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Sheriff’s investigator did not seek friendly judge to approve Supervisor Kuehl searches, court finds

Los Angeles County sheriffs escort Los Angeles Supervisor Shelia Kuehl's from her house after serving her an early morning search warrant in Santa Monica on Sept. 14, 2022.

LOS ANGELES — A judge found Thursday that a Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigator followed proper protocols when he obtained a warrant to search the home and office of county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and others, clearing him of allegations that he’d sought out a friendly judge to sign off on the searches.

“The court concludes that the process to obtain the new warrant did not deviate from established processes for

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