Subject: Debra Hoffman

• Photos: We shot the sheriff

  Sheriff Michael S. Carona and his wife Debbie make their walk of shame out of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at around 4 p.m. The pair (and Carona's longtime mistress, Debra Hoffman) sat cuffed inside the building moments earlier. Click the photo for more images from this afternoon's media circus! Alas, no photos of the much-talked-about threesome in cuffs. No cams were allowed in the building, and they didn't wear 'em out.

  October 31, 2007

• Carona in Cuffs!

  Sheriff Mike Carona, facing federal criminal corruption charges, turned himself in early this morning at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in downtown Santa Ana. Later in the afternoon, Carona, along with his wife Debbie and mistress Debra Hoffman, appeared in the courtroom of Judge Robert Block for a pre-arraignment hearing . . . aaahhh, you don't wanna read that stuff. And I don't wanna write it, either. Seriously, you can find all that blah-blah somewhere else (excepting maybe the OC Regi

  October 31, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines. No Surprises: Carona Free (For Now)

  Carona free (for now): Yesterday, Sheriff Mike Carona walked out of the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse with his wife, Debbie, after being cuffed and held in a cell for hours. They'll be back to enter their pleas Monday. Bail was set at $20,000 for each Carona and $10,000 for the sheriff's mistress, Debra Hoffman. Coverage: LAT, OC Reg. Be sure to read Weekly ME Rich Kane's way more lively take here. About that fire: It's now 90 percent contained. The Register reports that some 3,000 people re

  November 1, 2007

• Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: KFI Nailing Carona?

  Chivalry at its Finest! Federal prosecutors gave Michael S. Carona, 52, multiple chances to save his wife and one of his mistresses from aggressive federal prosecution if he agreed to plead guilty on corruption and obstruction of justice charges. But the self-styled Christian conservative sheriff resisted. Carona wanted to save his own ass, a source told Gil Reza and Christine Hanley for a story today in the LA Times. The sheriff offered to resign if the feds would let him escape all charges. P

  November 6, 2007

• Mike Carona Pulls An OJ During First Week of Corruption Trial

  November 2, 2008

• Why Would The Sheriff of OC Be "Scared Shitless"?

  "Yeah, me too." --Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona said in July 2007 to his onetime Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl who'd just described himself as "scared shitless" that another alleged co-conspirator, Debra V. Hoffman--Carona's chief mistress, had talked at length to FBI agents in Newport Beach. Carona, who is on trial on public corruption and bribery charges, was unaware that his words were being recorded. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)

  November 6, 2008

• Judge Separates Mike Carona From a Mistress

  It took a federal court order, but Mike Carona is finally a one-woman man. At least temporarily.The indicted ex-Orange County sheriff will have to adjust to that painful reality thanks to a mid-trial ruling.Federal Judge Andrew Guillford removed as a defendant Debra V. Hoffman--Carona's top mistress and, according to federal prosecutors, a co-conspirator in a sensational public-corruption case. Over the government's objections, Guilford granted a late defense motion to sever Hoffman from the cas

  December 2, 2008

• 6 Observations about Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's corruption trial

  1. If it's his decision to make, indicted ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who is a superbly confident man with rare charisma, will testify in his public corruption trial. 2. Although the FBI and IRS appear to have nailed Debra V. Hoffman, Carona's top mistress, on bankruptcy fraud related charges, the case against her slightly weakened today when federal Judge Andrew Guilford severed her from the trial against Carona, the government's main target. 3. Debbie Carona, the

  December 2, 2008

• Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day! Part Two

  "The cover story was that he wasn't there to obtain a blowjob. It was to sign [legal] documents." --Prosecution witness and current Orange County Sheriff's Department employee Sandy Murphy testifying today how Mike Carona and his mistress Debra Hoffman helped devise a lie to mask the assertion that Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo had been found getting a blowjob in a county vehicle. Later, Carona and Hoffman--who are co-defendants with Carona's wife in a public corruption case--soured on

  December 9, 2008

• Carona Guilty of Witness Tampering

   "America's Sheriff" is a convicted felon.Ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona was found not guilty of multiple conspiracy counts and one witness tampering count in Santa Ana federal court today, but he was still found guilty of another witness tampering count. According to federal prosecutors, 53-year-old Carona faces a sentence of zero to 10 years in prison on that count after a yet-to-be scheduled sentencing hearing.First elected sheriff in 1998, Carona is the highest ranking law enforce

  January 16, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Top 16 Witnesses for the Prosecution In the Mike Carona Corruption Trial

  December 11, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Mike Carona's Defense Team Accidentally Produce a Rogue-Cop Hero: Don Haidl

  November 27, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] The Crooked Sheriff Chuckled: Plot to Thwart Feds' Bribery Probe Amused Carona

  November 13, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Indicted Ex-OC Sheriff Banking on Jury Finding Him an Angel Among Thieves

  November 6, 2008