Charges Dropped in 67 Criminal Cases Due to Sheriff Evidence Mishandling, DA Reveals
Safety, Security & Justice
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The dropped charges include assault, battery and smuggling a weapon into the Orange County jail, according to prosecutors.
OC Prosecutors ‘Inappropriately Abandoned’ Plan to Tell Defendants About Informant Violations, DA Says
Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
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The move came after an appeals court found prosecutors had systemically violated defendants’ rights with an illegal informant program, according to the DA’s office.
False Report Charges Against OC Deputies Prompt Ethics Questions
Safety, Security & Justice
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A flurry of recent felony charges against OC sheriff’s deputies – including falsifying police reports – is prompting questions about honesty and integrity lapses within the department.
DA Spitzer Faces Calls to Resign from Families of Seal Beach Shooting Victims Who Allege False Promises
Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
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Several family members of victims of Orange County’s deadliest mass murder are demanding that District Attorney Todd Spitzer resign.
OC Sheriff Evidence Booking Scandal Expands With 15 More Investigations of Deputies Disclosed
Safety, Security & Justice
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The new investigations are in addition to 17 criminal investigations that previously were referred to the District Attorney’s Office.
DA Spitzer Praised Ethics of Snitch Scandal Prosecutors After Promising Voters Accountability
Orange County District Attorney
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After Todd Spitzer took office as district attorney, he took a starkly different approach towards the same prosecutors he criticized as a candidate.
Report Prompts Questions on Why DA Spitzer Kept Snitch Scandal Prosecutors Despite Accountability Promises
Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
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A new report confirms and expands on an appeals court’s 2016 findings of misconduct.
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.