Beno Hernandez

A defense attorney charged Tuesday that top officials within the Los Angeles Police Department, including Chief Daryl F. Gates, have maintained a "common practice" of helping defend some police officers prosecuted for criminal misconduct. Darryl Mounger, an attorney representing Sgt.

In a case weighing heavily on how the Los Angeles Police Department disciplines its officers, a longtime police defense representative was found not guilty Thursday of improperly assisting a fellow officer charged with criminal theft and insurance fraud. Sgt.

In a case weighing heavily on how the Los Angeles Police Department disciplines its officers, a longtime police defense representative was found not guilty Thursday of improperly assisting a fellow officer charged with criminal theft and insurance fraud. Sgt.

A defense attorney charged Tuesday that top officials within the Los Angeles Police Department, including Chief Daryl F. Gates, have maintained a "common practice" of helping defend some police officers prosecuted for criminal misconduct. Darryl Mounger, an attorney representing Sgt.

After almost two decades as a Los Angeles police officer who has championed the defense of fellow cops in trouble, Sgt. Beno Hernandez is about to take his turn on the proverbial hot seat. He has been relieved of duty and accused of improperly influencing a criminal case, and is scheduled to attend a series of administrative hearings this month at Parker Center and City Hall to argue why he should not be forced to forfeit his badge. The scrappy police sergeant vows not to go out without a fight.

Four more women claim they were sexually harassed on the job at the Newport Beach Police Department and are considering joining the lawsuit filed Thursday by four current and former department workers, an attorney said Friday.

Reversing several decisions they made over the past nine months, city officials Thursday reinstated and immediately retired fired Police Chief Arb Campbell and Capt. Anthony Villa, and agreed to pay their legal bills in a sexual harassment case filed by 10 current and former female employees.

One of the 10 women suing the Police Department, former Chief Arb Campbell and former Capt. Anthony Villa quit her job this week, saying she cannot go back to work at the department because the environment there is too hostile. Michelle LeFay, an animal control officer who filed a workers' compensation claim Oct. 22 and collected payments for disability, vacation and sick days until May 6, said in a letter to City Manager Kevin J.

A special city attorney hired to investigate civil suit charges of sexual harassment at the Newport Beach Police Department concluded Monday that a judge indeed "might find that conduct of a sexually harassing nature occurred." Calling his investigation "substantially complete," Los Angeles attorney Harold A.

A special city attorney hired to investigate civil suit charges of sexual harassment in the Newport Beach Police Department has concluded that a judge indeed "might find that conduct of a sexually harassing nature occurred," but added that the women who filed the suit may have themselves "engaged in sexually harassing conduct." Calling his investigation "substantially complete," Los Angeles attorney Harold A.

After almost two decades as a Los Angeles police officer who has championed the defense of fellow cops in trouble, Sgt. Beno Hernandez is about to take his turn on the proverbial hot seat. He has been relieved of duty and accused of improperly influencing a criminal case, and is scheduled to attend a series of administrative hearings this month at Parker Center and City Hall to argue why he should not be forced to forfeit his badge. The scrappy police sergeant vows not to go out without a fight.

Embattled Newport Beach Police Chief Arb Campbell and Capt. Anthony Villa, accused by employees of rape and sexual harassment, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Newport Beach on Thursday, saying their civil rights have been violated in a continuing "witch hunt." Campbell and Villa claim the city's weeks-long investigation, in which nearly 150 employees are being interviewed, is biased and that some of those questioned have been threatened. It also alleges that City Manager Kevin J.