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Latest Legal News from the Criminal Courts of Los Angeles, California and the U.S.

June 11, 2009

Temple City Mayor, Former Mayor Indicted

LOS ANGELES – Temple City’s current and former mayor and a former aide appeared in court today on an indictment charging them with bribery, perjury and other charges.

Mayor Judy Wong, former Mayor Cathe Wilson, and Wilson’s campaign treasurer Scott Carwile pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of bribery and perjury in case No. BA332035.

A 21-count indictment was returned Monday by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury and unsealed this morning by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrica Schnegg after the three surrendered and appeared for arraignment, said Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman with the Public Integrity Division.

The charges stem from allegations that Wong, Wilson and David Capra -- all council members in 2007 -- demanded and received cash bribes from Randy Wang, the developer of the Piazza project at Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Boulevard. The three allegedly demanded bribes in return for support of the project.

David Capra pleaded guilty last week to one misdemeanor count of failure to report a campaign contribution and agreed to resign from the council.

Wong, 53, is charged with three counts of perjury, five counts of bribery and one count of solicitation to commit bribery, all felonies. Wilson, 76, is charged with three counts each of perjury and bribery. Carwile, 50, is charged with four counts of perjury and one misdemeanor count of failure to establish a campaign fund for reporting.

Huntsman said officials from Temple City officials cooperated in the investigation.

Bail was set at $250,000 for Wong, $150,000 for Wilson and $100,000 for Carwile. They return July 9 in Department 123 for a pretrial conference. Defense attorneys asked that a bail review hearing be set Friday if they could not post bail today.

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