Joe Nelson, The (San Bernardino County) Sun
Posted: 10/17/2011 02:19:00 PM PDT
The attorney defending former San Bernardino County Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin in a sweeping corruption probe is alleging that an FBI search of Erwin's home was flawed and that Erwin's civil rights were violated.
A motion filed by attorney Rajan Maline in U.S. District Court in Riverside on Oct. 11 is the second to be filed in the last three weeks challenging the strength of the Sept. 15 FBI raid in connection with an investigation into the county's $102 million legal settlement with Rancho Cucamonga developer Colonies Partners LP in November 2006.
On Oct. 3, attorney Stephen Larson, who represents Colonies' co-managing partner Jeff Burum, filed a motion with the court alleging Burum's civil rights were violated and FBI agents essentially lied to him and in an official court document, tainting the search altogether.