The Brief
- Former LA County medical examiner investigator Adrian Muñoz pleaded no contest Friday to stealing jewelry and rare coins from the dead.
- Surveillance footage captured Muñoz removing a gold necklace from a heart attack victim; investigators later found stolen antique coins in his desk.
- Muñoz faces 180 days in jail and two years of probation, and must permanently resign his peace officer certification.
LOS ANGELES – A former investigator for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has admitted to theft after being caught on camera stealing personal items from the bodies of people whose deaths he was assigned to investigate.
What we know:
Adrian Muñoz, 36, entered a no-contest plea on Friday to one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft. …