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Documents detail misconduct by L.A. sheriff’s deputies

By MAYA LAU, BEN POSTON AND CORINA KNOLL
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department keeps a secret list of about 300 deputies with histories of dis-
honesty and similar misconduct that could undermine their credibility when testifying in court. The list is
so tightly controlled that it can only be seen by a handful of high-ranking sheriff’s officials. Not even prosec-
utors can access it.
Times reporters reviewed a version of the roster from 2014 and scoured court and law enforcement records
for details of how deputies landed on it
Andrea Cecere letter of intent to discipline (/andrea-cecere-letter-discipline/)

The Sheriff’s Department found that Andrea Cecere made false statements and wrote a false report about
a violent encounter with an inmate. Cecere reported that she was trying to handcuff an inmate when he
threatened her and swung an arm at her. The actions, she said, led a male deputy to come to her aid and
use force against the inmate. But three other deputies said the inmate was already ...
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Christian Chamness arrest report (/christian-chamness-federal-lawsuit/) /

Christian Chamness was suspended 25 days for writing a false report and unreasonable force, county re-
cords show. The discipline stemmed from a 2007 incident in which Chamness pepper-sprayed an elderly
Army veteran in the face and arrested him, claiming the man had blocked the path of deputies and then
advanced on Chamness. The account was contradicted by a security recording that shows the 73-year-old
man never blocked the deputies or ...

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(/christian-chamness-federal-lawsuit/)
Christian Chamness civil case (/christian-chamness-civil-case-2008/) /

man in the face and arrested him, claiming he the man had blocked the path of deputies and then ad-
vanced on Chamness. The account was contradicted by a security recording that showed Chamness pep-
per-spraying the 73-year-old man, who is not ...

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(/christian-chamness-civil-case-2008/)
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Christian Chamness county corrective action plan (/christian-chamness-
corrective-action-plan/)
man in the face and arrested him, claiming he the man had blocked the path of deputies and then ad-
vanced on Chamness. The account was contradicted by a security recording that showed Chamness pep-
per-spraying the 73-year-old man, who is not ...

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(/christian-chamness-corrective-action-plan/)
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William Cordero letter of intent to discipline (/william-cordero-letter-
discipline/)
While assigned to Catalina Island in 2011, William Cordero wrote a false report that failed to mention a
civilian riding in his patrol vehicle who witnessed a crime, according to a sheriff’s disciplinary letter. Cor-
dero was suspended 15 days. Cordero has alleged in a lawsuit that he was disciplined in retaliation for
complaining about a supervisor. His suit is pending.

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(/william-cordero-letter-discipline/)
Casey Dowling DA reject memo (/casey-dowling-da-reject-memo/) /

In 1995, Casey Dowling was accused of touching the breast of a 14-year-old in his patrol car and in her
bedroom, according to a district attorney’s memo. Prosecutors found there was insufficient evidence to
charge him with a crime, but raised concerns about his credibility, the memo shows. County records say
he was discharged for “immoral conduct” in 1997 but was reinstated after filing an appeal with the
county’s Civil ...

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(/casey-dowling-da-reject-memo/)
Jose Gonzalez DA reject memo (/jose-gonzalez-da-reject-memo/)
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Jose Gonzalez’s conflicting accounts of a 2006 drug case led the Los Angeles County district attorney’s of-
fice to drop drug charges against a woman arrested in Bellflower, according to a district attorney’s memo.
Prosecutors considered filing charges against Gonzalez, but determined they had no corroborating evid-
ence to prove he intentionally falsified a report.

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(/jose-gonzalez-da-reject-memo/)
David Hernandez Transcript Part 1 (/david-hernandez-transcript-part-1/) /

David Hernandez was charged with perjury and filing a false report after he was accused of fabricating
the reason for a detaining a man he arrested for possessing drugs. He pleaded no contest to a misde-
meanor charge of filing a false report. The Sheriff’s Department handed down a 15-day suspension, sher-
iff’s records show.

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(/david-hernandez-transcript-part-1/)
David Hernandez Transcript Part 2 (/david-hernandez-transcript-part-2/) /

David Hernandez was charged with perjury and filing a false report after he was accused of fabricating
the reason for a detaining a man he arrested for possessing drugs. He pleaded no contest to a misde-
meanor charge of filing a false report. The Sheriff’s Department handed down a 15-day suspension, sher-
iff’s records show.

