LASD Deputy agrees to plead guilty to conspiring to violate the Civil Rights of skateboarder who was falsely imprisoned

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to violate the civil rights of a 23-year-old man at a Compton skatepark by falsely imprisoning him and to then obstruct justice to cover up the illegal detention, the Justice Department announced today.

Christopher Blair Hernandez, 37, who was a sheriff’s deputy formerly assigned to LASD’s Compton Station, agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy, according to a plea agreement filed today in United States District Court.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-lasd-deputy-agrees-plead-guilty-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-skateboarder