Sting nets LAFD inspector

In a case advocates say exposes weaknesses in the nursing home inspection system, a 25-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department has been charged with soliciting and accepting bribes from the owners of facilities in the San Fernando Valley.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

Prosecutors allege that Fire Inspector Dennis Martin Archie accepted or solicited bribes ranging from $500 to $2,000 from operators of nursing care facilities run out of private homes in Burbank, Chatsworth, Northridge, Reseda, West Hills and Winnetka.

Prosecutors say they have identified seven victims, who were approached by Archie this year and last.