Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a former Sheriff's Department evidence custodian with stealing and destroying evidence from his DUI arrest in 2024.

Tommy Ray Trimble faces three felony counts for burglary, preparing false evidence and destroying government records, as well as a misdemeanor count of destroying evidence.

He faces up to three years in prison if he's convicted as charged.

"We entrust our public officials and law enforcement officers to uphold the law, not to break it," LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said. "Those who perform civic service should expect to be held to a higher standard. This wasn't a mistake. This was a concerted effort to flout the law to escape justice."

Prosecutors said Trimble worked at the LA County Sheriff's Department crime laborator

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