LOS ANGELES The L.A. Times reports that 49-year-old officer Johnny Baltazar is accused of buying several guns and more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition from the LAPD Academy store and shipping them to Belize without a permit. Baltazar reportedly owns a security company in Belize.
Documents also claim he failed to notify his superiors that he was under federal investigation.
Investigators are expected to present their findings to a grand jury.
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