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    Former LA deputy in high-profile shooting to plead guilty to violating skateboarder's civil rights

    by Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times Jul 21, 2023 4 minutes
    A person documents a line of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies during a picket organized by the Coalition for Community Control Over the Police at the home of Deputy Miguel Vega, who fatally shot Andres Guardado in Covina on Aug. 2, 2020, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to violate the civil rights of a skateboarder by forcing him into the back of a patrol car and then trying to cover it up with a falsified report.

    Christopher Hernandez, who was also involved in the highly publicized 2020 killing of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, and his former partner, Miguel Vega, were both charged in federal court earlier this year on a five-count indictment alleging conspiracy, witness tampering, falsification of records and deprivation of rights.

    Both men pleaded not guilty in April. But the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that 37-year-old Hernandez agreed to a deal in which he'll admit guilt to the

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