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October 4, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Is An OC lawyer also a Slumlord?
Relax, It's Just a Game: Scott Glover and Matt Lait at the Times reveal today that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies have been playing on-duty law-enforcement competitions. According to an internal department e-mail obtained by the reporters, one game was called “Operation Any Booking,” i ... 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 12, 2008
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 >>
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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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February 10, 2009
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 >>
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October 30, 2008
[Scariest People 2008] Orange Zombie
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 >>
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July 10, 2008
Another Witness Weighs In on the Jailhouse Beating of Ex-Kiss Guitarist Mark Leslie Norton
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 >>
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June 19, 2008
DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to Sheriff's Department
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 >>
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April 17, 2008
Theo Lacy Unmasked: Was Ex-Kiss Guitarist Mark St. John a Victim of Brutal Jailhouse Justice?
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 >>
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April 3, 2008
Jared Petrovich Admits His Role In the Killing of John Chamberlain. But Why Did He Target the Guy?
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 >>
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March 13, 2008
An Open Letter to DA Tony Rackauckas Regarding the Jailhouse Murder of John Chamberlain
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 >>
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)
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March 29, 2007
Blind Spot
For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, juryand executioner
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January 25, 2010
Judge in Jailhouse Murder Case Failed to Disclose Conflict; DA Should Drop Case, Motions Claim
Jared PetrovichThe 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 >>
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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
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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 >>
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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
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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 >>
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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 8, 2011
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 >>
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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 11, 2011
The John Chamberlain Murder Trial Begins
[Moxley Confidential] Some defense lawyers claim the deputies made their clients do it
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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 >>
Columns
August 18, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
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 >>
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
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 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
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 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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December 29, 2011
What We Learned
The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!

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