LOS ANGELES – The Latest on the corruption case against former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca (all times local):

1:42 p.m.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has withdrawn his guilty plea in a corruption case and will go to trial.

The decision was announced Monday after last-minute attempts to reach a new plea bargain.

Baca had pleaded guilty in February to lying to federal authorities about efforts to stifle an investigation of civil rights abuses of inmates in the county jail system.

But U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson subsequently rejected the plea agreement with prosecutors, saying a six-month sentence wasn’t tough enough even though the 74-year-old Baca is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

More than 20 members of the Sheriff’s Department have been convicted on charges ranging from assault to obstruction of justice, including Baca’s former second-in-command, who was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

A Sept. 20 trial date has been set.

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10:10 a.m.

Negotiations are continuing between prosecutors and defence lawyers to reach an agreement on how much time in prison former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca should serve for lying to federal authorities.

Attorneys said Monday morning in federal court that they negotiated through the weekend but did not reach a deal.

The judge adjourned proceedings until the afternoon to give lawyers more time to try for a deal.

Baca pleaded guilty in February to lying to federal authorities about efforts to stifle an investigation of civil rights abuses in the county jail system.

But U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson subsequently rejected the plea agreement, saying a six-month maximum sentence wasn’t tough enough. The 74-year-old Baca is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.