Photos: Arrests in Bell

Teresa Jacobo, a Bell City Council member, during the bail reduction hearing. She faces felony counts of misappropriating public funds. She was released on $260,000 bail later Wednesday.
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Bell City Councilman George Marabal, behind, during the bail reduction hearing.
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Dressed in various shades of jail-issued clothing, eight current and former Bell city officials appear in court. However, they did not enter pleas in the city’s sweeping public-corruption case.
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Former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo, left, and former Councilman Victor Bello appear in court. In the public-corruption case that has engulfed the city, Rizzo is charged with 53 counts of misappropriation of public funds, falsification of documents and conflict of interest. Bello has requested a bail-reduction hearing.
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Bell City Councilman George Mirabal appears in court. He did not enter a plea in a sweeping public-corruption case, but requested a bail-reduction hearing.
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Former Bell City Councilman George Cole appears in court. He did not enter a plea in the public-corruption case surrounding the city, but his attorney indicated that Cole was poised to post bail in the case.
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Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez appears in court. He did not enter a plea in the public-corruption case facing current and former city officials, and requested a bail-reduction hearing.
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Former Bell Assistant City Administrator Angela Spaccia appears in court. She is among eight current and former city officials facing charges in a public-corruption case.
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Bell City Councilman Luis Artiga appears in court. He was released on $120,000 bail later Wednesday.
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Bell City Councilwoman Teresa Jacobo appears in court. She was released on $260,000 bail later Wednesday.
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A centerpiece of a gathering outside Bell City Hall celebrating the arrests is a poster featuring former City Manager Robert Rizzo being taken into custody earlier in the day.
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Jesus Casas, center, a Bell resident for 15 years, is among the elated crowd at City Hall. BASTA is the Bell Assn. to Stop the Abuse.
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Bell residents Jaime Luna, left, and Susanna Villela, center, celebrate in front of City Hall. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley filed charges against eight current and former Bell officials Tuesday, alleging that they misappropriated $5.5 million in public funds. Robert Rizzo, Bell’s former city manager, has been charged with 53 counts of misappropriation of public funds and conflict of interest.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley announces the indictment of former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo; Angela Spaccia, former assistant city manager; Mayor Oscar Hernandez; council members George Mirabal, Teresa Jacobo and Luis Artiga; and former council members George Cole and Victor Bello.
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Former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, whose high salary sparked the outrage that led to the investigations of the city, is arrested by police at his Huntington Beach home Tuesday.
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Hours after eight current and former Bell city officials were arrested Tuesday, Interim City Atty. Jamie Casso, left, speaks with Interim City Manager Pedro Carrillo and state Assemblyman Hector De La Torre (D-South Gate) in front of City Hall.
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