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Ex-Lynwood mayor arrested for allegedly soliciting a prostitute
LOS ANGELES - Former Lynwood Mayor Paul Richards, who is scheduled to
go on trial next week on federal corruption charges, was arrested on
suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.
Richards, 49, was taken into custody Wednesday by police vice officers
shortly before noon and booked on a misdemeanor prostitution charge. He
was being held on $2,000 bond.
Richards had been free on $100,000 bond in the federal case. One
condition is that he not violate any federal, state or local criminal
law.
Any decision to revoke his bond would rest with U.S. District Judge
Gary Klausner, who will preside over the corruption trial.
Richards served on the Lynwood City Council for 17 years until he was
ousted in a recall election in 2003. He was indicted by a federal grand
jury last year on charges of steering a series of lucrative city
contracts to a company he secretly owned.
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