A judge has tossed out one of the felony charges against a former mayor of the city of Bell, and two felony charges against a former council member.
Both Oscar Hernandez and Luis Artiga, however, still face felony charges for allegedly collecting excessive pay for sitting on city boards and commissions that rarely, if ever, met.
Hernandez and Artiga are among six former council members in Bell who were charged in a massive public corruption case that left the city near bankruptcy. One charge was dropped against Hernandez. Two charges were dismissed against Artiga, who had accepted two cash loans.
According to an earlier LAT piece, Robert “Ratso” Rizzo was also asking for the charges against him to be dropped; I can’t tell from this article if the judge turned down that request, or simply hasn’t ruled yet.
Edited to add: Update: Ratso and Angelia Spaccia lost their bids to have the charges dismissed.
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