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Four men who operated a South Gate machine shop pleaded guilty in federal court in Los Angeles Monday to charges that they conspired to supply the Defense Department with untested or improperly manufactured parts for military aircraft and ground-support systems. The men, who operated A & R Precision, admitted to falsely claiming that parts for military aircraft such as the F-111, F-16, F-15, F-4 and A-7 were made and tested according to required procedures.

Four men who operated a South Gate machine shop pleaded guilty in federal court in Los Angeles Monday to charges that they conspired to supply the Defense Department with untested or improperly manufactured parts for military aircraft and ground-support systems. The men, who operated A & R Precision, admitted to falsely claiming that parts for military aircraft such as the F-111, F-16, F-15, F-4 and A-7 were made and tested according to required procedures.

The two owners of a South Gate machine shop have been sentenced to prison for supplying the government with untested or improperly made parts for military aircraft and ground-support systems. Robert Cejka, 53, of Rolling Hills Estates, co-owner of A & R Precision, was sentenced to two years in prison, while Alberto Herrera, 50, of Norwalk received an 18-month term.

Four men were charged Wednesday with taking part in a conspiracy to sell the Defense Department untested or improperly manufactured parts for military aircraft and ground-support systems. The men are charged in Los Angeles federal court with conspiracy and making false statements to the federal government for allegedly claiming that parts machined at A & R Precision in South Gate had been made and tested according to required procedures when they had not.