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2012 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

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  Orange County Waiter Gets Punished For Threatening High-Ranking FBI Agents

  published Dec 05, 2012

  The Orange County man who made several, wild threatening calls to the FBI last year won't be heading to prison because officials believe the defendant suffers from mental health issues.This week ... More >>

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  Little Lupe Fuentes' Vaginal Likeness Lawsuit Moves From California Courts To Texas

  published Dec 03, 2012

  We first reported in July that Southern California porn star Lupe "Little Lupe" Fuentes had filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against the Texas manufacturer of Fleshlight, a flesh-like m... More >>

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  Frito-Lay Gets Huge Bill In California Sales Staff Wage Cheating Case

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Frito-Lay, makers of the popular Fritos, Tostitos and Doritos chips, routinely cheated more than 2,100 sales employees out of money owed for overtime work in California, according to a class action la... More >>

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  Anaheim Man Shouldn't Have Used VW Beetle For Methamphetamine Delivery

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Henry Bustos grew up exceptionally poor in a small village in Michoacan, Mexico and sold candy and fruit on the roadside to help his family survive.At the age of 16, Bustos entered the United States w... More >>

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  Orange County Wife Beater Upset Federal Officials Deported Him To South Korea

  published Dec 01, 2012

  South Korean Paul Hyunpyo Lee pleaded guilty in 2004 to committing felonies and misdemeanors involving wife beating, child abuse, criminal threats and drug possession in exchange for a sweetheart deal... More >>

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  House Republicans Give Dana Rohrabacher What He Deserves

  published Nov 30, 2012

  As Dana Rohrabacher, Orange County's senior career politician, proudly moves into larger, more ornate House of Representative offices in Washington, D.C. to reflect his new status as chairman of the p... More >>

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  Federal Judge Punishes Orange County Mail Thief

  published Nov 30, 2012

  With an accomplice in January, Henry Gerhard Amundson stole more than 40 pieces of mail in cities like Mission Viejo and Lake Forest and doctored checks to steal money before police stopped them in Co... More >>

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  TheLiberalOC: Allan Bartlett, Ron Paul Fan, Will Get Irvine Finance Commission Appointment

  published Nov 29, 2012

  Veteran Orange County Republican activist Allan Bartlett, an outspoken critic of Larry Agran's lefty, tainted political machine in Irvine, will be appointed to the city's finance commission, according... More >>

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  Tim Carpenter, OC-Tied Director of Progressive Democrats of America, Calls On Federal Spending Boost

  published Nov 29, 2012

  Cal State Fullerton graduate Tim Carpenter--a longtime, popular liberal activist in Orange County before moving to Massachusetts--is calling on Democrats to resist Republican attempts to shortchange m... More >>

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  Questionable Press Release Wins OC Pharmaceuticals Company A Class Action Lawsuit

  published Nov 29, 2012

  A struggling Tustin-based pharmaceuticals company got more bad news this week when a federal judge in Orange County granted class action status to a pending securities fraud lawsuit. In an 18-pag... More >>

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  Notorious Mongols Gangster Admits RICO Guilt in Federal Court

  published Nov 29, 2012

  Federal prison will soon get a little bit heavier for many years.A 6-foot-4 and 380 pound, onetime gang leader of the Mongols Nation Motorcycle Club--a rival to the Hells Angels--has admitted he ... More >>

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  OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen Alerts Little Saigon Residents to Active Burglary/Auto Theft Ring

  published Nov 28, 2012

  Attention Little Saigon residents: Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen says there is a vehicle theft/residential burglary ring operating on her turf.According to a press release, local law enforceme... More >>

• Tony Rackauckas and Larry Agran's Cash-Corruption Connection

  published November 29, 2012

  Thirteen years ago, Tony Rackauckas began his first term as Orange County District Attorney with a series of breathtaking ethical lapses.... More >>

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  Prosecutor Unhappy Medical Marijuana Shop Ringleader Was Released On Bail; But Is Secretive About Her Reasoning

  published Nov 28, 2012

  [UPDATED at end] Prosecutors aren't happy that a federal judge gave bail to the San Clemente ringleader of an alleged illegal Southern California medical marijuana dispensary operation.On Nov. 6, U.S.... More >>

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  Feds Indict Orange County Trio For Selling Methamphetamine

  published Nov 28, 2012

  A federal grand jury in Southern California has indicted three Orange County residents for allegedly conspiring to sell large quantities of methamphetamine in Garden Grove, Cypress and Buena Park.Acco... More >>

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  [UPDATED with Statement:] Sandra Hutchens, Orange County Sheriff, Battling Breast Cancer

  published Nov 26, 2012

  See the update at the end of this post on the statement the sheriff released this evening.ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 26, 1:34 P.M.: Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens is battling breast cancer but expects... More >>

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  Judge Slams FBI's Italian Cruise Ship Murder Case; Orders $1 Million Returned To OC Suspect

  published Nov 26, 2012

  Based on government documents reviewed by OC Weekly, there's no doubt FBI agents in California believe an Orange County lawyer murdered his ex-wife for financial gain during a 2006 Italian c... More >>

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  OC Company Boss To Asian Employee: You Can't Speak Vietnamese Even On Private Time

  published Nov 23, 2012

  A veteran Orange County lab assistant who claims that his boss banned him from speaking Vietnamese anytime on the job--even on breaks or at off-duty functions--has agreed to settle his employment disc... More >>

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  Laguna Hills Bank Robber Demands Federal Prison Sentence Reduction Because He's Not So Bad

  published Nov 23, 2012

  In May 2010, Los Angeles hoodlums Laterrial Dewaun Norwood and Rashad Branagh donned ski masks, hooded sweatshirts and gloves to rob $26,577 from the Citizens Business Bank in Laguna Hills.A Californi... More >>

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  U.S. Postal Inspectors Bust Alleged SoCal-Vegas-Greece Fraud Ring

  published Nov 21, 2012

  On-the-ball U.S. Postal Inspection Service officers based in the Long Beach/Orange County region have arrested a 59-year-old woman for her alleged participation in an international banking fraud schem... More >>

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  Craigslist iPhone Buyers Who Passed Counterfeit Bills Learn Fate: Federal Prison

  published Nov 21, 2012

  With his 24-year-old co-conspirator Matthew An, Sam June Kim operated a three-month, 2012 con game that targeted Craigslist.com sellers of their personal iPhones. The pair ripped off at leas... More >>

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  Marsy's Law Foils Costa Mesa Killer's Hope For Early Prison Parole

  published Nov 20, 2012

  Chung Chung Kao committed a terrible crime years ago in Orange County and now he says he's ready to return to freedom.In Dec. 1992, Kao shot Chung Long Lu, an Orange Coast Community College stude... More >>

• Garden Grove Cops to Hugo Sarmiento: 'This Mexican Speaks English!'

  published November 21, 2012

  The case of Hugo V. Sarmiento isn't exactly ideal in the fight against Southern California police brutality. Sarmiento is alive and well after... More >>

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  Tony Rackauckas Apologies To OC Republicans For Helping Democrat Larry Agran's Campaign

  published Nov 20, 2012

  Nearly three weeks after he made a shocking election eve robocall to support Democrat Larry Agran's mayoral campaign in Irvine, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas apologized to his fellow Orange County... More >>

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  Humbled Jim Righeimer Whips Out His Peace Pipe For Costa Mesa City Employee Union

  published Nov 19, 2012

  The threat level in the bitter, intense Costa Mesa war between Republican councilman Jim Righeimer and the city's public employee union finally might be downgraded from severe to guarded, according to... More >>