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March 6, 2008
DA to speak tomorrow on OC Jail Murder
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 and the grand jury investigated the killing, but the results have not yet been made public. Rackauckas ... More >>
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March 7, 2008
Jail Deputies Officially Off the Hook for Bloodiest Jail Murder in County History
At a press conference this afternoon at the District Attorney's headquarters in Santa Ana, DA Tony Rackauckas announced that a nine-month grand jury investigation by his agency failed to uncover any evidence to charge any Orange County Sheriff's Department personnel for the most bloody murder in the ... More >>
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March 11, 2008
The Acting-Loving Jack Anderson
The county is still abuzz about the failed jewelry heist at the Shops at Mission Viejo that left an idiot in a bad wig dead and the Orange County Sheriff Department investigating its own since two deputies shot the guy. Given that Kirk Christian Knight (just one letter removed from KKK!) fired at th ... More >>
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April 7, 2008
Dirty Deputies? Where have you read that before today?
'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 the Jailhouse Murder of John Chamberlain; March 13, 2008, By Nick Schou Tased and Not Confused: To ... More >>
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April 7, 2008
OC Sheriff's officials call deputy in Jail Murder Probe "Lazy" and a "Bully"
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
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July 10, 2008
Another Witness Weighs In on the Jailhouse Beating of Ex-Kiss Guitarist Mark Leslie Norton
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
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June 19, 2008
DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to Sheriff's Department
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
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April 17, 2008
Theo Lacy Unmasked: Was Ex-Kiss Guitarist Mark St. John a Victim of Brutal Jailhouse Justice?
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
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April 10, 2008
[Moxley Confidential] DA's Report Is a Stunning Indictment of the Mike Carona-Run Jails—Sort Of
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
Columns
April 3, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
Columns
March 20, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
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March 13, 2008
An Open Letter to DA Tony Rackauckas Regarding the Jailhouse Murder of John Chamberlain
According to his colleagues and superiors, the deputy at the center of Orange County's bloodiest jailhouse murder—a man who claims he was watching television when two dozen inmates beat a suspected child molester to death just yards away—is “lazy” and showed a pattern of behavior described b ... More >>
Features
October 25, 2007
OC's Scariest People
Our Congressional delegation tops this year’s list of 33 villains (31 for October, plus two more to get to the Dia de los Muertos, ese)
News
May 10, 2007
Tased and Not Confused
To lawyer in OC jailhouse-tasing incident, missing footage is no shocker
Columns
April 12, 2007
Letters
'This article is CRAP. This interview never happened, and falsifying information in that way is wrong for so many reasons. Mickey Mouse is a household name. Its like slandering Jesus; you just dont do it'
Columns
April 23, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
'This article is CRAP. This interview never happened, and falsifying information in that way is wrong for so many reasons. Mickey Mouse is a household name. Its like slandering Jesus; you just dont do it'
Blogs
June 9, 2009
Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's Pet Deputy Sues Over Lesbian Discrimination, Murder Corruption Probe
Galisky says anti-gay bigots knocked her out of OCSDCan a onetime lesbian assistant sheriff who rose in rank above potentially hundreds of more qualified deputies solely because of her unswerving personal loyalty to a corrupt sheriff claim that her career was sabotaged by anti-gay bigots?Well, if yo ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Justice Department Probing OC Jail Brutality
Ex-Sheriff Carona to Feds: Please Clean up the Jails before I start serving time!Front page stories in both the LA Times and Register today report that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating Orange County's jail system in the wake of recent brutality allegations. "Officials from the departm ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
The John Chamberlain Jailhouse Murder: One of the Accused Speaks
Stephen Carlstrom still can't believe he's facing trial and the jail's guards are not
Blogs
January 12, 2011
Michael Garten, Charged in OC's Bloodiest Jailhouse Murder, Pleads Guilty
Courtesy OCDAMichael Garten's booking photoMichael Garten, one of nine inmates charged in the October 2006 beating death of John Chamberlain, a Mission Viejo software engineer who'd been arrested for possession of child pornography, has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. In a deal first re ... More >>
News
January 20, 2011
Who'll Stop the Pain?
