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2008 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

• [Moxley Confidential] Politeness Didn't Help Montessori Killer Jonathan Tran at Sentencing

  published May 1, 2008

  Nice Guys Do Hard TimeConvicted murderer Jonathan Tran's politeness and high-powered lawyers didn't help him at his... More >>

• Wrongly Imprisoned OC Man Wins State Payment

  published Apr 22, 2008

  For Buena Park's James Ochoa, the indescribable agony of spending 16 months locked in the Orange County Jail and a California prison for crimes he did not commit is a bit less painful today. This af... More >>

• Bootlicker Sees Visions in Jail Culture Report

  published Apr 12, 2008

  Clutching a package of velvet lace to his chest, Bootlicker elbowed by an elderly lady to get first in the checkout line at Michaels arts and crafts shop. Time was of the essence. Thirty minutes earli... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] DA's Report Is a Stunning Indictment of the Mike Carona-Run Jails—Sort Of

  published April 10, 2008

  Cell Blockhead The DA's report is a stunning indictment of the Mike Carona-run jails—well, except for the indictment... More >>

• Dirty Deputiesr Where have you read that before todayr

  published Apr 07, 2008

  'I Lit the Fire': Jared Petrovich claims he was just following orders when his words sparked a fatal jailhouse beating; April 3, 2008, By Nick Schou An Open Letter to DA Tony Rackauckas Regarding ... More >>

• Slain Deputy Faced Criminal Charges

  published Apr 03, 2008

  Sources tell OC Weekly that the Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy found dead in a car parked in Aliso Viejo yesterday had been the subject of a sex crimes investigation in the District Attorne... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] Chi Mak, an OC-Based Spy for Communist China, Looked Like a Bumbling Nerd

  published April 3, 2008

  The Boring Identity An OC-based spy for communist China looked the part of a bumbling nerd At a secret November... More >>

• Sex-Abuse Victim Confronts Ex-Rohrabacher Aide Jeffrey Ray Nielsen at His Sentencing

  published April 3, 2008

  'You Are Sick' Sex-abuse victim confronts ex-Rohrabacher aide Jeffrey Ray Nielsen at his sentencing During... More >>

• (Sheriff) Jack in the Box

  published Apr 01, 2008

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• [Moxley Confidential] Meet Catherine Cass of Santa Ana, OC's Most Annoying Neighbor

  published March 27, 2008

  OC's Most Annoying Neighbor Meet Catherine Cass, one-woman reducer of property values It may come as a shock to... More >>

• Rohrabacher Going Down To Defeat in Novemberr

  published Mar 25, 2008

  After pondering a posting tonight at theliberaloc.com by Gila Jones, I'm guessing that Orange County Republican pollsters have worrisome data that raises concerns about the safety of Congressman Dana ... More >>

• Ex-Congressional Aide Sent to Slammer

  published Mar 25, 2008

  Parents of 7th, 8th and 9th grade boys can relax a wee bit more this afternoon. Jeffrey Ray Nielsen--a onetime congressional aide to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and a serial pedophile--... More >>

• Register Bootlicker Returns for Special Easter Sermon!

  published Mar 23, 2008

  Squeezing a gun with both hands sent sensations racing down his spine to a semi-firm, half-inch point between his legs. Gordon Dillow (pictured, for illustration purposes, on his knees with the steel ... More >>

• published Mar 21, 2008

  Fridays are always tough in Orange County's Central Courthouse at Santa Ana. That's when the majority of convicted defendants face sentencing. Of course, watching killers, rapists and robbers begin to... More >>

• Has Lynn Daucher been a naughty girlr

  published Mar 19, 2008

  In February 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Orange County Republican Lynn Daucher as director of California's Department of Aging. At the time, Daucher--a 2006 campaign loser to Lou Cor... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] Notes on Lifeguard Sex, Loretta Sanchez, the Rohrabachers and DNA

  published March 20, 2008

  Testing the Waters Newport Beach lifeguards star in unsolved sex mystery Never underestimate the potential for... More >>

• Resentencing for another Sheriff Carona felon/pal

  published Mar 15, 2008

  In May 2006, OC Weekly broke the news that then-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona had allowed fellow con man Joseph M. Medawar to film the county's top secret anti-terrorism training procedures three ... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] CSI Games: If DNA Evidence Doesn't Fit in Orange County, Alter It?

  published March 13, 2008

  In the wake of a November 2005 OC Weekly article detailing how a 20-year-old Buena Park man faced prison for a robbery/carjacking he... More >>

• DA to speak tomorrow on OC Jail Murder

  published Mar 06, 2008

  Late this afternoon, the District Attorney's press office notified reporters that Tony Rackauckas will publicly address the controversial John Chamberlain jail murder on Friday morning. Prosecutors an... More >>

• Court Strikes Blow Against Prosecutors in Gang War

  published Mar 03, 2008

  In an opinion issued today, a California Court of Appeal ruled that Orange County prosecutors overstepped their authority to seek tough penalties against hoodlums who violate court-imposed anti-gang i... More >>

• Are OC Women brain deadr

  published Mar 03, 2008

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• Ex-Sheriff's Dept. Officials Create Bold, New Firm!

  published Feb 29, 2008

  Over at the Orange County Register, ace reporter Peggy Lowe writes tonight on Orange County Sheriff's Department blog news that two of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's Yes Folks (YF) quit today: assi... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] Why Did Wayne Gross Recuse Himself From the Mike Carona Investigation?

  published February 21, 2008

  Gross Ambition A federal prosecutor recused himself from the Carona probe. But it seems he couldn't stay away from... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] The stupidity of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona caught on tape

  published February 14, 2008

  Dumb and Dumber The stupidity of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona, forever preserved on an FBI surveillance... More >>

• A Bluer Shade of Orange

  published February 7, 2008

  Beneath a warm sun along the coast of Laguna Beach on Feb. 5, noisy children ignored the pleas of their parents to splash in the end of spent,... More >>