Activist Charged in Stolen Property Case
From Times Staff Reports
A Los Angeles-area community activist has been charged with unlawfully taking a vehicle and receiving stolen property, prosecutors said Thursday.
Melvin Farmer, who formed an antiviolence organization, pleaded not guilty at the Inglewood Courthouse on Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies arrested him Friday and booked him into Los Angeles County Jail. He is being held in lieu of $85,000 bail.
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