At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictments after an investigation by the California Attorney General’s office into their work with youth in the county’s beleaguered juvenile halls, two law enforcement sources told The Times on Friday.
The union representing rank-and-file probation officers confirmed in a statement that several of its members “have received notices from the California Department of Justice (DOJ) requiring them to appear in criminal court.”
Defense attorney Tom Yu also said Friday he is representing a supervisor in the probation department who had been named in an indictment…