By Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives
December 9, 2013, 7:28 p.m.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said prosecutors will seek the maximum sentence against Angela Spaccia, the former Bell official convicted Monday on 11 counts of misappropriating public funds and other corruption charges.
Prosecutors said Spaccia faces a prison term of more than 10 years. Deputy Dist. Atty. Sean Hassett said he thought Spaccia would receive a sentence similar to the 10 to 12 years L.A. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy said she would give former city manager Robert Rizzo.
Spaccia, Hassett said, “was unrepentant and refused to accept any responsibility for her actions.” That was in contrast to Rizzo, who pleaded no contest to 69 counts.
Marco Islas, 49, also known as Juror No. 1, said the guilty verdicts were not necessarily about the amount of money involved.
“It was the way things were done,” said Islas, a package delivery worker who lives in Los Angeles.
In a news conference, Lacey said that what Bell officials had engaged in was “grand theft paycheck.”
“I am pleased the jury viewed this extremely complex case for precisely what it was — greed,” she said.
She said Bell was was the most significant case the district attorney’s public corruption unit had ever prosecuted. She called the seven Bell officials who have been convicted “crooks masquerading as public servants.”
Lacey said she planned to swear in members of the Artesia City Council on Monday night, and she hoped they were listening.
“Just because you have been elected doesn’t give you the right to steal,” she said.
Asked about comments by Spaccia’s lawyer, Harland Braun, that the charges against her were political, Lacey replied, “I never saw it was a political prosecution. These were thieves.”
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She is serious MILF material…..
that doesnt look good for Q in UPL
So how many years did former Bell City Manger Rizzo get sentenced for his NO CONTEST admi$$ion of guilt after all (can’t find that info anywhere on the internet) and for TURNING STATES EVIDENCE against his coconspirator and DESIGNATED FALL GAL, Second-in-command Spacia?
This whole Broken-Bell City Scandal looks more like a COVER-UP on STEROIDS three years later, a better punishment would be to see both these CORRUPT GOV’T OFFICIALS LOOSE their PUBLIC PENSIONS altogether.
A CORRUPTION CONVICTION should result in the INVALIDATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE A PUBLIC PENSION… so maybe we need to implement a new policy Honorable Judge Kennedy…NO CalPERS for CONVICTED FELONS who have violated the public trust (wether they admit guilt, or not!)
The recent convictions of Bob Rizzo and his co-conspirator Angela Spaccia brouht to mind Robb Quincey and his co-conpirator, Ruby Carrillo. Quincey’s delay tactics will not diminish all of the documented evidence that the D.A. has. What many don’t understand is why no charges have been brought forward against Carrillo. Like Spaccia, Carrillo conspired with Quincey to hide the payoffs to cover up Quincey’s misdeeds. Why would she help Quincey cover up for an incident involving another of Quincey’s girlfriends? What a tool and a fool she is. Quincey’s recent “secret” marriage to Carrillo should not prevent her from testifying during his trial. The whole truth need to come out on this. She plans not to take his name until after his case is heard and he gets out of jail.
Both Quincey and Carillo are already paying for thier actions. Quincey will never work in a public sector position again, no matter what the outcome of his trial. Carrillo has already been terminated from positions with the City of Corona’s Dept. of Water and Power, and from her position of Manager with Orange County based CPA firm Lance, Soll and Lunghard. Both organizations terminated her once learning about her role in the Quincey case. The two agenies heard concerns from various appointed and elected officials fearing Carrillo would bring her special type of Uplnad/Quincey corruption stigma to their respective organizations. Karma can be a real b*tch.