LOS ANGELES -- A retired Los Angeles County sheriff's captain charged with obstructing a federal probe into corruption in the county jails is set to plead guilty today to a lesser charge.
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.