Paul Tanaka

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.

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.

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?

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.

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 Undersheriff Paul Tanaka surrendered to federal authorities in Englewood, Colorado, Monday to begin serving a five-year prison term for his conviction on obstruction of justice charges.

An FBI agent who was illegally threatened with arrest by Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeants who showed up at her home in September 2011 is scheduled to testify Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of former Sheriff Lee Baca.

Opening statements are scheduled Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.

Jury selection began Monday — and will continue Tuesday — in the corruption trial of Los Angeles County’s former sheriff, who is facing federal obstruction of justice charges that could bring as much as 15 years in prison.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has failed to reach a new plea deal over his sentence for lying to federal investigators about a jail probe.

The former second-in-command at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was expected to face questions Monday about his alleged role in concealing the whereabouts of a jail inmate-turned informant during a federal probe into excessive force within the jail system.

The first witnesses are expected to take the stand Friday in the federal criminal trial of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s former undersheriff.

Two sheriff’s deputies were acquitted Tuesday of a federal civil rights charge that accused them of illegally using force against a handcuffed inmate at the Men’s Central Jail, but were found guilty of attempting to cover up the incident in reports that formed the basis of a false prosecution initiated against the prisoner.

Jim McDonnell was sworn in Monday as Los Angeles County Sheriff, taking on a department trying to find its way out of a series of corruption and abuse scandals.