DA Spitzer Says No Chain of Custody Issue With Author Borrowing Golden State Killer Files
Evidence Booking Scandal
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Monday there was no evidence of a breach.
OC Sheriff Officials Allegedly Broke Chain of Custody with Half of Their Golden State Killer Evidence
Evidence Booking Scandal
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Revelations of OC Sheriff’s evidence handling problems have now reached California’s biggest serial killer case in years.
Two Former Orange County Deputies Plead Guilty in Evidence Booking Scandal
Orange County Sheriffs Department
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The deputies were found to have made multiple false statements in police reports about whether evidence was booked. They will not serve jail time or pay a fine, prosecutors announced Monday.
Sheriff Defends Handling of Evidence Booking Scandal
County Government
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Barnes declined to discuss specific cases, citing laws protecting police officers’ privacy. But he laid the evidence booking problem squarely on individual staff members and “gaps” in evidence booking protocol.
DA Says He Was Told in May of Decision to Not Prosecute Deputies Over Evidence Handling
Evidence Booking Scandal
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Wednesday he was informed four months into his administration about a decision days after he was sworn in to not file charges against a sheriff’s deputy found to have made 74 false reports about evidence booking.
Secrecy Battle to Resume Over Deputy’s Evidence Booking Misconduct Records
Evidence Booking Scandal
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The records would show what officials knew – and when – about a sheriff’s deputy found to have falsely stated in 74 different reports that he had booked evidence.
Secrecy Around Sheriff Evidence Misconduct Records Heads to Court Thursday
Evidence Booking Scandal
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A judge will decide whether to unseal records about a deputy who was found to have made false statements about evidence in 74 different reports.
OC Supervisors Stay Silent on Evidence Misconduct Revelations While Authorizing More Sheriff Spending
Countywide
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While authorizing new spending this week for the Sheriff’s Department, county supervisors continue to remain silent about mounting revelations of Sheriff’s Department evidence booking misconduct that could weaken thousands of criminal cases.
At Least 91 Convictions Involved Missing Evidence, DA Says, Casting Doubt on Sheriff’s Statements
Evidence Booking Scandal
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An ongoing review by prosecutors – as well as court documents – are prompting questions about whether Orange County’s top law enforcement officer has been telling the whole truth.
Santana: DA Todd Spitzer and Sheriff Don Barnes Clash Over Secret Booking Audits
Norberto Santana, Jr.
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer and Sheriff Don Barnes continued to take aim at each other this week, in the wake of an evidence-booking scandal that has already triggered four fired and seven disciplined deputy sheriffs along with four ongoing probes inside the Sheriff’s department.