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Case Delayed For SCV Sheriff’s Station Deputies Charged With Perjury, Filing False Reports

The case for two Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies was delayed Tuesday over a year after pleading not guilty to filing false reports and committing perjury relating to traffic stops made in 2016.

Michael Berk, 58, was charged with four counts each of filing a false report and perjury. Justin Fisk, 30, was charged with two counts each of filing a false report and perjury, according to Greg Risling, assistant chief of the media relations division for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges in December 2019, according to Risling.

Deputy District Attorney Kelly Howick of the Justice System Integrity Division is prosecuting the case.

Between September and November 2016, Berk and Fisk, who worked at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, stopped motorists for speeding violations. The drivers happened to be other law enforcement officers.

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Instead of issuing speeding tickets to the drivers, both defendants allegedly issued citations for not having proof of insurance, even though the drivers had valid insurance at the time, according to prosecutors.

The alleged misconduct came to light after a Los Angeles deputy police chief told a Sheriff’s captain that the two defendants possibly had issued falsified traffic tickets, according to the complaint.

Bail was set at $25,000 for each defendant. If convicted as charged, Berk faces a possible maximum sentence of five years in state prison, while Fisk faces up to three years and eight months in prison.

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau.

Berk and Fisk are due back in court on Feb. 24 for a preliminary hearing setting.


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Michael Brown has lived in Santa Clarita his whole life. Graduating from Saugus High School in 2016, he continued to stay local by attending The Master’s University, where he achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Communication. Michael joined KHTS in January of 2018 as a news intern, and has since gone on to become the News Director for the KHTS Newsroom. Since joining KHTS, Michael has covered many breaking news stories (both on scene and on air), interviewed dozens of prominent state and federal political figures, and interacted with hundreds of residents from Santa Clarita. When he is not working, Michael enjoys spending time with his family, as well as reading any comic book he can get his hands on.