Photos: Bell trial verdicts

Angela Spaccia looks toward her attorney, Harland Braun. Jurors convicted her of multiple counts of misappropriation of public funds, conflict of interest and secretion of the official record.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Angela Spaccia was remanded to custody after the verdicts were read, with the judge saying her crimes carried a mandatory state prison sentence.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Furniture store owner Enrique Martinez put a sign outside his store saying “Justice Come Today -- Congrats City of Bell” just hours after the guilty verdicts were announced during the corruption trial of former Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez and five former council members.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Bell residents Olga Bardowell, left, and Donna Gannon embrace after they hear the guilty verdicts read during the corruption trial of a former Bell mayor and five former council members. “They deserve every bit they get, “ Gannon said.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Teresa Jacobo was one of five former Bell City Council members who were found guilty on some corruption charges.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

George Cole, center, was one of five former Bell City Council members found guilty of public corruption.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Victor Bello was one of five former Bell City Council members found guilty on some corruption charges involving his high council pay.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

George Mirabal was one of five former Bell City Council members found guilty on some public corruption charges.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Five former Bell City Council members were found guilty March 20, 2013 of stealing public money by paying themselves extraordinary salaries in one of Los Angeles County’s poorest cities. From lower right are Victor Bello, Oscar Hernandez, George Cole, Teresa Jacobo, Luis Artiga and George Mirabal. Luis Artiga, the only one of the six defendants who was acquitted on all charges, was released by the judge.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Luis Artiga reacts after being acquitted on all charges in the Bell corruption trial. Artiga was the only former council member to be acquitted on all charges.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Former Bell City Council member Luis Artiga, center, reacts to a question during a news conference after being acquitted on all charges in the Bell corruption trial at Los Angeles County Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles. At left is his daughter, Sarah Marie Artiga, 7. At right is his attorney, George Mgdesyan.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)