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    Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca is denied new appeal and is likely headed to prison

    by Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times Apr 20, 2019 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - An appeals court will not reconsider its decision to uphold the conviction of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, all but extinguishing the chances the once-towering law enforcement figure had to avoid prison.

    Baca, 76, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, was sentenced in 2017 to three years behind bars after a jury found he oversaw a plan to interfere with an FBI investigation into abuses in county jails and later lied to prosecutors about his role.

    This year,

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