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(/david-hernandez-transcript-part-2/)
Thomas Jensen DA reject memo (/thomas-jensen-da-reject-memo/) /

After denying he had any physical contact with a woman he had been assigned to protect, Thomas Jensen
brought along his pastor for a 2000 meeting with a sheriff’s internal investigator and admitted he had
kissed the woman and always wanted to see her breasts, according to a district attorney’s memo. Jensen
told The Times he was suspended 30 days and demoted from a patrol sergeant to a jail deputy.

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(/thomas-jensen-da-reject-memo/)
Timothy Jimenez DA reject memo (/timothy-jimenez-da-reject-memo/)

Timothy Jimenez was investigated for allegedly tipping off the girlfriend of a drug dealer about an invest-
igation involving an informant, according to a district attorney’s memo. A prosecutor declined to file
charges, but sharply criticized the deputy’s actions as “potentially dangerous and life threatening” as well
as “a blatant betrayal of his fellow law enforcement personnel,” the memo shows.

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(/timothy-jimenez-da-reject-memo/)
David Jouzi DA reject memo (/david-jouzi-da-reject-memo/) /

David Jouzi insisted he had conducted a routine traffic stop when he pulled over a woman in Rosemead
and found a large quantity of methamphetamine inside her vehicle, according to a district attorney’s
memo. Only later, when he was about to testify again in the case, did he admit that he’d been working
with an informant to identify the suspect and that the traffic stop was part of a set-up ...

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(/david-jouzi-da-reject-memo/)
Orlando Macias court documents (/orlando-macias-criminal-case-file/) /

Orlando Macias was off duty in 2010 when he called the listed number on a Backpage.com ad that prom-
ised “FREAKY fun.” After speaking with “Krystal,” he entered a motel room only to be arrested in an
Ontario Police prostitution sting, court records show. Charged with soliciting a prostitute and disturbing
the peace, he pleaded no contest to the latter. He was suspended 15 days for immoral conduct.

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(/orlando-macias-criminal-case-file/)
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Scott Maus county corrective action plan (/scott-maus-l-county-corrective-
action-plan/)
Scott Maus was accused of groping a woman and engaging in sex acts with her in his patrol vehicle in the
parking lot of the Puente Hills Mall, according to a district attorney memo. The deputy admitted to the
encounter in 2000 but said it was consensual, the memo said. Prosecutors declined to charge Maus with
sexual assault, concluding that jurors would likely find that the woman’s actions were voluntary. ...

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(/scott-maus-l-county-corrective-action-plan/)
Scott Maus DA reject memo (/scott-maus-da-reject-memo/) /

Scott Maus was accused of groping a woman and engaging in sex acts with her in his patrol vehicle in the
parking lot of the Puente Hills Mall, according to a district attorney memo. The deputy admitted to the
encounter in 2000 but said it was consensual, the memo said. Prosecutors declined to charge Maus with
sexual assault, concluding that jurors would likely find that the woman’s actions were voluntary. ...

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(/scott-maus-da-reject-memo/)
Jeffrey L. Moore letter of intent to discipline (/jeffrey-l-moore-letter-intent-

discipline/)
During an internal affairs investigation, Jeffrey Moore admitted to cutting up his wife’s blouse, wrestling
with her over her cellphone and threatening her with a steak knife, according to a Sheriff’s Department
disciplinary letter filed in court. The department handed down a 15-day suspension in 2009 for family vi-
olence. Moore was tried twice and the second trial ended in a mistrial. The charges were dismissed.

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(/jeffrey-l-moore-letter-intent-discipline/)
Jose Ovalle DA reject memo (/jose-ovalle-da-reject-memo/) /

When Jose Ovalle realized that a bloodied inmate’s shirt from a jail brawl had gone missing, he came up
with a solution for the missing evidence. He poured taco sauce on a similar shirt and took a photo of it,
which was booked into evidence, according to law enforcement and court records. The Sheriff’s Depart-
ment decided at first to fire Ovalle but later agreed to a settlement in which he ...

