His charges of crimes and misconduct by officers in a division of the LAPD spawned what has become known as the Rampart corruption scandal.ĭuring his interviews with investigators, Perez admitted to a host of misdeeds but denied being involved in any crimes with Mack.I've been re-reading all of Philip K. Faced with a second trial, he entered into a plea bargain in which he agreed to identify allegedly crooked fellow officers in exchange for a five-year sentence on the drug charges. Perez’s first trial on those charges resulted in a hung jury. Nine months later, Perez was arrested for stealing six pounds of cocaine from LAPD evidence facilities. Mack and Perez, who previously were partnered as undercover narcotics officers, traveled to Las Vegas together two days after Mack robbed the bank. Mack, a former friend and partner of Perez, was convicted of robbing a Bank of America of more than $700,000 in 1997. Re declined to comment on whether his client plans to seek a transfer to another facility or to request different housing within the prison. Re said Mack was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds for a couple of days and then sent back to the prison’s general population. “He was stabbed pretty severely,” the attorney said.

Re said that as Mack defended himself another group of inmates joined in the attack against him. After months of investigation, the woman recanted her story, saying that she fabricated her allegations because her relationship with Perez ended badly.Īccording to Re, Mack-a onetime college track star-was working out when he was attacked from behind by several inmates. The woman’s allegations were widely reported in the media as authorities tried to verify them. Re said the inmates apparently inferred from the reports that Mack and Perez were involved in crimes together, which included victimizing gang members.Īlthough law enforcement officials long have speculated that the two officers were partners in crime, such allegations have never been proven and have been denied by the attorneys for both men.Īs recently as November, federal authorities were investigating the allegations of one of Perez’s ex-lovers, who had claimed that Perez and Mack had been involved in drug deals together and had killed three people whose bodies they buried in Tijuana. Re said the prisoners, at least one of whom was armed with a sharp object, attacked his client after they saw a television program and read magazine and newspaper accounts that detailed Mack’s role as a law enforcement officer and his association with corrupt ex-Officer Rafael Perez.

The Body Electric by David Mack