Three Cudahy town officers indicted on federal bribery fees

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June 22, 2012, 9:08 a.m.

Three Cudahy town officer?a distant – the mayor, a town councilman and a former performing town superviso?a distant – has been indicted on federal bribery charges, consistent with the U.S... Attorney's Office.

The three have been charged with soliciting and accepting $17,000 in bribes from anyone who desired to open a clinicaa distana far offtl marijuana dispensary in Cudahy, Assistant U.S Atty. Joseph Akrotirianakis said.

On Friday morning, federal sellers descended on Cudahy, in southeast La County, to arrest Mayor David Silva, Councilman Osvaldo Conde and longtime town worker Angel Perales, the ultimate of whom was fired this week. Perales was a code enforcement officer who additionally as of late served because the performing town manager.

It was doubtful whether or not the lads have been in custody. FBI sellers have surrounded a industry owned by Conde. Government imagine he is also within the retailer as a result of his automobile is parked out of doors however has been not able to make touch with him. They're getting ready to go into the business.

Earlier this week, FBI marketers served a federal grand jury subpoena at Town Hall, hard get admission to to all files associated with the 2007 and 2009 town council elections, together with ballots. Akrotirianakis declined touch upon that subpoena.

Cudahy, a town of 24,000 that friends Bell, is nearly fully Latino, negative and in large part uneducated.

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