POLICE UNIONS
LAX Bosses Charged with $100K Embezzlement
Two bosses of the Los Angeles Airport Police Officers Ass'n were charged
with grand theft Oct. 2 for allegedly embezzling about $100,000 in union
funds. Gail Marie Brown-Rall was the former secretary, and Dax Clarence
Hermais was the former treasurer. Both were arrested and bail was set at
$110,000. If convicted, they face 4 years in prison. In Nov. 1996, the
union asked the sheriff's department to investigate the alleged theft of
money and equipment from the union. Officials also questioned $48,000 in
expenditures in 1993 and $62,000 in 1994. The probe reportedly found checks
made to Brown-Rall or to cash, and then cashed by Hermais. [City News
Service 10/2/98]
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