Ex-cop pleads guilty in Contra Costa scandal (cops dealing drugs and stealing evidence)
A former San Ramon police officer who was also a member of an antidrug unit in Contra Costa County pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he sold drugs with his commanding officer, stole jewelry and cash from crime scenes and possessed stolen guns.
Louis Lombardi, 39, also admitted that during a four-year period, he had pocketed at least $40,000 in cash from alleged drug dealers and prostitutes while serving search warrants.
Lombardi was taken into custody in federal court in Oakland after admitting to nine felony counts of possession and intent to sell drugs, possession of stolen firearms, conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premise and deprivation of rights under color of law. He faces a maximum sentence of more than 60 years in federal prison.
In exchange for his admission and possible testimony against his former boss at the Contra Costa antinarcotics task force, Lombardi hopes a judge will show leniency when he is sentenced April 18, his attorney said.
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