A retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department captain charged with obstructing a federal probe into corruption in the county jails has agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge and cooperate in the Justice Department's ongoing investigation, according to court papers filed Thursday.
William "Tom" Carey will plead guilty to lying on the witness stand while testifying in the trial of former Deputy James Sexton, who was convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for trying to obstruct the federal probe, according to the plea agreement filed in U.