L.A. WATCH: MULTIPLE CITY OF BELL OFFICIALS ARRESTED, PROSECUTORS SET TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES...

Per the L.A. Times, at least eight (8) Bell, CA officials have been arrested and will be criminally charged by prosecutors. No details of the arrests (who or why) have yet been disclosed but a press conference is set to take place this morning which will disclose more info. This news comes on the tail of learning that former Bell City Manager, Robert Rizzo, used public funds to issue loans to more than 50 city officials including himself. His loans, specifically, are said to have been in excess of $90,000. It's been two months since investigations began surrounding the revelations that top city officials' salaries were exorbitant and at the expense of residents. Voter fraud, along with a host of other falsifications, is also under investigations. More info will be updated as it becomes available. ***[Update Available] Pop the Trunk for recent update...


Via L.A.Times:

Former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo -– whose nearly $800,000 salary sparked widespread outrage and intense public scrutiny of city practices -– was among those arrested Tuesday morning in a sweep by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
No details have been released, but a source not authorized to speak publicly about the case said that Rizzo; former Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia; Mayor Oscar Hernandez; Councilmembers Luis Artiga, Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal; and former Councilmembers George Cole and Victor Bello were among those arrested.

More as it comes...

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