Crime & Justice

Ex-LAPD Cop Jailed on Molestation Charges Dies in Custody

‘LEWD ACTS’

Authorities cited unspecified medical complications.

Paul Razo
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

A disgraced LAPD cop charged with molesting young boys at his home had died in custody of “medical complications” before he could be arraigned. Paul Razo, 46, was arrested on May 10 and was being held in lieu of a $2.5 million bail. His arraignment on eight counts of lewd acts against a child was delayed several times before the LA County Sheriff’s Department announced his death on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Razo allegedly preyed on boys aged 9 to 13 at his home in Covina over the course of a decade.

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