Marilyn Flynn, an 84-year-old former dean of USC's School of Social Work who admitted bribing longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas while he served on the county Board of Supervisors, was ...

Marilyn Flynn, the former dean of USC's social work program who admitted to bribing Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in exchange for his help securing the renewal of a county contract, ...

Federal prosecutors are asking that longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas' co-defendant -- an 84-year-old former dean of USC's school of social work who admitted bribing the ex-city ...

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FILE - Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas attends a board meeting in Los Angeles, June 1, 2010. A former dean at the University of Southern California will spend 1 1/2 years in home ...

A former dean for the University of Southern California’s social work program on Monday was hit with 18 months of house arrest, three years’ probation and a $150,000 fine for bribing a Los Angeles ...

A former dean at the University of Southern California was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of home confinement on Monday for bribing a Los Angeles County supervisor in exchange for renewal of a lucrative ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former dean at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Monday in a bribery case involving a powerful Los Angeles politician who promised to help steer a multi-million ...

Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, center, arrives at U.S. District Court in downtown L.A. with his team of attorneys. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) The trial of Mark ...

The trial of Mark Ridley-Thomas over the last two weeks offered ample evidence about the longtime Los Angeles County politician’s close dealings with a USC dean. From the words of Dean Marilyn Flynn, ...