Local : Ex-Policeman Denies Taking Money
A former Los Angeles police officer who was arrested on suspicion of taking $270 confiscated from drug dealers has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement, authorities said today.
Kendall Lee Walker, 30, a five-year veteran of the department, was arrested Aug. 10 after an internal sting operation showed he was taking small amounts of money from cash taken during drug arrests, Cmdr. William Booth said. Walker resigned from the department the day of his arrest.
Walker was charged with five counts of embezzling public money, Booth said. He was released on $5,000 bail and pleaded not guilty to the charges Thursday in Van Nuys Municipal Court.
Walker had been assigned to the Valley’s field enforcement team, a unit based in Van Nuys that primarily conducts street level “buy-bust” operations.
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