POLICE UNIONS
California Bosses Must Stand Trial for $100,000 Theft
Ex-secretary Gail M. Brown-Ral and ex-treasurer Dax C. Heramis of the
L.A. Airport Police Officers Ass'n must stand trial on grand theft charges
of stealing over $100,000 from union coffers, a Municipal Court Judge Glennette
Blackwell ruled Apr. 23. Both bosses are currently in jail for not posting
$110,000 bail and face 4 years in prison if convicted. The case resulted
from Nov. 1996 union request to the Dist. Atty.'s Office to investigate
the alleged embezzlement of funds and equipment. Expenditures of
$68,000 in 1993 and $62,000 in 1994 were questioned. Prosecutors reportedly
found a number of checks made out to Brown-Ral, and others made out to
''cash'' and cashed by Heramis. [City News Service 4/23/99]
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