This week, the scheduled trial of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona on federal corruption charges was pushed back from August to October 28 in Santa Ana. Also this week, federal prosecutors filed a motion asking the presiding judge to allow testimony from an unidentified woman that, while she was employed by the OC Sheriff's office, Carona allegedly asked her to lie to investigators about sexual harassment charges against former Asst. Sheriff and Carona crony, George Jaramillo-even as he (Carona) was publicly proclaiming that he wanted the charges investigated. (Jaramillo has already pleaded guilty to federal income tax charges and is scheduled to be a witness against Carona, once dubbed by Larry King on Life Support as, "America's Sheriff".)
It has also been reported that the employee was herself involved in a long-term affair with Carona.
Also scheduled to go on trial with Carona is his alleged mistress, Debra Hoffman (not the woman cited above). Carona's wife, Debbie Carona, will be tried separately.
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It's not the first nor will it be the last law enforcement agency that has bad seeds. Besides the well known corrupt New Orlens Police Department, I can give you first hand knowledge of the corrupt San Antonio, Texas Police Department and another in Billerica, Massachusetts...but then again all Massachusetts police are corrupt. Just take the police-detail scam in Massachusetts; a wind-fall profits tax should be imposed on all Mass. cops...city and state!
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