Armed with search warrants, the FBI earlier this week raided the home of Adelanto Mayor Rich Kerr (shown above), Adelanto City Hall, and the Jet Room — a local medical cannabis dispensary — multiple outlets reported.
The IRS and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office were also part of the raids conducted in Adelanto, California, this week, according to Fox News.
Allegations of marijuana industry-related corruption among Adelanto municipal officials is something of a déjà vu experience for the San Bernardino County desert town’s 33,000-plus residents.
Last year, Adelanto’s then-Mayor Pro Tem Jermaine Wright was charged with attempted arson and requesting and accepting a $10,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent. The alleged bribe was in exchange for political favors regarding the marijuana transportation business, as The San Bernardino Sun reported.
Wright pled not guilty and his trial date was moved to this August, The Daily Press reported in January. Since his indictment in the FBI sting, Adelanto “has been subject to an ongoing investigation into public corruption,” according to ABC 7.
More HERE