A recent spate of suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County's jails has jail staff and activists alike clamoring for reform
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January 27, 2011
The John Chamberlain Jail Killing: Another Defendant's Account
A harrowing exclusive interview with Michael Garten, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the jailhouse-beating case
Blogs
January 18, 2011
Two More Inmates in OC Jailhouse Murder Plead Guilty
Christopher Teague and Jeremy Dezso Culmann, two of nine inmates charged with beating to death a suspected child molester inside Theo Lacy Jail in Oct. 2006, have pleaded guilty to the crime, according to a press release issued by the Orange County district attorney's office today. As the Weekly ... More >>
Columns
February 4, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Christopher Teague and Jeremy Dezso Culmann, two of nine inmates charged with beating to death a suspected child molester inside Theo Lacy Jail in Oct. 2006, have pleaded guilty to the crime, according to a press release issued by the Orange County district attorney's office today. As the Weekly ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Christopher Teague and Jeremy Dezso Culmann, two of nine inmates charged with beating to death a suspected child molester inside Theo Lacy Jail in Oct. 2006, have pleaded guilty to the crime, according to a press release issued by the Orange County district attorney's office today. As the Weekly ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
MSNBC'S Lockup Extended Stay, OC Version, to Debut Saturday Night
Charles Butterfield, Daughter Killer, Reality TV StarWe've been waiting for this a long time: "MSNBC's popular behind-bars reality show Lockup Extended Stay debuts tomorrow at 7 p.m. Pacific Time." In case the name of the program doesn't ring a bell, you've probably seen it while flipping the cha ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
John Chamberlain Jailhouse Beating Death Trial Opening Statements Due This Morning
ChamberlainOpening statements are expected to begin this morning in the murder trial of five jail inmates accused of beating John Chamberlain to death at Orange's Theo Lacy Facility in 2006 because they believed their fellow inmate was a child molester. Garrett Eugene Aguilar, 28, of Anaheim; S ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Media Fail: Code Of Silence Obeyed in Brutal OC Jailhouse Murder Trial
Deputy Kevin TaylorOn Monday, Aug. 8, opening arguments began in the long-awaited trial of five Theo Lacy Jail inmates charged with the brutal October 2006 murder of John Chamberlain, a Rancho Santa Margarita software engineer awaiting trial on child pornography charges. Along with a host of loca ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
John Chamberlain Murder Trial Day Three: Deputy Taylor's Partner Speaks
John Chamberlain's booking photoYou could tell that Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Chapluk was nervous. Okay, maybe not as nervous as he was on that security footage from the night of Oct. 5, 2006 when he and fellow Theo Lacy Jail guard Kevin Taylor were bouncing around the guard tower insi ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
John Chamber Murder Trial Days Four & Five: "A Culture of Fear"
John Chamberlain's booking photoIf there's one thing both prosecutors and defense attorneys seem to agree about in the trial of five former Theo Lacy Jail inmates charged with the brutal Oct. 5, 2006 slaying of John Chamberlain, it's this: there was a "culture of fear" inside F-Barracks West, the ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
John Chamber Murder Trial Day Six: "All Kinds of Humiliation"
John Chamberlain's booking photoAs the first full week in the trial of the bloodiest jailhouse murder in Orange County history draws to a close, one thing is clear: of all the five defendants charged in the Oct. 5, 2006 murder of John Chamberlain, the Rancho Santa Margarita man the suspects belie ... More >>
News
August 25, 2011
Jason Chapluk Gets All Chapluk-ed Up
One of the two sheriff's deputies on duty the night of John Chamberlain's jailhouse murder wimps out on the witness stand
Columns
September 1, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
One of the two sheriff's deputies on duty the night of John Chamberlain's jailhouse murder wimps out on the witness stand
Blogs
September 13, 2011
John Chamberlain Murder Trial: Judge Rules to Exclude Evidence of Alleged Cover-Up
Ex-Deputy Kevin TaylorAs anyone who has followed this story already knows, John Chamberlain, a Rancho Santa Margarita software engineer arrested for possession of child pornography, was brutally assaulted at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange by dozens of inmates who believed he was a child molester. H ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
John Chamberlain Murder Trial: Witness Says Guard Told Inmates "I Didn't Say to Kill" Victim
Ex-Deputy Kevin TaylorThe words and actions of Deputy Kevin Taylor, the guard that inmates accuse of spreading the rumor that John Chamberlain was a child molester on the day he was beaten to death, have so far played only a background role in the trial of the five former Theo Lacy Jail prisoners ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
John Chamberlain Murder Trial: Runaway Juror Edition
John Chamberlain's booking photoClosing arguments in the trial of five former Theo Lacy Jail inmates accused in the Oct. 5, 2006 beating death of John Chamberlain, perhaps Orange County's most gruesome jailhouse murder, were delayed today because of a missing juror. What makes this news funny rat ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
John Chamberlain Murder Trial: Who Lit the Fire?
