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A former longtime member of the Baldwin Park City Council has pleaded guilty to taking bribes in exchange for his vote to ratify a police union’s contract with the city, authorities announced Wednesday.
Ricardo Pacheco, 58, was initially charged in March, but the case was kept secret as he began cooperating with the FBI in its continuing investigation of public corruption in the San Gabriel Valley, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. Pacheco, first elected to the council in 1997, resigned in June as part of his plea agreement.
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8:37 AM, Jan. 28, 2021An earlier version of this story reported that Ricardo Pacheco had agreed to plead guilty to bribery. He pleaded guilty in June.