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2011 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

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  Jim Righeimer: Costa Mesa Government Cuts Backed By Residents

  published Jun 25, 2011

  During a live, three-minute interview on NBC's Today in L.A. Weekend, Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer asserted that he is getting public support to continue slashing his city's budget.Righeimer... More >>

• Accused Killer Eric Naposki Finally Gets a Positive Plug in Day 4 of his Murder Trial

  published Jun 23, 2011

  It took four days of trial, but a witness finally made positive comments about accused killer Eric Naposki, the former professional football player, who is charged with gunning down a Newport Beach bu... More >>

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  Key Fact May Doom Eric Naposki in Newport Beach Murder Trial

  published Jun 22, 2011

  In Day 3 of Eric Naposki's murder trial, jurors learned several damning, pro-prosecution facts, but the ex-NFL player still managed to deliver a big, confident wink at his girlfriend who was in the pu... More >>

• The Michael Roberts-Jim Toledano Sting Stinks

  published June 23, 2011

  Dick and Bo Marconi aren't a typical Orange County couple. Sure, they are fabulously wealthy, thanks to proceeds from their... More >>

• Eric Naposki Murder Trial Wins Laughter in Day 2

  published Jun 22, 2011

  I wish I could have yesterday back in the case of the People of California versus Eric Naposki, and not just because of mid-morning indigestion from a rubbery courthouse cafeteria blueberry muffin.On ... More >>

• Eric Naposki Killed Bill, DA Tells OC Jury

  published Jun 20, 2011

  Eric Naposki, a onetime star professional football player, couldn't hide his contempt this afternoon during the prosecution's opening statement that ended with a confident prediction that jurors will ... More >>

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  Fred Karger Delights OC Crowd in Presidential Bid

  published Jun 18, 2011

  With a sparkling blue Pacific Ocean backdrop at his Laguna Beach house before sunset tonight, Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger delighted a politically diverse crowd with his trademark hum... More >>

• Ed Royce: Let 'Em Eat . . . Nothing--Wants to Cut Food Assistance to North Korea

  published Jun 17, 2011

  Journalists can always count on Orange County politicians to say something sensational on slow news days.For example, Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) recently opined to Iraqis that they should pay the... More >>

• Irvine Befuddled DA Tony Rackauckas on Perverts-in-the-Park Debate

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Having lost his push to get a defiant Irvine City Council to adopt his proposed ordinance banning convicted sex offenders from public parks, a befuddled Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas... More >>

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  How Much Would You Pay To Avoid Prisonr

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Here's your dilemma: You can either pay $4,000 a month for 200 months or spend 80 months locked in a California prisonrHard choicerIt apparently wasn't for David Scott Schapel, a 36-year-old Rancho Sa... More >>

• Vietnamese Gangster Finally Gets Supreme Court Ruling

  published Jun 16, 2011

  How quickly do the wheels of justice turn in CaliforniarThis week the state's Supreme Court announced its decision relating to criminal acts--violent extortion of Little Saigon businesses--committed 1... More >>

• This OC Deputy Was Hot to Trot

  published June 16, 2011

  Scott Christopher Montoya—a former Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) deputy who is fighting to regain his job—routinely... More >>

• Wells Fargo Bank Sued In Alleged Vietnamese Money Transfer Scheme

  published Jun 15, 2011

  In Orange County, only two major businesses offer money-transfer services to Vietnam, and based on U.S. banking laws, both have relied on accounts at Wells Fargo Bank to satisfy American regulators.Bu... More >>

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  Lawsuit: Massage Envy Trip Turned Into Sexual Assault in Laguna Beach

  published Jun 15, 2011

  For one California woman, Mother's Day 2011 will always been remembered as a horrific nightmare after her massage therapist yanked down her underwear as well as his own and tried to mount her at Massa... More >>

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  [UPDATE: Council action:] Will Larry Agran Block Pervert-in-the-Park Ordinancer

  published Jun 15, 2011

  Update: At last night's council meeting, an annoyed Larry Agran argued that Irvine parks are sex-crimes free (against minors) and so any ordinance banning convicted sex offenders from entering the pro... More >>

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  Christopher Lamont Brantley, Violent OC Pimp, Wins and Still Loses Conviction Appeal

  published Jun 14, 2011

  Crystal, a former 23-year-old Texas stripper, worked as a prostitute for Christopher Lamont Brantley, her pimp, in Dallas, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C. and, around the time of the 2008 Su... More >>

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  Scott Christopher Montoya: 'Stallion' Deputy Fired Because He Couldn't Restrain On-Duty Sexual Urges

  published Jun 08, 2011

  Scott Christopher Montoya--a former Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) deputy who is fighting to regain his job--routinely told women he met while on duty they were "doable" and "fuckable," des... More >>

• Judge Jim Rogan Reversed on Illegal Police Search

  published Jun 02, 2011

  James Rogan--the ex-California Republican congressman who is now an Orange County Superior Court judge--wrongly sided with police who obtained narcotics during an illegal search of a vehicle, a Califo... More >>

• Irvine Police Sued for Alleged Civil-Rights 'Nightmare'

  published Jun 02, 2011

  Two Los Angeles women have filed civil-rights lawsuits alleging that members of the Irvine Police Department unlawfully detained, searched and assaulted them, as well as forced one of them to urinate ... More >>

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  In Fred Karger's Presidential Run, GOP Stands for Gay Old Party

  published June 2, 2011

  Shortly after sirens alert residents to potential approaching tornados, an odd trio emerges from a Dallas hotel on a Saturday evening in late... More >>

• Daniel Wozniak's Jailhouse Closeup

  published June 2, 2011

  A freshly groomed 6-foot-2-inch Daniel Patrick Wozniak smiles tenderly into a television camera and utters what could have been a personal... More >>

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  Ex-CHP Employee Loses Again on Leak of Decapitation Pictures

  published May 26, 2011

  There's more bad news for Aaron Reich, the former California Highway Patrol (CHP) dispatch officer who, along with another CHP employee, leaked photographs of the 2006 Halloween decapitation of an 18-... More >>

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  John L. Adamoli Says Candy Statement Tainted Trial For Molesting Autistic Child

  published May 26, 2011

  John L. Adamoli isn't happy that he's serving an eight year prison sentence for committing lewd acts on his friend's 10-year-old autistic daughter in Huntington Beach during a party.Adamoli, 50, think... More >>

• Garden Grove Police Sued in Little Saigon Gaming Raid Case

  published May 25, 2011

  The Los Angeles based owners of 57 gaming machines seized in March by Garden Grove police and California Department of Justice is suing authorities in Orange County Superior Court for the return of th... More >>

• Larry Agran, It's Time for You to Go

  published May 26, 2011

  Never mind that Irvine City Councilman Larry Agran is six years late and hundreds of millions of dollars over budget on his government-led plan... More >>