Former LASD Undersheriff Paul Tanaka to be sentenced in corruption trial

LOS ANGELES (KABC) --
Former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka is set to be sentenced Monday morning after being found guilty in his corruption trial.

Tanaka was found guilty in April by a federal jury for obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The current mayor of Gardena faces up to 15 years in federal prison.

The 57-year-old was accused of leading a conspiracy to hide jail inmate Anthony Brown after the sheriff's department learned Brown was an FBI informant, feeding information to the feds about suspected corruption and excessive force against inmates inside the Men's Central Jail.

During Tanaka's trial, he testified that he wasn't aware of the cover-up efforts, but jury members said they did not believe he was unaware of the situation.

Tanaka retired from the sheriff's department in 2013 and ran unsuccessfully to replace his former boss Lee Baca, but lost by a wide margin to Jim McDonnell.

Several other deputies, sergeants and lieutenants have already been convicted of obstruction of justice in the same federal probe.


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