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2024-08-15 23:42:49.730607+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Stay classy, LA Sheriff's Department: 4 ex-law enforcement officers charged in $37 million home invasion extortion scheme
On June 17, 2019, they allegedly put the plan in action. Lankford — again in violation of LASD rules — droved an unmarked department car to the victim's home with Cozart, Hart and Turbett in tow, according to the indictment. Lankford and Cozart allegedly approached the victim outside his home, both identifying themselves as a police officer and an immigration officer. Lankford showed his LASD badge to further sell the act, prosecutors said.
The victim's family was home at the time. The defendants allegedly forced the victim, his wife and their two children into one room, taking their phones and blocking them from leaving for hours. The victim was allegedly slammed against a wall, choked and threatened with deportation and separation from his 4-year-old son — unless he signed the settlement papers, prosecutors allege.
I love that the article specifies "in violation of LASD rules".