Official: 8 former and current Bell city officials arrested amid corruption probe in LA suburb

8 arrested amid probe at scandal-plagued LA suburb

LOS ANGELES — Eight current and former Bell city officials have been arrested amid investigations involving the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says the suspects were booked Tuesday into county facilities and will be kept away from other inmates for their protection.

He would not release the names of those arrested, though the district attorney’s office scheduled a news conference to discuss details.

The district attorney, state attorney general and others have been conducting investigations of officials in the small working-class city since it was disclosed earlier this year they were paying themselves huge salaries. Ex-city manager Robert Rizzo was making nearly $800,000 a year.

The investigations involve allegations of corruption, misuse of public funds and voter fraud.