Subject: Susan Kang Schroeder

• Black Gloves, Brown Camry, Bad Case.

  The Orange County District Attorney's office has declined to prosecute a Santa Ana health care activist for a bizarre case of road rage. Dr. Michael Fitzgibbons, a mild-mannered whistleblower who had criticized patient care at Santa Ana's Western Medical Center, was arrested two weeks ago for waving a loaded gun during a traffic altercation as he drove to work. He was in a celebratory mood this afternoon, just hours after the DA refused to charge him. "I believe this vindicates my statements th

  July 17, 2006

• DA's office: Use "Extreme Caution" with LA Times reporter

  The on again, off again war between the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County District Attorney's media affairs office is on again. Today, DA spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder sent an agencywide email "warning" staff about Times investigative reporter Christine Hanley. Schroeder claims that Hanley is "unethical," "reckless," "harasses people and their families," and wastes taxpayers dollars by filing "frivolous" public records requests. She advised prosecutors to use "extreme caution" with the

  September 26, 2006

• LA Times Defends Slammed Reporter; DA Fires Back

  Here's the background: On Tuesday, Orange County DA spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder took the extraordinary step of sending an agencywide email that not only challenged the ethics of LA Times reporter Christine Hanley, but also urged county prosecutors to use "extreme caution" when dealing with her. Schroeder's Sept. 26 email is available here. Today, Steve Marble, editor of the Orange County edition of the Times, defended Hanley, who has spent several months investigating Schroeder and her husb

  September 27, 2006

• This is NOT a Joke, OC people

  The San Bernardino County Sun's Michael Rappaport reported today what every Orange County resident feared: The end is near. In an article about the increasing affuence of the Inland Empire, Rappaport quoted Redlands-based regional economist John Husing saying—make sure your cocktail is securely placed on the dashboard of your personal jet or, at least, handed to the maid—"Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont" are "becoming the new Orange County." The scream you just heard was from Susan

  May 17, 2007

• Rhyming Rackauckas!

  June 5, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

  Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Earlier this year, Beroletti devoured 47 donuts in five minutes.) Tim “Eater X” Janus dunked his treats in a milk-water mixture and nabbed second place with 37.5 sandwiches. Rich “The Locust” LeF

  August 9, 2007

• Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: My New Slogan For The Deputies!

  Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package. The message on the T-shirts worn by the deputies said, “Back the Badge, Support the Star.” Supervisor John Moorlach has put the boys in green into a tizzy because he thinks a 2001 pay deal the c

  October 3, 2007

• Fourth Sheriff Carona Pal Convicted of Crimes

  Joseph G. Cavallo grew up poor in tough New Jersey neighborhoods, graduated from law school, made himself nationally famous as a California criminal-defense lawyer who earned millions of dollars. He owns an Orange County mansion, a small Caribbean island and a fleet of luxury cars Mike Tyson would envy. But today, Cavallo—recognized for his passionate defense of gang rapist Gregory Scott Haidl—hit bottom again. During a 10-minute court hearing with 13 members of the news media present (incl

  October 12, 2007

• Let's Play Where Are They Now: Haidl Gang Rapists

  Last year, an Orange County jury convicted three young men for the 2002 videotaped rape and molestation of an unconscious 16-year-old girl on a pool table in a Newport Beach garage. The case made national headlines not just because the drunk men laughed as they repeatedly shoved a Snapple bottle, apple-juice can, lit cigarette and a pool cue in both of the girl's lower orifices, but because one of the defendants was the son to an assistant Orange County sheriff, Don Haidl. If Haidl also happen

  October 17, 2007

• Gracias, John & Ken, and Screw You

  Outside of the Weekly, no media outlet has been more brutal on Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Mike Carona than The John and Ken Show on KFI-AM 640. The boyos have taken time off from railing about Reconquista to mock Carona, his political advisor Mike Schroeder, his wife Susan Kang Schroeder, and anyone who's stupid enough to defend the sheriff. JohnKen are so angry about Carona that yesterday they mulled whether to devote one hour of their show every day to Carona's many sexy escapades until the

  November 6, 2007

• Officer, is that dandruff under your nostril?

  It’s the last week of 2007 inside Orange County’s Central Justice Center, and the place is dead except at each of the three public entrances. A half-dozen young bailiffs have forgotten security fears (Al-Qaeda!) but collect pay and perks while they chat happily about the electronic toys they received for Christmas. Moments later, a well-dressed, polite, non-English-speaking man stops me, displays a court document and asks me if I speak Spanish. Nope. I scan the document he’s holding and d

  December 26, 2007

• Is OC's Political Dark Lord on the Run?

  Spotted Michael J. Schroeder--the black Hummer driving dark lord of Orange County Republican politics--in public lately? Legal process servers certainly haven't and they're a bit frustrated. They've been repeatedly foiled at Schroeder's Xerox Centre offices in Santa Ana and at the hillside Corona del Mar home he shares with wife Susan Kang Schroeder, public affairs counsel to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.The servers want to hand Schroeder, a lawyer and close adviser to Mike Carona, a subpoe

  February 20, 2009

• Sandra, Say It Ain't So!

