Hmmm... Interesting article.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/05/local/la-me-jail-investigation-20120805
Sheriff's official allegedly undermined probe of deputy misconduct
A jailhouse intelligence supervisor may have alerted a deputy about an informant's allegations that he was working with white supremacists inside the jail.
August 05, 2012|By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
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As part of an elite intelligence team, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies Michael Rathbun and James Sexton turn inmates into informants, looking for tips on crimes and gang activity inside the nation's largest jail system.
Earlier this year, one of their informants offered up a bombshell: A fellow jail deputy was working as an operative for drug-smuggling, skinhead gangsters.
Following protocol, the partners detailed the allegations in a direct memo to their boss, Lt. Greg Thompson, the head of jailhouse intelligence.
But what happened next stunned them. Thompson told the deputy suspected of working with the skinheads about the memo and revealed to him the names of the confidential informant as well as those of Rathbun and Sexton, according to sources close to the case.
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Reimer, who went by the moniker "Fritz," was affiliated with the
San Fernando Valley Peckerwoods, a skinhead gang. He wielded considerable influence over white inmates, according to the memo, such that he had "ordered physical discipline" against other inmates from his cell.
Nevertheless, the deputy allegedly bonded with Reimer over tattoo work, with the inmate offering to "hook him up" with free tattoos at a local parlor, one that also served as a hub for heroin sales, the memo states.
According to the memo, Reimer gave the deputy the phone number of a friend on the outside, a white supremacist gang member known as "Pest." Reimer told the deputy that "Pest" would get him tattooed for free. However, the informant, according to the memo, said "Pest" was more than just a tattoo enthusiast: He was a drug dealer who smuggled dope behind bars through "individuals turning themselves in for sentences or parole violations."
"These smuggled narcotics are then sold, with Reimer profiting," the memo states.