Subject: Roberto Peralez

• Jury Declined to Hold Deputy Liable for Killing, Eating at McDonald's Minutes Later

  Earlier this month, Deputy Joseph William Balicki walked out of the Ronald Reagan federal courthouse in Santa Ana a happy man--off the hook for a killing. The veteran deputy, who has a history of questionable conduct involving Latinos, gunned down Roberto Peralez during a 2003 traffic stop in Stanton. Peralez, an unarmed 69-year-old man with a checkered criminal past, failed to obey all of Balicki's commands at the scene and was shot three times in the chest and heart. Ten minutes later Balicki

  December 15, 2007

• Crossing the Thin Blue Line

  Police expert slams OC Sheriff’s Department for ‘cowboy’ attitude and ‘fatal errors’ that led to a street execution

  November 29, 2007

• Draw Your Own Conclusions

  Why would a deputy who admitted to cruelly doctoring a crime-scene photo get a sweet promotion only months afterward?

  November 15, 2007

• Magnum Enforcer

  In an ongoing federal civil trial, it’s clear that one of Carona’s more violent deputies enjoys gunplay

  November 1, 2007