A new report from the assistant Orange County Public Defender Scott Sanders claims the scandal’s impact is wider than what was previously known, impacting over 50 cases.
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Orange County Sheriff Deputy Suspended After Repeated Misconduct Claims
After years of concerns from the county public defender’s office around Sgt. Matt LeFlore’s handling of evidence and eavesdropping on prisoners at the county jail, he’s been placed on leave.
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Did An Orange County Sheriff Illegally Eavesdrop on a Prisoner He Was Investigating?
New court filings allege that a sheriffs investigator listened to multiple attorney-client privileged conversations even after being warned not to in the same conversations.
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OC Murder Conviction Thrown Out as Misconduct Accusations Fly at High-Level Prosecutor
The DA’s office moved to overturn the conviction after public defenders discovered what they allege was illegal withholding of evidence that sheriff investigators had unlawfully used jail informants in the case.
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Charges Dropped in 67 Criminal Cases Due to Sheriff Evidence Mishandling, DA Reveals
The dropped charges include assault, battery and smuggling a weapon into the Orange County jail, according to prosecutors.
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OC Prosecutors ‘Inappropriately Abandoned’ Plan to Tell Defendants About Informant Violations, DA Says
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.
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False Report Charges Against OC Deputies Prompt Ethics Questions
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.
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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 Praised Ethics of Snitch Scandal Prosecutors After Promising Voters Accountability
After Todd Spitzer took office as district attorney, he took a starkly different approach towards the same prosecutors he criticized as a candidate.
