year-old former sheriff, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in May 2017, but had remained free pending appeal. Last month, however, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson...

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was ordered Thursday to turn himself in no later than Feb. 5 to begin serving a three-year federal prison sentence for obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. The 77-year-old former sheriff, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in May 2017, but has remained free pending appeal. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson…

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is one step closer to prison after the U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal of his conviction on federal charges of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. The 77-year-old former sheriff, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in May 2017 to three years in federal prison, but...

Decisions to fire as many as 400 deputies need to be reconsidered, but review by a “Truth and Reconciliation” panel is on hold, Sheriff Alex Villanueva told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

A federal appeals court panel Monday rejected former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s appeal of his conviction on charges of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.

A judge ruled that Pfizer Inc. will remain a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a man who claims its Chantix anti-smoking medication was a factor in a psychotic breakdown that led him to gouge his eyes out while jailed in Los Angeles in 2014.

Federal prosecutors Monday urged an appeals panel to affirm former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca’s conviction on charges of obstruction of justice and lying, crimes for which the ex-lawman is facing three years behind bars.

A Los Angeles County deputy sheriff who allegedly agreed on two occasions to oversee the delivery of narcotics and other contraband in exchange for cash payments was arrested Tuesday, along with three other men, on federal narcotics charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca should remain free while challenging his conviction for trying to derail an FBI investigation into abuses at the jail system he ran, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was rejected in his latest bid to remain free on bond pending the appeal of his conviction for obstructing an FBI probe into the county jail system, and a federal judge ordered him to begin serving his three-year prison sentence on Monday.

In the wake of a controversial pardon for convicted ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, will President Trump also pardon disgraced ex-Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca?

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will avoid prison for a little bit longer after his attorneys on Monday asked a federal court to let him remain free while his corruption conviction is appealed.

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to remain free on bail pending an appeal of his conviction for scheming to derail an FBI probe of corruption in the jails.

A nine-month prison term was handed down Monday for a retired sheriff’s captain who lied on the witness stand during the corruption trial of a former colleague, but later became a key government witness in the retrial of ex-Sheriff Lee Baca.

A federal judge repeatedly rebuked former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca for bringing shame on his department as he sentenced him Friday to three years in prison for obstructing an FBI investigation into abuses at the jails he ran.

Former LA County sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in prison today for obstructing a federal investigation into abuses within the LA County jail system. Ted Chen reports at 4 for NBC4 News on Friday, May 12, 2017.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for impeding a FBI investigation. Ted Chen reports live for NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2017.

Prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison term for ex-Sheriff Lee Baca for conspiring to obstruct a federal grand jury investigation into civil rights abuses and corruption within Los Angeles County jails, but the defense is asking for a sentence of home detention, court papers obtained Tuesday show.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was convicted Wednesday of obstructing an FBI investigation into corrupt and violent guards who took bribes to smuggle contraband into the jails he ran and savagely beat inmates.

Jurors found former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca guilty of corruption in a retrial. Baca plans to appeal the ruling. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 2017.