The city of Ontario spent almost $134,000 in legal fees in its failed attempt to fire a civilian police records specialist. Gricelda Perez was accused of stealing a $2.99 energy bar from a convenience store in 2018.
Highlights
- Ontario spent almost $134,000 in legal fees in its failed attempt to fire a civilian police records specialist.
- Gricelda Perez was accused of stealing a $2.99 energy bar from a convenience store in 2018.
- An independent arbitrator found that there was no cause to fire Perez and ordered the city to reinstate her with back pay.
- The City Council voted in a closed session in 2020 to uphold Perez’s dismissal.
- In December, a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge found that the theft had not been proved.
- Perez returned to her job on Jan.