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Westminster City Council candidate under investigation for using a false address

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Westminster City Attorney Investigating Kimberly Ho’s False Address on Planning Commission Application

Westminster, CA The Westminster City Attorney is investigating a complaint filed against City Council Candidate Kimberly Ho alleging she committed perjury by lying about her address on official city applications when she applied to be a Planning Commissioner in 2010. The complaint also claims she was sworn in as a Westminster Traffic Commissioner in February of 2016, but her official change of address from Yorba Linda to Westminster wasn’t made until June.

City Residency is a clear requirement to serve as a Westminster Planning Commissioner. The complaint cites the city ordinance that members of the Planning Commission shall be residents of the city of Westminster. On her Application, Ho used the address of a UPS Store as her home address. She currently claims residency at an apartment in Westminster. Continue reading→

Governor Brown signs measure to protect children against predators

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 28, 2016

CONTACT: Bill Bird @ 916-651-4029

Governor Signs Measure to Protect Children Against Predators 

Huff Legislation Targets Lucrative Human Trafficking Trade

SACRAMENTO: Legislation designed to collect accurate data on purchasers of sex has been signed into law by the Governor. SB 420, authored by Senator Bob Huff (R-San Dimas), targets the demand side of human trafficking by amending Penal Code Section 647(b) to make a clear distinction between the buyers and sellers of human trafficking and prostitution. Continue reading→

P.I. who worked for the Costa Mesa Police Officers Association convicted

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 14CF3962

Date: September 28, 2016

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WORKING FOR POLICE UNION LAW FIRM CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING TO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST COSTA MESA COUNCILMEN AND AN ATTORNEY

*Co-defendant in this case is scheduled to face trial in March 2017

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A private investigator working for a law firm retained by the Costa Mesa Police Officers’ Association (CMPOA) was convicted today of committing crimes against two Costa Mesa council members and a competitor attorney. Christopher Joseph Lanzillo, 46, Lake Arrowhead, pleaded guilty to the court to two felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime of unlawful use of electronic tracking device, one felony count of false imprisonment by deceit, and one felony count of conspiracy to commit a crime of falsely reporting crime to agency. Lanzillo faces a maximum sentence of four years and four months in jail, as well as revocation of his private investigators’ license, at his sentencing on Jan. 13, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-29, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Supervisor Spitzer says that Prop. 66 gives finality to crime victims

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Prop 66 Gives Finality to Victims

By O.C. Supervisor Todd Spitzer

Under our current broken system, it takes more than 20 years from conviction to execution. Inmates on death row are far more likely to die of natural causes than by execution. Since our death penalty was reinstated in 1978 more than 900 murderers have been sentenced to death in California. These are not merely murders. These are the worst of the worst. Killings where the victim was tortured first: 126, child victims: 173, and murders of police officers: 44. Only 13 have been executed and none in over ten years, since 2006. With only 747 currently on death row, that means about 200 have died while awaiting their execution. I was a witness in the last execution at San Quintin, California in 2008. I went as a witness to personally experience a lawfully ordered termination of life. Continue reading→

Supervisor Spitzer’s statement on $500,000 settlements with each Bustamante victim

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July 12, 2016

CONTACT: Melanie Eustice, Communications Director

Phone: (714) 834-5492 Mobile: (714) 581-7784

Spitzer Statement on $500,000 Settlements with Each Bustamante Victim

(Orange County, CA) — Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer made this statement today after the Board of Supervisors approved settlements with the victims of former OC Public Works Manager Carlos Bustamante:

Today the Orange County Board of Supervisors acted to bring a legal close to the civil proceedings involving the criminal acts of a now disgraced former County manager, Carlos Bustamante. While our actions cannot erase the damage caused to his innocent victims, we hope the monetary settlement will ease the pain of the damage he caused. We offer our sincerest sympathies to those who suffered at the hands of this former County manager’s criminal conduct. Continue reading→

More embezzlement charges filed against former Placentia Finance Services Manager

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 16NF1108

Date: June 17, 2016

ADDITIONAL CHARGES FILED FOR FORMER CITY OF PLACENTIA FINANCE SERVICES MANAGER CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING $5.2 MILLION

FULLERTON, Calif. – Additional charges were filed today against the former Finance Services Manager for the City of Placentia (Placentia) charged with embezzling $5.2 million from the city. Michael Minh Nguyen, 34, Irvine, is charged with an additional 19 felony counts of misappropriation of public funds, 66 felony counts of money laundering, one felony count of making a non-sufficient funds check, and two felony counts of falsifying records. The Court also issued a temporary restraining order on the assets held by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) that were seized from the defendant. Continue reading→