San Jose Adult Entertainment: Ex-cop pleads guilty in Contra Costa scandal
… 01-26) 17:42 PST SAN RAMON — A former San Ramon police officer who was also a member of an anti-drug unit in Contra Costa County pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he sold drugs with his commanding officer, stole jewelry and cash from crime scenes and possessed stolen guns.
Louis Lombardi, 39, also admitted that during a four-year period, he had pocketed at least $40,000 in cash from alleged drug dealers and prostitutes while serving search warrants.
Lombardi was taken into custody in federal court in Oakland after admitting to nine felony counts of possession and intent to sell drugs, possession of stolen firearms, conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premise and deprivation of rights under color of law. He faces a maximum sentence of more than 60 years in federal prison.