Disgraced Former LA County Sheriff & Long-Time Scientology Promoter Lee Baca Headed to Prison

J. Swift

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Left: Scientology Leader David Miscavige with then LA County Sheriff Lee Baca. Right: Disgraced former Sheriff and Scientology Promoter Lee Baca Headed to Prison. Photo: Dovarganes/Associated Press[/caption]

After fighting for years to overturn his criminal conviction for felony obstruction of justice and other charges, disgraced former LA County Sheriff and long-time Scientology promoter Lee Baca is headed to prison. As reported today by The New York Times:
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Lee Baca, a former Los Angeles County sheriff convicted of obstructing an F.B.I. investigation into his department’s troubled jails, to report to prison within three weeks.

Mr. Baca, 77, was convicted in March 2017 on felony counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators. He was sentenced that May to three years in prison, but he remained free on bond throughout his appeal, according to court documents.
Lee Baca appeared at numerous Scientology events over the years. The former top cop -- who wore five gold stars on each side of his shirt collar when he was in office -- allowed his name and image to be prominently used in Scientology advertising:










Baca even allowed LA County Sheriff's Deputy Benjamin Ring to appear in uniform in a Scientology promotional piece:


With Lee Baca in prison, the Church of Scientology still has plenty of cops in the LAPD and retired Colombian cops to turn to for help:


Left: LAPD Captain Cory Palka accepts the annual check from Scientology's Celebrity Centre to the LAPD. Right: Retired Colombian Police General Carlos Ramiro Mena Bravo pins a fake medal on Scientology leader David Miscavige.

Even with Lee Baca headed to prison, Scientology’s sleazy relationship with cops and foreign military officers who will play ball continues unabated. LAPD Captain Palka even went so far as to put a Scientology kiosk in the lobby of the Hollywood station. See our article: The Church of Scientology Kiosk in LAPD Hollywood: How American Atheists Got It Removed.

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The Los Angeles Police Department is not even pretending to be neutral when it comes to its relationship to the Church of Scientology.[/ICODE]
 
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Chuck J.

"Austere Religious Scholar"
In that very first picture Leroy has his left hand in his pocket. Making sure Davey is not pickin' his pocket? :LOL:
 
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