A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruit, who was about 14 weeks through academy training to become a deputy, was arrested on suspicion of threatening a man with a handgun in Lynwood.

FILE - A roll of police tape is left on the windshield of Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicle in the parking lot of its training academy in Whittier, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.

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A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department ... detectives obtained information that led them to a recruit in the Sheriff’s Department Academy,” the department’s statement said.