An LAPD officer was arrested for a second time — this time on a felony count — in connection to an incident in which he is accused of stealing cash from the backpack of a pot-grow employee.
A Los Angeles police officer on Thursday was arrested for a second time — this time on a felony count — in relation to a January incident in which he is accused of stealing cash from the backpack of an employee at a cannabis grow facility, prosecutors and police said.at the grow facility on Jan. 27 as narcotics officers conducted enforcement there.
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Police Department said Mota had been rearrested on a felony burglary charge brought by L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey’s office based on the findings of an internal affairs investigation. Lacey’s office would not comment on what new information or evidence prompted the added charge.
Mota’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. Mota could not be reached for comment.Mota’s bail was set at $50,000, but he was released from jail under rules aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus in jails.
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