{"id":47626,"date":"2025-11-11T04:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/47626\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T04:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:21:08","slug":"as-treasurer-he-was-entrusted-with-police-unions-money-officer-stole-100000-prosecutors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/47626\/","title":{"rendered":"As treasurer, he was entrusted with police union\u2019s money. Officer stole $100,000, prosecutors say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A former Baldwin Park police officer pleaded not guilty  Monday to allegations that he stole more than $100,000 from the city\u2019s police association during the 18 months he served as its treasurer, Los Angeles County prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Andres Villalobos, 35, faces 29 felony counts of grand theft, two felony counts of possession of an explosive and one felony count of commercial burglary, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that between July 2022 and August 2023, Villalobos made a series of unauthorized transfers from the Baldwin Park Police Assn.\u2019s bank account to his online account. The losses total $104,947, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStealing funds that are provided by, and are meant to help fellow police officers, is a serious betrayal of trust,\u201d said Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan J. Hochman. \u201cWearing a badge is not a shield from being held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An attorney representing Villalobos could not be reached for comment Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Villalobos was elected treasurer of the police association in late 2021, tasked with managing its finances, authorities said. The labor organization represents police personnel in Baldwin Park.<\/p>\n<p>He was initially arrested on embezzlement charges in December 2023, and has since been terminated from the force, according to <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/baldwinparknewsonline.com\/baldwin-park-police-officer-arrested-friday-for-alleged-embezzlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin Park police did not respond to a request for more details about his employment.<\/p>\n<p>During a search of Villalobos\u2019 home, investigators also found two flash-bang grenades, though prosecutors did not disclose where he obtained the explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Villalobos maintained his innocence at a Nov. 10 arraignment hearing, and bail was set at $1.6 million. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 24 in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 26 years and eight months in state prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office will continue to hold law enforcement officers who break the law to the same standards as everyone else,\u201d Hochman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Baldwin Park police officer pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he stole more than $100,000&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31025,31027,7,9,8,6876,1073,31026,4263,3906,7171,346,2322,31029,31030,7214,31028,31031],"class_list":{"0":"post-47626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-andres-villalobos","9":"tag-baldwin-park-police-assn","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-headlines","12":"tag-california-news","13":"tag-felony-count","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-los-angeles-county-prosecutor","16":"tag-money","17":"tag-month","18":"tag-nov","19":"tag-office","20":"tag-officer","21":"tag-police-association","22":"tag-police-union","23":"tag-prosecutor","24":"tag-treasurer","25":"tag-unauthorized-transfer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}