Ex-County Official Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Bribes
A former Los Angeles County official pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally soliciting more than $10,000 worth of gifts from vendors doing business with the county.
Rudy Alvarez, 48, a former assistant division chief in the county’s Chief Administrative Office, entered the plea before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green after Green said he would impose only a 15-day jail sentence as part of a probationary sentence, prosecutors said.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Richard Rosenthal said Alvarez, who will be sentenced Jan. 9, demanded that vendors give him, among other things, a computer, a printer, gold clubs, tickets to sporting events, lunches and dinner. Alvarez also asked them to pay for registration, lodging and meals at conferences he attended. He then submitted expense claims to the county for those expenses already paid for by the vendors, Rosenthal said.
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