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.
Questions Mount for Sheriff and DA About Systemic Errors in Preparing Criminal Cases
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On Tuesday, it was publicly disclosed in Orange County Superior Court that sheriff officials kept a deputy in the field doing investigations months after they learned he made numerous false statements in police 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.
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.
Company that Caused Illegal OC Jail Phone Recordings Could Have Nationwide Problem, Attorney Alleges
OC jail recorded telephone calls
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Phone company Global Tel Link (GTL) kept possibly hundreds of other U.S. jails in the dark about phone system problems it knew of since 2015 that caused the illegal recording of attorney-inmate calls in Orange County, according to a 42-page legal motion filed by OC Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders.
Rackauckas Secretly Cleared Deputies Accused of Lying About Informants
Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
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Former District Attorney Tony Rackauckas quietly decided last year to not have prosecutors tell defense attorneys about 10 sheriff deputies suspected of lying about or concealing records about jail informants.