Local News in Brief : Ex-Picus Aide Sentenced
A former aide to Los Angeles City Councilwoman Joy Picus was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation for stealing more than $3,000 from an elderly constituent who had sought help in making a charitable donation.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David A. Horowitz ordered Carlotta Z. Olguin, 40, of Lake View Terrace to begin serving her sentence Aug. 15 in County Jail. Olguin, who worked as Picus’ liaison for senior citizen and Latino affairs, pleaded guilty in April to one count of felony grand theft for stealing $3,134.94 from a 76-year-old man who had asked her to send the money to the National Organization for Women in memory of his deceased wife.
“You abused your position of trust,” Horowitz told Olguin, who worked for eight years in Picus’ Reseda field office before resigning March 18.
The district attorney’s office disclosed that it is investigating Olguin in a second case in which she is suspected of stealing an undisclosed amount of money from an elderly neighbor.
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