Beaumont: City is 'Fully Cooperating' With District Attorney, FBI

City Hall was temporarily closed Wednesday as Investigators from the District Attorney’s Office and the FBI raided Beaumont City Hall and Urban Logic Consultants on April 22, 2015. Photo by Renee Schiavone.

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The City of Beaumont says Wednesday they are “fully cooperating” with investigators from the District Attorney’s office, who were in town all day serving search warrants in multiple locations.

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More than a dozen federal agents helped to serve the warrants at locations throughout town, including the Beaumont Civic Center and Urban Logic Consultants, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller and Riverside County District Attorney’s spokesman John Hall.

“According to investigators, the warrants were served in conjunction with an investigation into Urban Logic’s business relationship with the City,” the city said in a statement released Wednesday evening. “Urban Logic Consultants, a private company, has provided engineering, planning, and economic development services to the City of Beaumont for 20 years.”

Here’s the full statement from the city of Beaumont:

On Wednesday, April 22nd, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office assisted by the FBI, served search warrants at the Beaumont Civic Center, the offices of Urban Logic Consultants, and several private residences.

According to investigators, the warrants were served in conjunction with an investigation into Urban Logic’s business relationship with the City.

Urban Logic Consultants, a private company, has provided engineering, planning, and economic development services to the City of Beaumont for 20 years.

The City is fully cooperating with the District Attorney’s investigation and will continue to update the public as information is made available by the DA’s Office.

For information regarding the investigation, please contact the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.

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