I’m not sure from reading this what exactly is alleged.
Spent $130,000 of re election money on personal expenses, and handing out badges and CCWs to contributors without background checks or training. We will see tomorrow what else there is.
Here is an excerpt from another article:
Sheriff Carona indicted on public corruption charges
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Orange County's top lawman has been charged with seven felony counts that he illegally accepted money, high-priced gifts and tickets to exclusive sporting events, and made loans to his girlfriend in exchange for favors, according to an indictment expected to be unsealed today.
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Carona, 52, is also charged with witness tampering for attempting to persuade Don Haidl, a former assistant sheriff, to withhold testimony from federal investigators during tape-recorded conversations on March 17, 2004, and Aug. 13, 2007, the indictment says. Haidl, 56, bankrolled Carona's first campaign.
The indictment also includes eight counts against Debra Hoffman [Carona's girlfriend], 41, a Newport Beach attorney and investor who the document identifies as the sheriff's "longtime mistress." The charges include aiding Carona and bankruptcy fraud, the indictment reads. Deborah Carona, 56, the sheriff's wife of 27 years, faces one count of conspiracy, the document says.
"The plan and purpose of the conspiracy was for defendant Carona to become elected sheriff of Orange County, and for him to corruptly use the office of sheriff to enrich himself," Hoffman, Deborah Carona, Haidl and Jaramillo, the indictment reads.
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In all, Carona's is charged with seven counts: four counts of mail fraud, two of witness tampering and one of conspiracy. If convicted of all counts, Carona could spend decades in prison.
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