Former City Attorney Sentenced To House Arrest In

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The Home Includes Solar Energy Systems.

By Zach Armstrong

Not far from the Getty Villa and the Los Liones Trail, a Pacific Palisades estate has gone on the market for $7.6 million.

Built in 2015, the contemporary home provides views of the mountains, canyon vistas, and the ocean. It also includes a primary suite with canyon, ocean & pool views. There are four other bedrooms with one having a private entrance and another with a built-in workspace and Murphy bed which can serve as a separate office or maid’s room.

The home could also be considered to be a “smart house”, including solar energy systems for the home and pool which can be converted to saltwater if desired, LED lighting, energyefficient windows and a state of the art Chef”s kitchen with Miele/SubZero appliances.

There is also a whole house water filtration system and a pneumatic elevator going from the first floor to the rooftop kitchen, grill, and terrace that gives views of Santa Monica Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

The home is listed by Anthony Marguleas and Amalfi Estates, according to Zillow.com.

The Sentence Includes Three Years Of Probation And A $50,000 Fine.

A former top lawyer in the City Attorney’s Office, Thomas H. Peters, 56, will serve nine months confined to his Pacific Palisades home after pleading guilty to a federal charge related to a Department of Water and Power extortion scandal.

The sentence, announced in federal court on Tuesday, includes three years of probation and a $50,000 fine.

While the U.S. District Court’s Probation Office recommended a 41-month prison sentence for Peters, prosecutors sought an abbreviated sentence citing his “substantial assistance” investigating the 2013-14 DWP overbilling scandal.

Peters admitted to aiding and abetting the extortion scheme, which involved Peters threatening to fire a city lawyer unless they paid someone who threatened to expose damaging information about how the city handled the DWP billing situation.

Peters is the third city employee sentenced in the corruption case