FBI raids target San Bernardino County supervisor, Ontario councilman, lawyer and media firm
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Set us as preferred FBI agents executed warrants across Southern California on Tuesday and searched the homes or offices of a San Bernardino County supervisor, an Ontario city council member, a lawyer and a media company.The properties were connected to San Bernardino County Supervisor Curtis Hagman, Ontario Councilmember Alan Wapner, attorney Frank Lizzaraga and a media company operator in West Covina.Agents also searched a Beverly Hills mansion in the 600 block of North Canon Drive.
FBI officials confirmed the addresses but did not name the individuals subject to the searches, saying the affidavits for the warrants are under seal.They declined to comment on the reasons for the investigations.
No one was arrested.As the raids unfolded, Rep.
Norma Torres (D-Pomona) said in a statement she was “deeply troubled by the reports the FBI has executed warrants against elected officials in San Bernardino County.I am awaiting further information, but our community has zero tolerance for any corruption at any level of our government...” California Federal agents searched the homes of immigrant rights activists in an early morning raid that activists allege was retaliatory and part of an ongoing harassment campaign for their work patrolling and monitoring immigration operations in Ventura County.The FBI searched a home owned by Hagman in the 3000 block of Biscayne Street in Chino Hills, along with a district office, as well as the home of Wapner, a retired police sergeant, in the 2700 block of Monterey Place in Ontario.
Lizzaraga’s home and office also were searched.He is a well-known civil litigator and University of La Verne trustee who formerly worked for the Southern California Assn.
of Governments, a planning organization that represents six counties.None could be reached for comment.
FBI spokesperson Laura Eimille...