Anthony Reyes Vazquez deputized a ‘VIP group’ who weren’t expected to do police work, prosecutors said.
The former chief of a tribal police department in southern California has pleaded guilty to selling $300,000 worth of badges to wealthy Los Angeles residents so they could get concealed weapons permits.
VIP for a fee To join the force, the VIP members were required to pay fees ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, prosecutors said. Many of the members had no or little law enforcement background and many never visited the reservation at all, prosecutors said. “This defendant sold law enforcement badges and jeopardized public safety,” said Randy Grossman, acting U.S. attorney for the southern district of California. “His manipulative and self-serving ploy also significantly undermined state laws governing the issuance of credentials to carry concealed weapons.”The police department served the Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, whose reservation is about 70 miles east of San Diego, near the U.S. border with Mexico.
In all, prosecutors say Vazquez, who is not a registered member of the tribe, pocketed around $300,000 in donations from the VIP group, in addition to reimbursing himself $2,000 a month in travel expenses from his home in Camarillo, over 200 miles away from the reservation.
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