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2007 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

• Lady Killer

  published December 13, 2007

  Three days before Christmas 2005, Marvin Vernis Smith stood at a massive dark stain in the beige carpet beside the bed in... More >>

• A Simple Challenge to Sheriff Carona

  published Dec 27, 2007

  Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona--indicted by federal prosecutors for public corruption--claims that surreptitious wires worn by co-conspirator Don Haidl, a former assistant sheriff, prove his innoce... More >>

• Officer, is that dandruff under your nostrilr

  published Dec 26, 2007

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• A Tale of Two Tapes

  published December 27, 2007

  After federal prosecutors indicted Sheriff Mike Carona, his wife and top mistress on public-corruption charges in October, Carona not... More >>

• Schroeder Law Enforcement Empire At Stake Today

  published Dec 18, 2007

  Mike Schroeder will jump out of bed this morning in Corona del Mar, neatly hang his Darth Vader pajamas in the closet, shower, kneel at his USC football altar and don an expensive, natty suit befittin... More >>

• Lesson for the day: Don't Kill Your Wife

  published Dec 17, 2007

  After only about four hours of deliberation, an Orange County jury of eight women and four men this afternoon found Marvin Vernis Smith guilty of brutally murdering his wife in December 2005. Smith, ... More >>

• Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: Poor Ho Chi Minh

  published Dec 16, 2007

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• Jury Declined to Hold Deputy Liable for Killing, Eating at McDonald's Minutes Later

  published Dec 15, 2007

  Earlier this month, Deputy Joseph William Balicki walked out of the Ronald Reagan federal courthouse in Santa Ana a happy man--off the hook for a killing. The veteran deputy, who has a history of ques... More >>

• Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Are There Snapple Bottles in Jailr

  published Dec 15, 2007

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• Friday's Headlines & Surprises: All Big Money Issue!

  published Dec 14, 2007

  Yet Another USC Criminal: Laguna Beach billionaire Igor Olenicoff has pleaded guilty in a massive tax fraud scheme involving $346 million and Bahama bank accounts. A product of USC after fleeing the ... More >>

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Criminal Miscalculations

  published Dec 13, 2007

  California's New Math: The LA Times reports today that state prison officials miscalculated the sentences for not 25 or 50 or 100 but for 33,000 current inmates. According to judges, officials have b... More >>

• Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Another Carona Monsterr

  published Dec 12, 2007

  Did Carona Create Yet Another Monsterr If I was indicted Sheriff Michael S. Carona, I might be getting tired of Jo Ann Galisky, Kool-Aid Queen. This acting sheriff bit has swelled her mullet. Six wee... More >>

• Crossing the Thin Blue Line

  published November 29, 2007

  Police expert slams OC Sheriff’s Department for ‘cowboy’ attitude and ‘fatal errors’ that led to a street... More >>

• Draw Your Own Conclusions

  published November 15, 2007

  Why would a deputy who admitted to cruelly doctoring a crime-scene photo get a sweet promotion only months afterward? More >>

• It's Your Money

  published November 8, 2007

  But the government spends it More >>

• She's The (Under) Sheriff

  published November 8, 2007

  Indicted by the Feds, Carona slides his most loyal soldier into temporary command at the Sheriff’s Department More >>

• It's Your Money

  published November 1, 2007

  But the government spends it More >>

• Magnum Enforcer

  published November 1, 2007

  In an ongoing federal civil trial, it’s clear that one of Carona’s more violent deputies enjoys gunplay More >>

• They Got the Sheriff

  published November 1, 2007

  OC Sheriff Michael S. Carona’s reign has been equal parts tragedy and comedy. With his indictment, it enters its final act. More >>

• It's Your Money

  published October 25, 2007

  But the government spends it More >>

• Sign of the Times

  published October 25, 2007

  OC taxpayers will pay extra for people who can’t read maps More >>

• It's Your Money

  published October 18, 2007

  But the government spends it More >>

• The Mind of a Pedophile

  published October 18, 2007

  Two convicted child molesters get another stiff sentence for a crime they thought about committing More >>

• It's Your Money

  published October 11, 2007

  But the government spends it More >>

• It's Your Money

  published October 4, 2007

  But the government spends it More >>