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25th February 2014, 07:19 PM
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/small-monterey-county-town-shaken-arrests/ndcB8/
KING CITY, Calif. —
King City's police chief, former police chief and three other police officers are among those arrested after prosecutors filed bribery and embezzlement charges against them on Tuesday, the city's mayor said.
Mayor Robert Cullen confirmed that Acting Chief Bruce Miller, retired Chief Nick Baldiviez, Sgt. Bobby Carrillo and Officers Mario Mottu Sr. and Jesus Andrade were arrested on bribery and embezzlement charges.
Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo plans to hold a news conference on the details of the charges at 2 p.m. Tuesday at his office in Salinas.
Cullen said he just learned that the district attorney's office had filed the charges against the King City police officers.
"This was a D.A.-led investigation and D.A.-led arrests," Cullen said. "You can imagine. We are just scrambling for information ourselves."
The city has a population of only 12,000 and Cullen personally knows the people who were arrested, he said.
"It is a shock," the mayor said. "It's tough. We're a small town. It's tough to hear."
Cullen said he has made sure that King City's Police Department will be staffed with the help of Monterey County sheriff's deputies.
"We are fully staffed and working on a plan based on our own staffing and information we receive from the sheriff's office," Cullen said.
"I'm going to work hard to restore our Police Department to where it needs to be," he said.
KING CITY, Calif. —
King City's police chief, former police chief and three other police officers are among those arrested after prosecutors filed bribery and embezzlement charges against them on Tuesday, the city's mayor said.
Mayor Robert Cullen confirmed that Acting Chief Bruce Miller, retired Chief Nick Baldiviez, Sgt. Bobby Carrillo and Officers Mario Mottu Sr. and Jesus Andrade were arrested on bribery and embezzlement charges.
Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo plans to hold a news conference on the details of the charges at 2 p.m. Tuesday at his office in Salinas.
Cullen said he just learned that the district attorney's office had filed the charges against the King City police officers.
"This was a D.A.-led investigation and D.A.-led arrests," Cullen said. "You can imagine. We are just scrambling for information ourselves."
The city has a population of only 12,000 and Cullen personally knows the people who were arrested, he said.
"It is a shock," the mayor said. "It's tough. We're a small town. It's tough to hear."
Cullen said he has made sure that King City's Police Department will be staffed with the help of Monterey County sheriff's deputies.
"We are fully staffed and working on a plan based on our own staffing and information we receive from the sheriff's office," Cullen said.
"I'm going to work hard to restore our Police Department to where it needs to be," he said.