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If convicted as charged, Michael Solis faces three years in state prison

SYLMAR, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer Michael Solis is accused of conspiring to bring alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax, into Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar in 2023.

“Trafficking illegal drugs to juveniles is unconscionable under any circumstances, let alone as a government employee taking advantage of vulnerable youth in need of guidance and support,” District Attorney Hochman said. “Probation officers have as their primary duty the protection, health and safety of juveniles under their care. My office will not tolerate such an abuse of power, which endangers youth, undermines rehabilitation, and makes our communities less safe.”  

Michael Angelo Solis (dob 5/25/66) is charged in case 25CJCF03258 with one felony count of conspiracy to possess for sale alprazolam; one felony count of conspiracy to bring a controlled substance into a juvenile hall; one felony count of possession for sale of a designated controlled substance, alprazolam; and one felony count of bringing a controlled substance into a juvenile hall.

Solis, a Los Angeles County deputy probation officer assigned to the juvenile hall in Sylmar, allegedly conspired with a detained youth to sell alprazolam pills for hundreds of dollars between May 14 and August 9, 2023.

If convicted as charged, Solis faces three years in state prison.

The case was filed for warrant on June 5, 2025.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Kristopher Gay of the Justice System Integrity Division and was investigated by the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau and the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation.

The charges filed in this case are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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