Judge Rejects Drobot's Latest Bid for Freedom

A federal judge for a second time denied Michael D. Drobot’s request for compassionate release over his concerns about COVID-19 and conditions at the Southern California jail where he's being held. U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton on Tuesday said the circumstances that led her to conclude Drobot was a danger to the community in July 2020 have not changed. Last year, Staton noted that Drobot admitted to breaching terms of the plea agreement for his involvement in the kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach and pocketing $1 million he was supposed to forfeit to t...