Posted: March 21, 2001
Source: VA OIG Press Release
Michael Sietler, Acting Special Agent In Charge, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Los Angeles, Ca, announced today that in Superior Court, Los Angeles, Ca, Samuel C. Henderson was sentenced for defrauding the VA.
On April 10, 2000, Henderson was sentenced to 12 months confinement, three years of formal probation and ordered to pay restitution to VA in the amount of $10,794 for defrauding VA through the submission of fraudulent reimbursement claims.
On March 27, 2000, Henderson pleaded guilty to one count of Grand Theft under the California Penal Code. This plea resulted from charges that were filed based on the findings of a joint investigation conducted by the VA OIG and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Police. The investigation found that Henderson received reimbursements for travel to various VA medical facilities in the Los Angeles area from Delano, Ca, when in fact, he was only eligible for his actual commute, which was determined to be from within the local Los Angeles Area.
Posted: March 22, 2001
Source: Los Angeles VA Police Department
The Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Police assisted U.S. Secret Service and other agencies in providing uniform police presence for Mexican President Vicente Fox and California Governor Gray Davis on 03/22/01.
Mexican President Fox and Calif. Gov. Davis visited the Los Angeles area to attend several meetings. The dignitaries left the area by bording several military helicopters that had landed earlier in the day at a helicopter pad located at the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Los Angeles, Ca. The Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Police was assigned protection duties in securing the landing area and providing traffic control for the motorcade. Mexican President Fox and Calif. Gov. Davis arrived at the landing area under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service and the Calif. Highway Patrol.
VA-SRT Police Sgt. Ables and VA-SRT Officer Bitting provided interior protection for the landing area, while VA-SRT Officers Keith, Gaines, Cotes, and VA Officers Brannon and Esters provided traffic control and exterior protection to the landing area. While exiting the motorcade, Calif. Gov. Davis stopped and thanked several VA Police Officers for their assistance. All dignitaries left the area without incident.
(See the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Police-Special Response Team web site for photos).
Posted: July 16, 2001
Source: CNN
Investigators believe the death of prominent Los Angeles attorney Berry Levin was a suicide, an FBI spokesman said Sunday.
Levin was discovered Saturday slumped over the wheel of his car with a single gunshot wound to his head, FBI spokesman Matthew McLaughlin said.
His vehicle was parked at the National Cemetery in West Los Angeles, a burial site for veterans. Levin was a decorated Vietnam War Veteran.
McLaughlin told CNN the lawyer was the "apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound," and said results of an autopsy conducted Sunday would be released this week.
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