Longshoreman to Serve Probation for Lying about Injury

A Los Angeles County longshoreman was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay $20,714 in restitution to Avizent Risk Management after a surveillance video showed he lied about the extent of his on-the-job injury, the state Insurance Department announced Wednesday.Richard Lewis Johnson, 49, of City of Commerce, pleaded no contest on Feb. 4 to one count of grand theft of workers' compensation payments. He claimed he had injured his right shoulder on May 28, 2008, while working at California United Terminals as a Class B longshoreman, the Insurance Department said. At the time of t...