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Former Mayor and Ex-Judge Pleads Guilty to Conflict of Interest and Misuse of Funds Charges, Receives Generous Plea Deal

By Walin & Klarich

It was recently reported that Roosevelt Dorn, a longtime fixture in the Los Angeles legal community and Mayor of Inglewood, plead guilty to a conflict of interest charge in connection with an Inglewood loan program. Just hours after entering his plea, he resigned from his mayoral position. Dorn was charged with misusing a housing loan program designed to help municipal employees afford housing in the area. He allegedly helped create the program, approved it, and had a financial stake in it. Police claim that Dorn took $500,000 from the program and spent half of it paying the mortgage on his house and deposited the rest in his bank account. Reports claim he paid the sum back to the city after it became politically controversial. Dorn has been an attorney in Inglewood since the 1970?s...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 10, 2010 (boomark / email).