Posted on 07/30/2011 1:12:47 PM PDT by NoLibZone
In March, former Fullerton police officer Todd Alan Majors, 30, was facing 14 felonies and three misdemeanors. Major’s life came to a crashing halt when internal affairs investigators found him in an alley behind his Seal Beach apartment high on pills.
According to the search warrant documentation, Major was showing signs of “possible narcotic analgesic intoxication.” Major was exhibiting symptoms such as slurred speech, slow movement, and droopy-eyelids.
Major was a six-year Veteran for the Fullerton police department. He was hired just after pleading guilty for driving with a blood alcohol level that was over the legal limit when he was 20. In other law enforcement agencies alcohol-related driving convictions would mean an automatic disqualification for being hired, but not for Fullerton police officers.
Major’s is the son of Mike Major who was the former head of investigation for the Orange Country District Attorney’s Office.
Those who worked with Major said that he was a great cop with a good heart. The police department has a log of compliments received via e-mail informing his department of what a great job Major’s was doing.
Major was known to spend Tuesday nights running the police department’s Police Explorer program. This is a program in division with the Boy Scouts of America, where Major would preach to the children about how great it was to be a police officer.
Major received a City of Fullerton credit card from his captain, to pay for Police Explorer expenses. In September 2010, according to Fullerton Police Department, the department started investigating how Major would spend city money.
When Fullerton’s internal affairs found Major in the alley he was on sick and furlough leave. He was out of work for over a month and still had access to the city’s credit card.
When Major was arrested, detectives found 30 empty pill bottles at the scene. The bottles once contained OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone). Some of the bottles were prescribed to Major and others were prescribed to other individuals. Investigators also found two bottles of Vicodin in his department desk. The bottles were filled just one day apart.
Investigators had suspected that Major was using the credit card to pay for prescription painkillers. He would buy Visa gift cards to hide where the cities money was being spent. Investigators also found receipts for the gift cards and the drugs in his department desk.
Major was caught on surveillance cameras using the credit card to purchase the gift cards and OxyContin. During investigation after he was caught he told investigators where to find the unused gift cards and receipts. In January Major resigned.
The state Attorney General charged Major with misusing a city credit card repeatedly and forging a city check. Major also stole from the Fullerton Car Show, two Troy High School administrators, and 11 of his Fullerton Police Explorers (boy scouts).
Major plead guilty to two charges and prosecutors dropped the other 15 charges in exchange. Major’s plea agreement specifically prohibits him for using any illegal drugs. He is also required to submit to drug testing and can not associate with drug dealers or users. We can only hope that Major is participating in an addiction treatment program for men.
The Judge ordered Major to serve 180 days. He is doing community service through a community work program. Major is required to take out the trash at the Theo Lacy Jail complex in Orange, five days a week for eight hours. Major is allowed to go home every evening.
Better than getting caught stealing from Oxymoron...
I would say that his "life came to a crashing halt" when he decided to start doing drugs after he was hired onto the force. But I'm nit-picking, of course.
Just another Junkie.
At least he didn’t stun gun anyone to death.
Lots of bad news out of Fullerton these days. I was going to buy a house there at one point.
Wasn’t this where they beat that homeless guy to death a couple days ago? And tased him 6 times?
Anyone catch this line:
‘Major’s plea agreement specifically prohibits him from using any illegal drugs.’
And he won't use just "any" illegal drug. He'll use one that he specifically chose.
“Major’s is the son of Mike Major who was the former head of investigation for the Orange Country District Attorney’s Office. “
Of course. Because he’s politically connected, he’s above lesser mortals.
Yes, that occurred in Fullerton
Yes it was there.
If all drugs were legal, this wouldn’t be a problem... /SARC
The rise of the nightclub scene has changed the character of downtown I guess. Besides the beating, have there been many other major incidents?
That should have read “again from 1983 to 1987.”
the young people have all their spots downtown, and have lots of problems after bar closing, I have lived here sense 1998, across from Cal state fullerton, I dont as a rule go into downtown, except a few times to hit the antique shops on harbor, had a few interactions with FPD, mostly when i happen to get my debit card # swiped and have to make a police report for the bank.
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