
FBI Paid LA Sheriff’s Deputy $1,500 to Smuggle Phone to Inmate in Sting
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The LA Times reports that a cell phone smuggled into the Los Angeles County jail to help document alleged inmate abuse was smuggled in by a county Sheriff’s deputy, who was paid about $1,500 as part of an FBI undercover sting. Ticklethewire.com had previously written about the incident, noting the Sheriff’s…