Breaking: The FBI is investigating a secret society of tattooed deputies in East Los Angeles as well as similar gang-like groups elsewhere within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, multiple people familiar with the inquiry told The Times.
Community members speak out at a town hall in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, protesting the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's handling of the Banditos, an inked deputy group in the department.
The agents also have inquired about other groups known to exist in a department that polices the sprawling county and has nearly as many peace officers as the LAPD. They have asked for information about the tattoos and practices of the Spartans and Regulators in the department’s Century Station, and the Reapers, who operate out of a station in South Los Angeles, according to the sources.
The claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, focuses on what deputies say was an unprovoked attack by members of the Banditos during an off-duty party in the early morning hours of Sept. 28 at Kennedy Hall, an event space near the station. Villanueva has acknowledged the pervasive influence of the Banditos at the East L.A. Station, saying they “ran roughshod” over the previous captain and dictated where deputies would be assigned, enabled by the weak leadership of past administrations.
The sheriff claims he transferred from the station 36 people who were associated with the Banditos or were otherwise identified as problematic.
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