Posted on 05/09/2006 10:10:30 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Authorities confiscated guns, badges and several police cars while serving search warrants today as part of their investigation into a tiny San Gabriel Valley transit agency that finds itself at the center of a growing investigation into the crash of a Ferrari in Malibu.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies searched the headquarters of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority in Monrovia, as well as the homes of four officials.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said today that detectives and prosecutors are trying to figure out why the men were connected to an obscure private company that provided rides to disabled people in Monrovia and Sierra Madre.
"This investigation is entirely focused like a laser beam on the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority Police Department and whether laws have been violated," Whitmore said. "Detectives are seeking to determine what the badges were used for and what is the extent of the agency."
More than 25 deputies searched five locations, including a large home at Woodlyn Lane in Bradbury belonging to Yosef Maiwandi, a founder and transit commissioner, and his Monrovia business, Homer's Auto Service.
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I was just watching that story on Fox11LA.
This story just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
I know exactly why they created that fake PD agency...they were using letterhead to purchase firearms so those felons could obtain weapons without a background check. I am just waiting to see what automatic weapons turn up.
you think major organized crime?
shades of lethal weapon 2 or was it 3
all they have to do is get their hands on Dietrich, and he will explain everything.
Ferrari Weirdness Ping
Dietrich rules!!!
He splits a Ferrari in half, bangs his head off the steering wheel like one of the crash test dummies, then disappears like a shadow in the night, rarely if ever heard from again!
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Yusef Maiwandi is a name that might indicate TROP. Again, in the transportation field. Why was there a bogus police car with full regalia?
Well wonderful, the Sherf's investigating.
Wouldn't you think he'd already KNOW about all police departments in his district? Kind of embarrassing for this to catch him by surprise.
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