ICE said:
Mark, I just got wind of an inspector that was recently tried, convicted and sentenced for accepting a $30,000.00 bribe. I haven't been able to research it but it happened in Santa Clarita, CA. Maybe you can find out the rest of story for us.Thanks, Tiger
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/56682/
UPDATE: Former city building inspector pleads guilty in bribery case
By Cory Minderhout
For The Signal
December 20, 2011
Former city of Santa Clarita building inspector Craig Ingraham pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting bribes in exchange for signing off on building permits, a district attorney's office spokesman said.
The 59-year-old Canyon Country resident accepted $30,000 in bribes - including cash, cigars, a sink and vanity, and a $29,000 loan - the spokesman said in a news release.
Ingraham accepted the bribes from a Sand Canyon resident who built a house over a three-year period ending December 2010.
The city of Santa Clarita informed the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station about the bribes in January 2011.
Ingraham was arrested on Sept. 1, posted bail on Sept. 2, and originally pleaded not guilty in late September.
Superior Court Judge David Horwitz sentenced Ingraham to a suspended two-year state prison sentence on Tuesday.
Horwitz also placed Ingraham on five years of probation and ordered him to pay $32,000 in restitution and complete 750 hours of community service.
Ingraham will not serve any jail time if he pays the restitution, completes community service and does not violate the terms of his parole or break any other laws, said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.
In exchange for pleading guilty, six counts of accepting bribes and one count of writing a bad $30,000 check were dropped against Ingraham, the news release said.
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/56682/