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Criminal

Jan. 18, 2012

US lands plea agreement in LA jails probe

Federal prosecutors announced their first plea agreement in their ongoing investigation into inmate beatings and the conditions inside Los Angeles’ Men’s Central Jail.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Federal prosecutors announced their first plea agreement on Friday in their ongoing investigation into inmate beatings and the conditions inside Los Angeles' Men's Central Jail.

Gilbert Michel, 38, a former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy worked at the jail until FBI agents caught him smuggling a cell phone to an inmate in a sting operation this summer. Michel agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of bribery and ...

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