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(/jose-ovalle-da-reject-memo/)
Jimmie Pate DA reject memo (/jimmie-pate-da-reject-memo/) /

Jimmie Pate complied when a sergeant requested to be written out of a 2001 arrest report about a couple
caught smoking marijuana, according to a district attorney’s memo. Prosecutors denounced it as “an un-
seasoned deputy’s failure to stand up to the improper demands of his supervisor.” Pate was suspended 10
days, disciplinary records show.

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(/jimmie-pate-da-reject-memo/)
Antonio Ramirez DA reject memo (/antonio-ramirez-da-reject-memo/)

The mother of Antonio Ramirez’s daughters alleged years of abuse at the hands of the deputy, and inter-
views with the children corroborated some of the claims, according to a 2013 district attorney’s memo.
Prosecutors declined to file charges, citing a lack of physical evidence. The Sheriff’s Department handed
Ramirez a 15-day suspension for family violence. The woman was later awarded $185,000 in a civil suit
filed against Ramirez.

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(/antonio-ramirez-da-reject-memo/)
Abran Rodriguez Decision (/abran-rodriguez-decision/) /

A female jail visitor said Abran Rodriguez asked her to show him her breasts. The deputy denied it, but
investigators cited multiple witnesses and an audio recording they said corroborated the claim, according
to court documents. The Sheriff’s Department notified the deputy he would be suspended for 15 days in
2011. He contested his discipline in court, but an appeals board has yet to decide whether to reduce
the suspension.

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(/abran-rodriguez-decision/)
John Sanchez DA reject memo (/john-sanchez-da-reject-memo/) /

A lieutenant ordered John Sanchez to go back to a judge to obtain approval to execute a search warrant at
night. Instead, the deputy doctored a document that already had the judge’s signature, according to a dis-
trict attorney’s memo. Sanchez was suspended for false statements and false information in records, ac-
cording to sheriff’s records.

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(/john-sanchez-da-reject-memo/)
Jesus Valenzuela Jr. court documents (/jesus-valenzuela-court-documents/) /

Jesus Valenzuela Jr. was charged in 2013 with misdemeanor battery on a woman he was dating, but
pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of vandalism, according to court records. He was sentenced to two
years of probation and ordered to complete a 10-week anger management program. Valenzuela acknow-
ledged his criminal case to The Times, but declined to answer additional questions.

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(/jesus-valenzuela-court-documents/)
David B. Vasquez deposition (/david-b-vasquez-deposition/) /

David Vasquez was charged with 39 counts of illegal gambling in 1999, court records show. He pleaded
guilty to six misdemeanors and was sentenced to four years’ probation. The case, along with a separate
allegation that he wrote a false police report, led to his firing, the deputy said in a deposition. Vasquez
also said he got his job back as part of a settlement that resulted in a 30-day suspension.

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Andrea Cecere letter of intent to discipline (/andrea-cecere-letter-discipline/)

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Christian Chamness arrest report (/christian-chamness-federal-lawsuit/) /

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Casey Dowling DA reject memo (/casey-dowling-da-reject-memo/) /

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David Hernandez Transcript Part 1 (/david-hernandez-transcript-part-1/) /

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Thomas Jensen DA reject memo (/thomas-jensen-da-reject-memo/) /

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Timothy Jimenez DA reject memo (/timothy-jimenez-da-reject-memo/)

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David Jouzi DA reject memo (/david-jouzi-da-reject-memo/) /

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Scott Maus DA reject memo (/scott-maus-da-reject-memo/) /

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Jeffrey L. Moore letter of intent to discipline (/jeffrey-l-moore-letter-intent-

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Jose Ovalle DA reject memo (/jose-ovalle-da-reject-memo/) /

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Jimmie Pate DA reject memo (/jimmie-pate-da-reject-memo/) /

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Antonio Ramirez DA reject memo (/antonio-ramirez-da-reject-memo/)

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Abran Rodriguez Decision (/abran-rodriguez-decision/) /

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John Sanchez DA reject memo (/john-sanchez-da-reject-memo/) /

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Jesus Valenzuela Jr. court documents (/jesus-valenzuela-court-documents/) /

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David B. Vasquez deposition (/david-b-vasquez-deposition/) /

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