John Derek Chamberlain

OC's Ebrahim Baytieh Named California's Outstanding Prosecutor of the Year

The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) has named Orange County's Ebrahim Baytieh as the state's "Outstanding Prosecutor of the Year."The honor is not surprising. During his career, Baytieh--a tireless Senior Deputy District Attorney with a photographic memory and a gentlemanly courtroo ... More >>

Jennifer Tamara McClain Is a Prisoner of Love

[Moxley Confidential] Black sheriff's deputy arrested for having enthusiastic sexual affair with a white supremacist inmate in OC Jail

World's Greatest Nazi Love Story Born in Southern California in Time for Valentine's Day

Kinky love is in the air!​On a planet bombarded with daily stories of horrific violence and cruelty, there is one true Valentine Day's tale that proves once bitter, seemingly eternal enemies can reconcile and fall into passionate, puppy love.Think: Hezbollah soldier hooking up with an Orthodox rab ... More >>

The John Chamberlain Murder Trial Begins

[Moxley Confidential] Some defense lawyers claim the deputies made their clients do it

The Face of Kelly Thomas v. The Face of John Chamberlain

Chamberlain before he met his executioners​Prosecutors in the John Derek Chamberlain murder trial yesterday displayed numerous morgue photographs of the pre-trial criminal defendant who was beaten to death by other inmates inside Orange County's Theo Lacy Jail in October 2006. The pictures of Cham ... More >>

DA: Defendants Tortured, Sexually Assaulted and Killed John Derek Chamberlain

Jared Petrovich: OC jail deputies wanted inmates to beat Chamberlain ​In a 59-minute opening statement today, Orange County homicide prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh promised jurors he won't "sugarcoat anything" about the gruesome 2006 jailhouse murder of John Derek Chamberlain by "waves" of inmates who ... More >>

The Hard Cell At the OC Jail

[Moxley Confidential] Deputies locked an innocent man in a cell with a homicidal, white-supremacist gangster and walked away

Judge in Jailhouse Murder Case Failed to Disclose Conflict; DA Should Drop Case, Motions Claim

Jared Petrovich​The case of the brutal Oct. 5, 2006 murder of John Derek Chamberlain, an inmate at Theo Lacy Men's Jail who died at the hands of inmates who believed he was a child molester, is already sensational enough. Although only nine inmates have been charged in his death, both the suspects ... More >>

Excessive Force Controversy Continues To Annoy OC Deputy Union

Deputies reject criticism​Sheriff's deputy union officials are privately continuing to lobby Tony Rackauckas in an effort to get the district attorney to flip-flop on his May 2009 assertion that several deputies gave untruthful testimony to protect another officer accused of twice usin ... More >>

[Moxley Confidential] Clint McCall Gets His Man, Again

Another Sheriff's Employee Who Tarnished Badge Leaves OCSD

In light of the Orange County Register report on Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Taylor, the lead jailer at the center of inmate John Derek Chamberlain's October 2006 death by stomping, finally leaving OCSD, it's worth comparing his future with that of the killers many believe he egged on. The Weekly's Nick ... More >>

[Moxley Confidential] The Strange Case of the Deputy-Confiscated Videotape

Jared Petrovich Admits His Role In the Killing of John Chamberlain. But Why Did He Target the Guy?

Future Of Sheriff's Department, County At Risk

On Feb. 29 in this blog, R. Scott Moxley foresaw an "upcoming unflattering grand jury report" on the jailhouse murder of John Derek Chamberlain. Chamberlain was beat to death by inmates while Deputy Kevin Taylor, the on-duty officer, allegedly failed to notice the prolonged beating because he was wa ... More >>

Blind Spot

For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, juryand executioner