LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have pleaded not guilty to lying on police reports after they stopped other law enforcement officers for speeding.
Michael Berk and Justin Fisk entered pleas Thursday to filing a false report and perjury, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said in a statement.
The deputies stopped drivers for speeding while working at the Santa Clarita Valley station north of Los Angeles between September and November of 2016, prosecutors said.
“The drivers happened to be other law enforcement officers,” the DA’s office statement said.
Instead of issuing speeding tickets, the deputies allegedly only cited the drivers for failing to have proof of insurance, even though the drivers had such proof, the statement said.
The two could face several years in prison each if convicted.
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