Former Assemblyman Carl Edward Washington is accused of filing false identity theft claims, the latest in a series of arrests at the troubled agency. (From the Los Angeles Times / September 18, 2012)
Posted on 09/18/2012 7:01:30 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Probation department division chief arrested in fraud case
Former Assemblyman Carl Edward Washington is accused of filing false identity theft claims, the latest in a series of arrests at the troubled agency.
The arrests seem to be piling up at an unusual pace.
Two weeks ago, a six-year employee of the Los Angeles County Probation Department was charged with persistently filing false workers' compensation claims.
Earlier this month, police arrested a probation officer for allegedly shooting a man in a Covina bar. Those cases came on top of the dozens of drunk driving, drug possession and theft arrests that seemed scattered throughout the 6,500-employee agency.
On Monday, FBI agents arrested the highest-ranking member of the department yet — Carl Edward Washington, a division chief of intergovernmental relations and former state legislator.
Washington, 47, was taken into custody about 10 a.m. He is accused of defrauding a bank and two credit unions by falsely claiming to be a victim of identity theft. He was released on $25,000 bond after a hearing in federal court and could not be reached for comment.
Washington was one of at least 40 county probation employees arrested in the last 12 months, 32 of whom were sworn law enforcement officers.
"They shouldn't have 40 arrests in any department," said Connie Rice, a prominent Los Angeles civil rights attorney and law enforcement monitor who has been critical of the department. "If you have 40 arrests, that ought to be a sign that something is very wrong. It's like: 'Houston, we have a problem.' "
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The late Senator Jesse Helms correctly described foreign aid as pouring money "down a rat hole."
I am beginning to believe that any federal dollars going to support state and local governments is nothing more than just throwing money down into a rathole.
I wonder how many of these 40 looked like Obama.
I know I can’t help it, it sets my mind to wondering.
I am beginning to believe that any federal dollars going to support state and local governments is nothing more than just throwing money down into a rathole.
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Yep!
/johnny
Gosh I WONDER why the USA is getting more like Mexico...?
The answer is bloody obvious.
We need to increase their pay and benefits so we can attract good people to public service.
I know people will disagree, but no one can ignore the fact that it is a major industry in this country.
They wouldn’t do these things if’n the gov-meint would gives ‘em mo money.
Require prospective public employees to have PhD.s, and offer them at least $200,000 per year. Problem corrected.
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Reconstruction II just keeps rolling along.
“I wonder how many of these 40 looked like Obama.
I know I can’t help it, it sets my mind to wondering.”
Well you can stop wondering about Carl, he’ definitely “one of Holder’s People.”
How many of them are illegal aliens?
“...persistently filing false workers’ compensation claims.”
In California workman’s comp. is a retirement program.
>>I know I can’t help it, it sets my mind to wondering.
A photo gallery would definitely be interesting.
I agree with you. The prison-industrial complex destroyed our freedom. And no politician dares complain.
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