Orange County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jonathan Larson testified at a court hearing Thursday that he recalled continuous use of the Special Handling log, daily notes kept by jail deputies, during his year in the Special Handling unit, the same year there is an unexplained six-month gap in the log.
Tag: Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Four Year Delay in Providing Jailhouse Snitch Records Won’t Happen Again, Sheriff’s Commander Testifies
“This has been an embarrassment for us and um, nobody wants this to happen again,” testified Commander William Baker. “It’s not going to happen again.”
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OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Embroiled in Jailhouse Snitch Scandal, Says She Won’t Seek Re-Election Next Year
The news comes as her department faces multiple controversies ranging from a federal investigation into the use of jailhouse informants to the recent misidentification of a dead body.
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Court of Appeals Says OC Prosecutors Withheld Evidence in Another Jailhouse Informants Case
The Fourth District Court of Appeal Friday unanimously upheld a ruling that Orange County District Attorney prosecutors improperly withheld information from defense attorneys and misused a jailhouse informant.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Controversial Grand Jury Jailhouse Snitch Report Puts Focus on DA Race
With many insiders scratching their heads about the recent grand jury report on jailhouse snitches, focus is increasingly on the upcoming race for DA in 2018. Amidst lingering questions about current DA Tony Rackauckas’ leadership and the judgment of his challenger, Supervisor Todd Spitzer, a third option has arisen out of Chapman University’s law school, Professor Mario Mainero.
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Mass Murderer Scott Dekraai: “I’m sorry. I’m very, very sorry”
Orange County’s worst mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai, who shot and killed eight people at a Seal Beach beauty salon in 2011, publicly apologized Thursday to the sister of one of his victims.
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Sheriff’s Department Believed It Had a Legal Right to Withhold Documents From The Court
The Sheriff’s Department withheld documents from court disclosure, believing a section of the California penal code didn’t require the department to turn them over, retired Sheriff’s Lt. Catherine Irons testified Wednesday.
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OC Grand Jury Wants Jailhouse Informant Hearing to Stop, Saying There’s No Widespread Violations
Orange County’s civil grand jury said ongoing court hearing about possible misuse of jailhouse informants have turned into a “witch-hunt,” and should stop after the grand jury determined there is no “systemic, widespread informant program.”
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Santana: Will Orange County’s Law Enforcement Complex Survive The Stand?
Despite a critical grand jury report on the horizon and two sets of ongoing lawsuits from Sheriff’s Special Officers and Deputy Sheriff’s rank and file arguing her department is politicized and mismanaged, OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens keeps playing it cool.
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Investigating OC Law Enforcement: Orange County’s DA and Sheriff Are Under Rare Scrutiny
The question now is, what, if anything, will result from the investigations.
