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October 23, 2007
QWM (Quarterbacking While Mexican): USC Edition
By law, I'm not allowed to say anything nice about the University of Southern California--I'm a UCLA grad (fire Dorrell!), and many of the lords of Orange County (from Theo Lacy to John Wayne to Mike Schroeder) attended Troy. But I always liked current Trojans quarterback Mark Sanchez, not just beca ... More >>
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October 30, 2007
Orange County's Bad Sheriffs: A Brief History
With the world going ga-ga about our federally indicted sheriff Mike Carona, what better time to take a trip back and revisit the county's more-jerkish sheriffs? Just a brief history, ma'am: THEO LACY (1891-1895; 1899-1911): Presided over the last lynching in Orange County history. LOGAN JACKSON ( ... 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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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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April 16, 2008
I CAN HAZ JUSTISS????
A grand jury report and numerous articles have detailed the barbaric system of jailhouse (in)justice administered by the deputies at Theo Lacy jail. Pretty much everyone involved acknowledges that deputies routinely condoned, authorized, facilitated, ordered, and/or ignored the beating of inmates ... 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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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 >>
Columns
April 17, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
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 >>
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April 29, 2004
Strange Fruta
The Inevitable Death of Francisco Torres
News
March 29, 2007
Blind Spot
For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, juryand executioner
Columns
February 23, 2006
Letters
'Keep It Up. You Rock. Dont Ever Change. All That Crap.'
News
February 16, 2006
The Trials of Billy Joe, White Supremacist
Gang leader and murder suspect says he was brutalized by jail deputies
News
November 13, 2003
Open Big House
Nick Schou gets inside OCs toughest jail
News
August 31, 2000
The Kid is Free!
Arthur Carmona released from jail 10 years earlyand two years too late
News
July 6, 2000
Live Fast, Die Young
The rise and hard fall of rockabilly barber Jake Bricks
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July 14, 2009
Crime Time: Methed Mom, Nitrous Oxide, a Full Moon, a Gutted Black Cat and a Skateboarding Giant Ax Carrier
It's our weekly Weekly roundup of Orange County police calls--with suspect mugs!TUESDAY, JULY 7Courtesy of Cypress Police DepartmentAlison Le Anne EbertAt Least She Left the TV On Officers responding to an anonymous, 4:45 a.m. report of child abuse in a home in the 8500 block of La Homa Street in Cy ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>
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November 13, 2009
Forty-Year-Old Fugitive Monk/'Hippie Mafia" Case Gets More Goofy
Brenice Lee Smith and Friends circa 1972Orange County Sheriff's Department inmate number 2537327, better known as Brenice "Brennie" Lee Smith--or Dorje to his family and fellow Buddhist devotees--has been behind bars for almost two months now thanks to a pair of nearly 40-year-old hash smuggling ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Distant Karma Catches Up With the Brotherhood's Brenice Lee Smith
Brenice Lee Smith and Friends circa 1972Orange County Sheriff's Department inmate number 2537327, better known as Brenice "Brennie" Lee Smith--or Dorje to his family and fellow Buddhist devotees--has been behind bars for almost two months now thanks to a pair of nearly 40-year-old hash smuggling ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Is There an App For Stopping the Baddies Following You From the Apple Store?
Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentArrested were (clockwise from top right): Garzon Omar David Diaz; Louis Carlos Lopez and John Marlon Rodriguez.The three Los Angeles men above have been arrested in connection with more than 80 burglaries and car break-ins targeting customers they'd a ... More >>
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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
News
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
February 3, 2011
Immigration Detainee Dies at Theo Lacy Jail
Remember that cover story that ran in the Weekly a few weeks back about suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County Jails? The one that mentioned how the Sheriff's Dept. is filling up empty bunks with hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees? Well, now we can add an IC ... More >>
Columns
February 4, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Remember that cover story that ran in the Weekly a few weeks back about suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County Jails? The one that mentioned how the Sheriff's Dept. is filling up empty bunks with hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees? Well, now we can add an IC ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2011
Profiles in OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Sam Jernigan and Jesse Elliott, Orange County Sheriffs
Baby Klan will do for an image until we get a logo for this series...Orange County has never exactly excelled in electing the best sheriffs. There was Theo Lacy, who most likely participated in the lynching of Francisco Torres, and James Musick, who paraded around Mexicans during court hearings s ... More >>
News
August 11, 2011
The John Chamberlain Murder Trial Begins
[Moxley Confidential] Some defense lawyers claim the deputies made their clients do it
Blogs
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 >>
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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
News
November 10, 2011
The Chamberlain Files
The inside story of covering—and becoming part of—the county's most disturbing jailhouse murder case
Blogs
January 5, 2012
Worker at Irvine Burger King Arrested for Repeatedly Stealing Lunch Money from Disabled Woman
LuceroIt seems Chik-fil-A isn't the only fast-food chain with asshole workers in Irvine. Yesterday, Irvine PD arrested Burger King employee Luis Maximino Lucero Ballinas after a weeks-long investigation in which they discovered he had repeatedly stolen money from a disabled woman.The woman's par ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
[UPDATED W/SWIFT CAPTURE]: William Scott Woodin, Theo Lacy Jail Inmate, Escape Artist
Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWilliam Scott Woodin's Booking PhotoUPDATE, Jan. 6, 3:15 P.M.: Well, that didn't take long. According to a story on the KABC website, Orange County Sheriff's deputies captured William Scott Woodin at a park in Lake Forest yesterday. That makes Woodin's spectacul ... 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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