Articles for Lillienfeld

Detective accused of giving Nazi-like salute resigns from South Pasadena Police Department
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Detective accused of giving Nazi-like salute resigns from South Pasadena Police Department

LA Times  

A veteran detective who once landed in hot water for disguising himself as a deputy and sneaking into Men’s Central Jail has resigned from the South Pasadena Police Department amid recent allegations that he repeatedly gave a Nazi-like salute last year during a training lecture hosted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, according to a news release and internal …

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Ex-LASD homicide investigator accused of giving Nazi-like salute during training lecture
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ex-LASD homicide investigator accused of giving Nazi-like salute during training lecture

LA Times  

Mark Lillienfeld, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide investigator, has been deemed ineligible for rehire after a police officer who attended one of his training lectures last year accused him of making racist comments and repeatedly giving a Nazi-like salute during the class, according to an internal affairs report. At the beginning of the course, according to what …

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Ex-members of L.A. County sheriff’s alleged ‘secret police’ testify to oversight commission
2 months, 1 week ago

Ex-members of L.A. County sheriff’s alleged ‘secret police’ testify to oversight commission

LA Times  

For nearly five hours Friday, the Civilian Oversight Commission grilled two former members of a secretive unit within the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department accused of targeting former Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s foes. This year, state prosecutors formally rejected the case, saying they’d completed a “thorough and independent investigation.” But on Friday, Fernandez alleged state investigators previously told him prosecutors had never …

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Times reporter was leaked list of problem deputies. The Sheriff’s Department investigated her
5 months ago

Times reporter was leaked list of problem deputies. The Sheriff’s Department investigated her

LA Times  

For at least three years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department secretly investigated — and ultimately urged the state attorney general to prosecute — a Los Angeles Times reporter who wrote about a leaked list of problem deputies, according to internal department records. “I’m glad this investigation is over, and it’s an outrage that the Sheriff’s Department would criminally investigate …

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Inside the Sheriff’s Department’s secretive investigation into Villanueva’s critics
5 months ago

Inside the Sheriff’s Department’s secretive investigation into Villanueva’s critics

LA Times  

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva testifies under oath about deputy gangs in front of the county’s Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission. A multi-year criminal investigation under former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva into the agency’s inspector general — a probe that a legal advisor for the county called “not legally viable” — was based largely on unfounded accusations …

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She binged true crime on Netflix. Then she helped free two men from prison
9 months, 3 weeks ago

She binged true crime on Netflix. Then she helped free two men from prison

LA Times  

When the COVID shutdown began, Jessica Jacobs Dirschel, a mother of four in Topanga Canyon, was one of the many millions of people who staved off boredom by binging on Netflix. When the lawyer answered, Dirschel said, “I want to help.” Jofama Coleman had served 14 years of a life sentence for murder when the pandemic lockdown came to the …

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Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation
2 years, 3 months ago

Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation

LA Times  

Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials searched several offices and homes this week in connection with an investigation into contracts the county’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority awarded a nonprofit organization. A Superior Court judge late Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of sprawling raids tied to an investigation into county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, …

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L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s home searched by sheriff’s investigators
2 years, 3 months ago

L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s home searched by sheriff’s investigators

LA Times  

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies escort Supervisor Shelia Kuehl from her house after serving an early morning search warrant at her home in Santa Monica. Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators searched the house of county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl on Wednesday as part of a criminal investigation into a county contract awarded to a nonprofit organization. The warrant to search Kuehl’s …

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Sheriff Villanueva and top aide defy watchdog subpoenas
3 years, 2 months ago

Sheriff Villanueva and top aide defy watchdog subpoenas

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his No. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his second in command on Thursday defied subpoenas requiring them to testify before an oversight commission about ganglike groups of deputies and an investigative unit that has targeted the sheriff’s critics. Commission Chair Priscilla Ocen said Thursday that when the sheriff does voluntarily appear, …

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L.A. County sheriff’s unit accused of targeting political enemies, vocal critics
3 years, 3 months ago

L.A. County sheriff’s unit accused of targeting political enemies, vocal critics

LA Times  

On paper, the deputies are scattered around the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in various assignments. The unit, named the Civil Rights and Public Integrity Detail, has pursued a long-running investigation into one of Villanueva’s most vocal critics, L.A. County Inspector General Max Huntsman, and others despite sheriff’s officials being told by the FBI and state law enforcement officials that …

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