Orange County Sheriff S Department

Transcripts from a grand jury investigation into the beating death of a jail inmate are scheduled to be unsealed no later than April 7 under the orders of an Orange County judge who found the Sheriff's Department had no legal standing to block their release. In finalizing a preliminary ruling reached earlier this week, Superior Court Judge James A.

The Orange County district attorney's office has opened an investigation into a violent struggle between sheriff's deputies and an inmate who sustained life-threatening injuries, officials said Tuesday. The action is the latest setback to the department as it struggles to recover from a series of allegations involving the treatment of inmates.

An Orange County sheriff's deputy found dead shortly after being charged with molesting a 12-year-old boy had learned of his impending arrest by accessing an internal computer system, authorities said Friday. Gerald Stenger, 41, who was found about 2 p.m.

When Reed Royalty endorsed Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen's reelection campaign last month, he praised her for seeking to reduce pension benefits for sheriff's deputies "that may be unconstitutional." It was a logical comment for Royalty, an advocate of low taxes and limited government who is president of the Orange County Taxpayers Assn.

Defense and prosecution attorneys have agreed to postpone the public corruption trial of former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona until Aug. 26, giving his lawyers two additional months to prepare. Carona, 52, had originally been scheduled to stand trial June 10, but his attorneys said they needed additional time to review thousands of pages of financial records and reports that are at the center of the government's case against him. The U.S. attorney's office had originally opposed the delay, saying Carona has had ample time to prepare for the trial.

They lied, they changed their stories and they compared notes even after being ordered not to by a special Orange County grand jury investigating a deadly beating at Theo Lacy Jail, the testimony shows. During 45 days of grand jury prodding, members of the Sheriff's Department repeatedly hindered the probe, according to thousands of pages of transcripts made public last week. Then-Sheriff Michael S.

In a small, square room with a view of the Hollywood Hills, KFI's John and Ken spend hours needling public officials and tossing out satirical and sometimes sophomoric lines that reach an estimated 1 million listeners per month. Now, the radio provocateurs may have a surprisingly significant impact on the prosecution of a man who was once Orange County's most powerful law enforcement officer. This week, attorneys for former Orange County Sheriff Michael S.

Nearly 50 candidates from 14 states and three countries have applied to become the next sheriff of Orange County, ranging from the executive director of Interpol in France to an electrician's assistant in Garden Grove, according to a list the county released Friday. The list includes several local candidates who had already expressed their interest in the office, including current acting Sheriff Jack Anderson, Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters, former Orange County Sheriff's Lt.

The Orange County district attorney's office said Wednesday that it was trying to determine whether a sheriff's deputy who killed himself after being charged with molesting a 12-year-old boy may have sexually assaulted other minors. Gerald Stenger, 41, of Aliso Viejo was found dead earlier this month inside an unmarked car. Earlier the same day, he had learned that a warrant had been issued for his arrest in the molestation case.

Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona's request to file a secret motion to move his corruption trial out of Southern California violates the 1st Amendment's free-press protection, a media attorney argued Thursday. Carona's attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford to keep their motion to move the trial sealed because releasing it would create additional inflammatory publicity about the case.