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2013 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

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  Did Lawrence Anthony Witsoe Receive the Dumbest Bribery Conviction in California History?

  published May 16, 2013

  Veteran Orange County criminal defense lawyer Lawrence Anthony Witsoe closed his eyes and remained motionless late Tuesday afternoon as a court... More >>

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  Dana Rohrabacher's Sporadic Bong Hit Libertarianism Doesn't Extend To Marriage Equality

  published May 15, 2013

  Dana Rohrabacher--Orange County's senior, career politician--is engaging in a Twitter dialogue about marriage equality with Brian O'Leary Bennett, a conservative Republican, public relations expert an... More >>

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  Trial Date Set For Kobe Bryant's Memorabilia Auction Fight With His Estranged Mother

  published May 15, 2013

  A federal judge in New Jersey has ordered "an in-person settlement conference" for May 17 in the dispute between Kobe Bryant and an auction house planning to sell the Los Angeles Lakers' teenage memor... More >>

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  Federal Prosecutors Win DEA Bribery Case Involving Orange County Defense Lawyer

  published May 14, 2013

  Veteran Orange County criminal defense lawyer Lawrence Anthony Witsoe closed his eyes and remained motionless late this afternoon as a court clerk read a series of guilty verdicts against him in what ... More >>

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  DEA Bribery Trial Evidence Befuddles Orange County Jurors

  published May 13, 2013

  Federal prosecutor Rob Keenan possesses unquestionable evidence that a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force agent in Riverside repeatedly lied to Orange County prosecutors in hopes of tric... More >>

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  Kobe Bryant Lawyer: Mother-Son Dispute Over Memorabilia Auction Is Not A Marketing Ploy

  published May 13, 2013

  An inquisitive federal judge in Orange County today left a temporary restraining order intact for at least two more days in the dispute over whether an auction house working for the mother of Kobe Bry... More >>

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  Kobe Bryant Wins Courthouse Assist From Sister in Memorabilia Dispute With His Mother

  published May 13, 2013

  Los Angeles Lakers' superstar Kobe Bryant is receiving an assistant this morning in his legal battle to permanently block his mother and an auction house from selling more than $1.5 million worth of h... More >>

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  OC-Based Record, Film Producer Christopher B. Stokes Files Defamation Lawsuits

  published May 09, 2013

  Entertainment world polymath Christopher B. Stokes filed two civil lawsuits this month in Orange County Superior Court alleging that two entities, a Youtube channel and an online radio show, violated ... More >>

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  Orange County Child Molester: Shouldn't I Get Credit For Assaulting 11YO-Girl Quicklyr

  published May 09, 2013

  In August 2009, a Stanton laundromat janitor lured an 11-year-old girl into a closet with the promise of free perfume, locked the door and sexually molested her. At his 2011 trial in Orange County Su... More >>

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  White Supremacist Jail Inmate: Black Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Gave Me An STD!

  published May 08, 2013

  There was a point last year when it looked as if Barack Obama's post-racial world had a chance even here in Orange County, the onetime heart of the John Birch Society. White supremacist, hoodlum Chri... More >>

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  Vietnamese Immigrant Wishes He'd Become a U.S. Citizen Before Cocaine Bust

  published May 07, 2013

  Born two years before the end of the Vietnam War in Saigon, Dinh Canh Tran lived under dictatorial communist rule until about 1989 when his family relocated to the Philippines in route to live permane... More >>

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  Surprise: Orange County Businessman & Prosecutors Differ On Whether Income Taxes Are Mandatory

  published May 06, 2013

  Poor Brian Fox. Fox, who once lived in a $2.3 million house in the city of Orange, must have forgotten that we can't outrun death or the IRS. From 2005 to 2007, the businessman earned approximately ... More >>

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  Were DEA Task Force Agent's Lies to California Prosecutors Part of Bribery Deal or Brilliant Undercover Policingr

  published May 05, 2013

  According to the FBI, Aaron Scott Vigil--an accomplished Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task-force officer in Southern California--and his wife lived luxuriously while spending a whopping $1,60... More >>

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  Newport Beach Police Chief Accused of Slimy, Retaliatory Conduct in New Lawsuit

  published May 03, 2013

  In February 2009, Newport Beach Police Department Sgt. John Hougan acted honorably by testifying truthfully in a civil lawsuit about how his bosses had discriminated against a fellow officer they err... More >>

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  Will Assemblyman Allan Mansoor Challenge Michelle Steel for OC Supervisor's Seatr

  published May 02, 2013

  Will ex-Costa Mesa mayor and current California State Assemblyman Allan Mansoor challenge Michelle Steel--a fellow but less-experienced Republican officeholder--for a soon-to-be open seat on the Orang... More >>

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  South Coast Plaza-Area Cocaine Dealer Wins Long Prison Trip

  published May 02, 2013

  A federal law-enforcement investigation into a Canada-based narcotics-and-money-laundering network operating in Southern California has resulted in the loss of freedom for a 33-year-old man who partic... More >>

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  UPDATED: Federal Prosecutor Booted From Controversial Organized-Crime Case

  published Apr 30, 2013

  A U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor--who aggressively pursued a Los Angeles-based, Armenian organized-crime investigation with tentacles in Orange County but ran afoul of a federal magistrate--has... More >>

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  Brea Mall Methamphetamine Dealer Wins Prison Trip

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Two Pakistani males who unwittingly tried to sell 335.6 grams of methamphetamine for $12,000 in the Brea Mall parking lot to two confidential, government informants have both now been sentenced for th... More >>

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  Fall of Saigon Anniversary Book Suggestions

  published Apr 29, 2013

  It's almost impossible to overestimate the number of superb books inspired by the relationship between Vietnam and the United States. There are, for example, classics such as Graham Greene's "The Qui... More >>

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  Ex-Orange County Sheriff Lt. Bill Hunt Wins Retaliation Lawsuit

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Former Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) Lt. Bill Hunt, who was targeted for harassment and career sabotage in 2006 by then-Sheriff Mike Carona and his goons, has won a litigation settlement o... More >>

• Judge Tosses Out Businessman's Defamation Lawsuit Involving Weekly

  published April 25, 2013

  An Orange County Superior Court judge this month dismissed a defamation lawsuit by Shaheen Sadeghi after concluding the wealthy,... More >>

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  [UPDATED with Court Documents:] Judge Tosses Out Businessman's Defamation Lawsuit Involving 2011 OC Weekly Profile

  published Apr 24, 2013

  See the update at the bottom of this post to review Judge Bauer's ruling in the official Minute Order. ORIGINAL POST: APRIL 22, 8:00 A.M.: An Orange County Superior Court judge this month dismissed... More >>

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  Fullerton Cops Win Federal Lawsuit Alleging Police Harassment

  published Apr 22, 2013

  An Orange County jury this afternoon gave a proverbial shoulder shrug to a lawsuit claiming that Fullerton cops singled out a citizen for physical harassment and fabricated criminal charges because he... More >>

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  How to Steal $1 Million in California & Avoid Prison

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Before he became a wildly successful Verizon franchisee in Southern California, Michael Scott Grayson was a crook.We know this because in 2008 the FBI arrested Grayson for his role in a 2004-2005 cons... More >>

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  MSNBC: Reporters Are Racist For Informing Public About Boston Terrorist Suspect

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Liberal talk show hosts are going nuts today because members of the mainstream media reported that law enforcement sources said a "dark-skinned" person was a subject of interest in the terrorist attac... More >>