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CHUMMY IN LOS ANGELES: Sheriff Lee Baca launched a criminal probe at request of fashion magnate. ??

By Glenn Reynolds

CHUMMY IN LOS ANGELES: Sheriff Lee Baca launched a criminal probe at request of fashion magnate. “Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca personally launched a criminal investigation in another police agency’s jurisdiction after a request from a millionaire businessman who later contributed $100,000 to two sheriff’s charities, according to civil court testimony, law enforcement records and interviews. . . . In October, a Times investigation detailed a similar case in which Baca launched a criminal probe inside another agency’s jurisdiction on behalf of Ezat Delijani, a well-connected Beverly Hills businessman who had given the sheriff political contributions and expensive gifts.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 15, 2011 (boomark / email).