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Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2009
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2009, page 38
Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Crime,
Conspiracy.
Location:
California.
by Gary Hunter
“I need a sheriff I can trust. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer.”
That was what U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford told former Orange County, California ...
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