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Prosecutors announced bribery and corruption charges against the former mayor of Maywood and 10 others, the latest step in a probe into allegations that officials accepted campaign donations in exchange for contracts, misused funds & abused their power.
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Former Mayor Ramon Medina was charged with multiple counts of solicitation of a bribe, conspiracy, embezzlement and theft in connection with a wide array of corruption allegations, according to a 34-count criminal complaint made public Thursday.

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An ex-city manager and former city planning director were also charged with multiple counts of theft, misuse of funds, embezzlement and conspiracy after they allegedly sought to sell properties earmarked for affordable housing to a buyer who wanted to erect a 24/7 bingo hall.
The complaint also accused Medina and others of using city funds to pay contractor Felipe Velarde to conduct unapproved construction work at the homes and properties of the ex-mayor’s friends and constituents. latimes.com/california/sto…
Medina was also accused of voiding parking tickets for friends and raising dozens of birds for cockfighting with his son, prosecutors said.

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The district attorney’s office launched its investigation in 2018, searching dozens of vehicles and seizing troves of documents, computers and bank statements from the homes of several elected officials.

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