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Criminal

Oct. 1, 2016

Law firm's investigator pleads to 4 felonies

Christopher J. Lanzillo was working for the now defunct, Upland-based Lackie Dammeier McGill and Ethir APC in 2012 on behalf of a police union.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A private investigator retained by a law firm to investigate a rival attorney and two Costa Mesa City Council members pleaded guilty this week to four felonies for a ruse involving a false DUI report.

Christopher J. Lanzillo, 46, was working for the now defunct, Upland-based Lackie Dammeier McGill and Ethir APC in 2012 on behalf of a police union when he placed a GPS...

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