Ex-L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Submitting False Affidavit to Obtain Cell Phone Info for Private Client

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for submitting a false search warrant application to a state court judge, lying that he needed GPS tracking information for a robbery suspect’s cell phone when in fact it was for a private client’s estranged husband during the client’s contentious divorce proceedings.