Local News in Brief : Military Contractors Sentenced to Prison
The two owners of a South Gate machine shop have been sentenced to prison for supplying the government with untested or improperly made parts for military aircraft and ground-support systems.
Robert Cejka, 53, of Rolling Hills Estates, co-owner of A & R Precision, was sentenced to two years in prison, while Alberto Herrera, 50, of Norwalk received an 18-month term. The two admitted in July that they skirted government-required manufacturing procedures and tests on parts for such aircraft as the F-16, F-15, F-4 and A-7.
“This isn’t the first case like this I’ve had,” noted U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima. “I think it’s important that defense contractors are put on notice that cheating the government, for whatever your reasons, is going to result in jail time.”
Tashima also fined both men $40,000 and ordered them to pay $80,000 in restitution to the government.
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