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Former cop who alleged retaliation to get $450,000
A former Glendale police officer will receive a $450,000 settlement from the city after claiming in a lawsuit that he faced retaliation for raising concerns over officials allegedly auctioning rides in the department’s helicopter to charity groups....Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Auction Service, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Glendale, Pasadena stand up to California
Nine cities, including Glendale and Pasadena, filed a lawsuit this week in an effort to force the state to make good on millions of dollars for local officials to pay down debt and other obligations left over by the dissolution of local redevelopment...
Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Wage Contract Issues, Job Layoffs, Crime, Law and Justice
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John Drayman: Pony rides offered a clue
For all the sophisticated computer forensic evidence and what was described as a 3-foot-high stack of bank records, Glendale police detectives said that during their yearlong embezzlement investigation into John Drayman, it was discrepancies in the...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Banking
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Glendale, Pasadena sue state over redevelopment wind down
Nine cities, including Glendale and Pasadena, filed a lawsuit this week to force the state to make good on millions of dollars for local officials to pay down debt and other obligations left over by the dissolution of local redevelopment agencies. The...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Litigation, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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John Drayman: Former councilman allegedly sought developers' aid to remodel condo
Struggling to pay contractors for a disputed $213,000 worth of construction on his condominium, former City Councilman John Drayman asked two prominent development figures for a $100,000 loan in late 2010, a debt he felt could be detrimental to his...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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John Drayman: Grand jury testimony paints picture of lax financial oversight
Grand jury testimony in the embezzlement case against John Drayman — unsealed Friday — painted a picture of lax oversight of the former city councilman’s collection and accounting of proceeds from the Montrose Harvest Market, an...
Tags: Theft, Rentals, Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, Economy, Business and Finance
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Glendale settles with ex-employee who says he was fired for union stance
A Glendale employee who claims he was wrongfully fired for promoting a new union has settled with the city for $29,000. After being terminated in May 2010, Anthony Carbajal filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, claiming he was fired because of his...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Litigation, Labor Legislation
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Glendale High student suspected of sexual battery
A Glendale High School student who was arrested this week after he allegedly grabbed a 42-year-old woman’s crotch told police he was accused of the same crime at another school campus, according to police. The student, Ryan Navarrete, 18, of Los...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Former Glendale Councilman John Drayman indicted on charges of embezzlement
Former Councilman John Drayman was indicted Tuesday on charges that he embezzled at least $304,000 from the weekly farmers market in Montrose. In a 28-count grand jury indictment unsealed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, prosecutors also allege that...
Tags: Mortgages, Organized Crime, Board of Directors, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance
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Judge grants John Drayman's release
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday granted the release of former City Councilman John Drayman from jail after his supporters agreed to pay a $16,000 bond. All that remained Wednesday afternoon was for a bondsman to provide the $200,...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Unclassified Info: Going in search of truth and missing money
Like a lot of people in Glendale, I have been watching former City Councilman John Drayman, wondering how it is that someone goes from a position of esteem to wearing the blue jumpsuit of a jail inmate. His fall has not been a rapid descent. Last year,...Tags: Theft, Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Yellow-tagged school sues city, seeks $6 million in damages
A private Armenian school that has been fighting to operate for nearly two years is seeking up to $6 million in damages from the city that it claims it suffered as a result of being temporarily shut down. Scholars Academic Foundation claims in its...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Laws, Lawyers
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