  The deep, angry, artificial breathing you hear in the distance?No, Jim Silva is chewing happily on apple sauce. It's not even James Earl Jones on the set of an upcoming Star Wars flick. It's Orange County's dark political lord Mike "Vader" Schroeder (pictured). At Gulfstream in Newport Beach. In between sips of red wine and cigar puffs. And flicking ashes on Mickadeit's head.Norberto Santana Jr. over at the Register is reporting that Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has revoked Schroeder's permit to carr

  March 20, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Times are Tight

  February 26, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  December 4, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Sheriff Hutchens' Concealed-Weapon Policy Prompts Talk of Homosexual Plot

  October 16, 2008

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

  September 11, 2008

• DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to Sheriff's Department

  June 19, 2008

• Letters

  'I hold an ASS'

  June 14, 2007

• Commie Girl

  Sex on a school desk, the Governors health care plan and Susan Kang Schroeders actual age (38!)

  January 11, 2007

• Diary of a Mad County

  Sept. 20 - Sept. 26

  September 28, 2006

• Can I Get a Witness?

  July 27, 2006

• 'Showing 95-Year-Old Old Dick Isnt a Pretty Sight'

  October 6, 2005

• One Good Bribery Charge Deserves Another

  July 21, 2005

• The Asian Persuasion

  July 14, 2005

• SEX!

  April 28, 2005

• Playing Doctor

  December 2, 2004

• OC Law Enforcement 'Poisoned'

  Assemblyman Todd Spitzer questions the District Attorneys judgment, fairness

  October 7, 2004

• Whos Abusing the Kids?

  May 20, 2004

• Inexpert Witness

  May 13, 2004

• Lets Go Do Some Crimes

  March 11, 2004

• Rape-Tape Escape?

  March 4, 2004

• The Times They Are A-Changin . . . Back!

  March 4, 2004

• Letters

  January 22, 2004

• Whos Your Daddy?

  January 15, 2004

• She Just Toots Tonys Horn

  November 13, 2003

• Out of His Skull

  August 21, 2003

• Access for Ass Kiss

  July 24, 2003

• Street Justice

  June 19, 2003

• Gag Order

  June 5, 2003

• ARCO settlement

  December 26, 2002

• OC Deputies Outraged That DA Attacked Their Honesty; Demand Top Resignation!

  Something rare happened on Friday, April 17--and it wasn't just that the Orange County Register was pretending it had broken news about a trial it's reporters hadn't attended. On that date in 6 B.C., so I'm told, the sun, Jupiter, Saturn and our moon were aligned. I won't pretend to know what astrological activities were in place yesterday, but something bizarre happened here on Earth: usually in lockstep, Orange County law enforcement bitterly split ranks.Specifically, the Orange County Distric

  April 18, 2009

• Susan Kang Schroeder Fires Back At Angry OC Deputies

  Jack, Morgan, Susan & Mike"Ahhhh . . . Wayne is a friend who is just doing his job as a passionate union leader. I know at the end of the day, we have the same goal--to make Orange County law enforcement better. Cases such as the Chamberlain jail beating murder, OCSD Deputy Gerald Stenger child molestation case and this [excessive force] case give us an opportunity to dialogue and make necessary changes. We both want to be able to assure the public that when law enforcement testify under oat

  April 19, 2009

• Is the OC Deputy Union Instigating Trouble in the DA's Office?

  Photo by Beth StirnamanMike MajorDeep within the bowels of Orange County law enforcement circles today, a secret ballot vote will be announced regarding the popularity of Mike Major, the acting chief of the district attorney's bureau of investigation since March. On the surface, the non-public contest might deserve little attention. Cops are all pals, right?Wrong.Besides strong personalities, there are factions within factions in every law enforcement department. This is true at the Association

  May 13, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Rackauckas Doesn't Blink

  May 14, 2009

• Bill Hunt in Labor? Labor in Pain?

  Quint in a past life?A tad bit of lunchtime indigestion for Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters, conventional wisdom's opponents for the June 2010 sheriff's election: I spotted Bill Hunt sitting outside at a Santa Ana cafe this morning with, drum roll, Wayne J. Quint, head of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS). Behind cool shades, Hunt looked like the cat that ate the canary. Though outwardly sassy, Quint still had bruises and cuts (of the emotio

  May 19, 2009

• Ex-Orange County Democratic Party Boss Charged in Extortion Plot

  ToledanoJim Toledano, the 65-year-old former chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party and a three-time losing state assembly candidate, has been charged with two felony counts in an alleged $350,000 extortion plot, according to prosecutors.Also charged in the case is Toledano-client Michael Earl Roberts of Corona del Mar. The 44-year-old personal trainer is accused of repeatedly threatening to publicly disclose information about a female victim who'd used his services from 1995 to 2005. T

  June 29, 2009

• OC Judge Goes Easy On Female Trainer Who Had Sex With Student

    Former Tustin High School personal trainer, Hope Ashley Jacoby, 24, was today sentenced to three years of informal probation and 240 hours of community service, after pleading guilty to four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and three counts of oral copulation with a minor. Jacoby admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old male student in her car and at her home on several different occasions throughout 2008.  School officials learned of the relationship when pictures of Jaco

  July 29, 2009

• Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises

  Top U.S. Secrets to Crooks, Idiots and Dopers: The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., reports this morning that the Pentagon, the guys running the Iraq War, now want Congress to allow national security clearances for government employees who are “ex-convicts, drug addicts and mentally incompetent.” Congress currently bans the practice. But Pentagon brass say the restriction “unduly” handicaps the Department of Defense and note that people should be forgiven for their sins—unless, of

  July 10, 2007

• Feeling Slutty? Let Us Dress You Up as OC's Scariest People!

  October 29, 2009