Overview
- Adrian Muñoz, 36, who worked for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office, entered a no-contest plea Friday to grand theft and petty theft.
- Prosecutors say he faces sentencing on June 5 with a planned term of six months in county jail and two years of formal probation.
- Surveillance video from a Jan. 3, 2023 warehouse death investigation showed Muñoz remove a gold crucifix necklace from a deceased worker and place it in his medical bag without logging it.
- During a search of his desk, investigators found rare antique coins and a receipt tied to a Nov. 12, 2022 death case that Muñoz had handled, according to the district attorney’s office.
- The plea deal requires restitution to the victims’ families and a bar from law enforcement roles in California, as the district attorney condemned the conduct as stealing from the dead.