The chief watchdog for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department says Sheriff Alex Villanueva appears to have ignored key evidence in rehiring a deputy who was fired for domestic violence and dishonesty, calling into question his handling of the case.
panel, a body that he said would address prior injustices by the department against staff and the public. Mandoyan’s rehiring was the first case to come before that committee, which has not heard other cases since.
Department spokesman Hamilton Underwood said Tuesday he did not have a response to the inspector general’s report. A June 14 letter from Steven Madison, an attorney who represents Villanueva and the department in the lawsuit brought by the county, responded to an earlier draft of the report, accusing the document of being “blatantly skewed” in favor of the county Board of Supervisors.
Smith said the inspector general did not have access to all the evidence in the case, including new information he says he will reveal later. Deputy Caren Carl Mandoyan, left, on stage with L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva at his swearing-in ceremony in December.
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