A Wild Ride: The US Justice Department Charges two Former LASD Deputies with Violating a 23-Year-Old Skateboarder's Rights
The U,.S. Attorney's office alleges that, on April 13, 2020, while on patrol, Vega and Hernandez unlawfully detained and falsely imprisoned the then-23-year-old man in the back of their patrol vehicle. They confined the man in the back of the car during a chase, which ended when Vega crashed, injuring the man. The indictment further alleges that the former deputies obstructed justice to conceal and cover up their alleged unlawful detention and false imprisonment of the man. .



