Not one report has yet been made public. The Office of Independent Review’s new leader says that may come in August.
Tag: Evidence Booking Scandal
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OC Grand Jury Slams Top Sheriff Officials for ‘Failure of Leadership’ on Handling Evidence That Undid 67 Criminal Charges
Grand jurors found the sheriff isn’t doing audits to make sure the evidence problems aren’t still happening.
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Sheriff’s Supervisors Allowed Late Evidence Booking; Only Deputies Disciplined, Grand Jury Heard
Sheriff’s supervisors knowingly allowed deputies to book evidence late in violation of policy according to Sheriff’s officials testimony, the latest twist in the evidence-booking scandal.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
DA Spitzer Faces Calls to Resign from Families of Seal Beach Shooting Victims Who Allege False Promises
Several family members of victims of Orange County’s deadliest mass murder are demanding that District Attorney Todd Spitzer resign.
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OC Sheriff Evidence Booking Scandal Expands With 15 More Investigations of Deputies Disclosed
The new investigations are in addition to 17 criminal investigations that previously were referred to the District Attorney’s Office.
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DA Spitzer Says No Chain of Custody Issue With Author Borrowing Golden State Killer Files
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Monday there was no evidence of a breach.
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OC Sheriff Officials Allegedly Broke Chain of Custody with Half of Their Golden State Killer Evidence
Revelations of OC Sheriff’s evidence handling problems have now reached California’s biggest serial killer case in years.
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Two Former Orange County Deputies Plead Guilty in Evidence Booking Scandal
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.
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Sheriff Defends Handling of Evidence Booking Scandal
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.
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DA Says He Was Told in May of Decision to Not Prosecute Deputies Over Evidence Handling
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.