Jared Petrovich's booking photoClosing arguments began today in the two-month long trial of five jail inmates accused of murdering John Chamberlain, a suspected child molester, at Theo Lacy Jail on Oct. 5, 2006. While both prosecutors and defense attorneys have sparred over seemingly every aspect ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
John Chamberlain Murder Trial: "Cold Blooded, Black Hearted Murderers"
John Chamberlain's booking photoShortly before asking jurors to return first degree murder verdicts against the five former Theo Lacy Jail inmates charged in the brutal Oct. 6, 2006 murder of suspected child molester John Chamberlain, Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh asked them to look on ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
[UPDATED W/PHOTOS] John Chamberlain Murder Trial: Jurors Reject First Degree Murder
UPDATE, OCT 24, 6:10 P.M.: The jury in the case of five Theo Lacy Jail inmates accused of murdering John Chamberlain, the software engineer they suspected of being a child molester, may be hopelessly deadlocked, but they've agreed on one point: they cannot unanimously convict the defendants of fi ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
[UPDATED W/Courtroom Drama] John Chamberlain Murder Trial Verdict: All Five Defendants Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
Paul Bersebach, OC Register pool photographerJared Petrovich enters the courtroom on Oct. 24UPDATED, Oct. 26 11:42 P.M.: You could see it in the faces of the five handcuffed men as they were led into Judge James Stotler's courtroom shortly after 5:30 p.m last night. Just over 24 hours earlier, th ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Kevin Taylor: The Missing Defendant in the Chamberlain Murder
Five former inmates will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison for the jailhouse killing, while the man who many say instigated it wasn't even charged
News
October 27, 2011
OC's Scariest People 2011
Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders
Columns
November 3, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders
Blogs
November 8, 2011
Paul Michael Dewey: Another Orange County Jail Inmate Dies
Green Machine work?Orange County Sheriff's Department (OSCD) officials announced late today that the local court system has one less criminal defendant to process because a pre-trial inmate died yesterday.That man, 54-year-old Paul Michael Dewey, allegedly attempted suicide "while alone in the da ... More >>
News
November 10, 2011
The Chamberlain Files
The inside story of covering—and becoming part of—the county's most disturbing jailhouse murder case
Columns
November 17, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
The inside story of covering—and becoming part of—the county's most disturbing jailhouse murder case
Blogs
December 5, 2011
Miguel Guillen, Chamberlain Murder Trial Defendant, Sentenced to 20 Years to Life
OC Register pool photographMiguel Guillen shortly before being convicted of murderMiguel Guillen, the 48-year-old former Theo Lacy Jail inmate convicted in October of the 2006 murder of fellow prisoner John Chamberlain, a Rancho Santa Margarita software engineer suspected of being a child moleste ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
8 Reasons October Was 2011's Worst Month
There was a lot to hate about 2011 as a whole.And, there are still nine days left for December to make a case for changing my mind about which was the worst month in Orange County this year.But, from my perch on this ivory tower I call "couch," I'm ready to proclaim October 2011 as the nastiest m ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Jared Petrovich, Garrett Aguilar: Life In Prison for John Chamberlain Murder Trial Defendants
Jared Petrovich and Garrett Aguilar, two of six former Theo Lacy Jail inmates charged in the Oct. 6, 2006 beating death of John Chamberlain, a Rancho Santa Margarita software engineer facing trial for possessing child pornography, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison today. The alleged sho ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
What We Learned, Jan. 21-Jan. 27
PerezA random collection of this week's randomness randomly tagged with random observations of what we learned from it.JAN. 21: Orange County's Democratic establishment is thrown into a tizzy as Julio Perez, formerly of the Orange County Labor Federation, handily gets more votes than his 69th Ass ... More >>
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