A judge rejected requests by attorneys for Sheila Kuehl, LA's Metro and the nonprofit group Peace Over Violence to have the seized equipment returned.
A Los Angeles judge said Thursday the sheriff's department properly obtained warrants to search the home of county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and other locations targeted in a political corruption probe, but he ordered the agency to turn over any items seized in the searches to theAttorneys for the sheriff's department assured Superior Court Judge William Ryan the materials would be surrendered to state investigators within two weeks.
While Ryan would not order the items to be returned, he maintained a previous order barring the sheriff's department from conducting any searches of the equipment before it is turned over to the Attorney General's Office. Ryan also indicated that a special master will likely need to be appointed by the court to review the seized items to identify any "privileged" material.
The probe involving Kuehl -- a vocal critic of Villanueva -- focuses on allegations that she helped steer a series of no-bid Metro contracts to the nonprofit Peace Over Violence, which is run by Patti Giggans, a longtime close friend of Kuehl. Sheriff's investigators last week served the search warrants at the homes of Kuehl and Giggans. They also searched their offices, along with offices at Metro and the Metro Office of Inspector General.
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