Calif. sheriff facing indictment retires
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Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona, indicted in the fall on federal corruption charges, retired Monday to focus on defending himself.
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By Tim Moran, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--Some inmates in the Stanislaus County Jail may taste freedom several weeks earlier as a result of a change in a work-release program.   The program, in use for 20 years, is called the sheriff's Alternative Work Program.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 9--Controller Steve Westly hasn't always been notable for his aggressiveness in office, but he is ending his tenure with a bang.
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A retired lawyer accused of negotiating to sell paintings allegedly stolen by a former client, including a $30 million Cezanne still life, was indicted Thursday.
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So says Santa Barbara County Sheriff Jim Anderson who was crowing publicly Tuesday about the findings of a California state investigation into Jackson&#39;s claims he was &quot;manhandled...very roughly
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A 96-year-old mobster accused of overseeing robberies, money laundering and bank fraud for the Genovese crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy Wednesday, but because of his age, he likely won't be sent to prison.
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Sean Harrigan, president of California's public employee pension fund, said Tuesday that he is likely to be forced from his job.
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John Mark Karr, who was briefly a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey slaying, left the Boulder County jail Tuesday in the custody of California officials, authorities said.
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The chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department said on Friday he would retire next month, after a furor over a race discrimination suit brought by a black firefighter who found dog food in his spaghetti at work.
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He had already been charged with murder by the Los Angeles District Attorney&#39;s office, and the move to a grand jury indictment is seen as an attempt to speed-up the process.
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Todd Marinovich, the former Los Angeles Raiders quarterback whose career ended in a mire of drug abuse, is facing a possible prison term after a weekend arrest in Orange County.
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A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted a man who allegedly started the largest wildfire in California history.
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The 33-count indictment includes charges of fraud related to the sale of city-owned property before he left office, according to The Associated Press.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Against a backdrop of dueling public relations moves, Michael Jackson faces off in court Monday against the man who has put him there, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon...
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SAN DIEGO Oct. 6, 2004 - A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted a hunter who allegedly started the largest wildfire in California history.
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By Kimberly Trone, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 6--The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today will consider a  financial agreement on a land swap that could lead to expansion of the  downtown Riverside jail.
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Retired General Augusto Pinochet was indicted and ordered placed under house arrest yesterday by a top Chilean judge on charges connected with