ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 16CM00636
Date: February 3, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two former Detention and Release Officers (DRO) were convicted and sentenced today for abusing their timecards and costing the taxpayers of Orange County thousands of dollars. Glen Alan Green, 65, Huntington Beach, and Clyde Richard Nelson, 67, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty today, Feb. 3, 2016, to one misdemeanor count of grand theft by an employee. The defendants paid full restitution up front and were sentenced to three years of probation and 60 days in jail.
At the time of the crime, Green and Nelson were employed as DROs at the Superior Court of California, County of Orange (Superior Court of Orange County). An administrative investigation was conducted by the Superior Court of Orange County and reported to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, who then conducted a criminal investigation. Continue reading