Akiva Grunewald pleaded guilty in February to one count of bribery for paying the then-police chief of the Manzanita Tribal Police Department $20,000
A Los Angeles man was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for his role in a scheme in which the former chief of police of San Diego County tribe accepted more than $300,000 in bribes in exchange for badges that gave benefactors the right to carry concealed firearms.
More than $700,000 in “donations” were solicited throughout the scheme, with Vazquez keeping about $300,000 out of those payments, prosecutors said. He also paid kickbacks to recruiters and paid himself around $2,000 per month as reimbursement for travel expenses from his Oxnard home to the reservation.
After obtaining the badge, Grunewald — who admitted being a drug addict and unlawful user of oxycodone and other narcotics at the time — was pulled over by Culver City police after an officer saw him run across a busy street and enter a black Range Rover that was missing a front license plate, had tinted windows, and had a rear license plate that belonged to a different car.
Gilbert pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to making false statements and was sentenced in April to a year’s probation. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.Two San Diego teens investigated their high school foundation’s finances. Then one got called in to the principal.
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