Using Subinformant Unfairly Insulates Agency, Jurist Says By John Ryan Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES – A federal judge last week slammed the Drug Enforcement Administration for the questionable conduct of a longtime drug informant who has earned well in excess of $300,000 from the agency over the past decade. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie […]

Probation for Los Angeles Trio Indicates Lost Battle in Government War on Drugs By John Ryan Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES – The road to recovery will be a long one for Scott Imler, who next week will undergo surgery to have a cancerous tumor and part of his left lung removed. But Imler […]

By Erin Carroll and Gina Keating Daily Journal Staff Writer s LOS ANGELES – The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved paying $27 million to settle five class actions in which former inmates claim county sheriff’s deputies illegally strip-searched, detained and arrested them using warrants that listed someone else’s name. The settlement was the largest […]

Ventura County must pay $371,000 in attorneys’ fees to a law firm representing eight black deputies who are suing the county over alleged racial discrimination and harassment within the Sheriff’s Department. Attorneys for the deputies had sought more than $1 million in compensation for six years of settlement negotiations in one part of the lawsuit, […]