A federal judge hands down an 18-month sentence for covering up a $25,000 armed extortion at a Beverly Hills-adjacent mansion.
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff‘s Deputy Scott Allen Simpkins was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Monday for lying to investigators to cover up a Bel Air mansion extortion scheme involving a self-styled cryptocurrency mogul.
U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson also ordered the 34-year-old Brea resident to pay a $10,000 fine. Simpkins, who worked in the department’s elite Special Enforcement Bureau and SWAT team, resigned from the agency after pleading guilty on March 17 to one count of obstruction of justice…