LOS ANGELES – The Latest on former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca's agreement to plead guilty to lying during a federal probe of corruption at the jails he ran (all times local):
12:10 p.m.
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca says he took part in efforts to intimidate an FBI agent investigating abuse by guards at the jail he ran.
Federal prosecutors say Baca agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to lying to investigators in the probe that tainted his career.
Baca signed a plea agreement that shows efforts to thwart an investigation into civil rights abuses at the jail and that corruption in the ranks extended to the top of the nation's largest sheriff's department.
Federal prosecutors say Baca took part in discussions to derail the investigation after they discovered an informant inmate was working with the FBI.
Baca told deputies to threaten an FBI agent with arrest and do everything short of handcuffing her.
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10:48 a.m.
Federal prosecutors say former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca has agreed to plead guilty to lying during a federal probe of corruption at the jails he ran.
U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker scheduled a news conference Wednesday to announce the agreement.
Baca retired amid the probe that found civil rights abuses by deputies and a cover up that led to charges against his second-in-command and nearly two dozen others.
Baca, who ran the department, has said previously that he wasn't aware of abuses at the jail or efforts by underlings to thwart an FBI probe by hiding an inmate informant.
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