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his penis “The Little Sheriff,” partied with Las Vegas organized crime associates in a Newport Beach bar, used morally corrupt air squad deputies to harass questioning journalists and was arrested for corruption by the
FBI and IRS after the 2006 race–is presently serving a 66-month federal
prison sentence in Colorado.
give Hunt justice, McEachen ordered the OCSD to hand him back his
high-ranking job and give him more than $280,619 in back pay plus $50,000 in
penalties. The county will also have to reimburse him for his lawyer fees.
before had a person with Hunt's experience, rank and exemplary record
been demoted from a command position to a street patrol deputy,”
observed the Gov. Pete Wilson-appointed judge, who also stated that Carona had violated
California's Peace Officers' Bill of Rights by punishing the lieutenant for making constitutionally-protected political statements. “This court's findings will contribute to the
restoration of Hunt's highly respected name.”
Though the ex-sheriff is a convicted felon, taxpayers are paying him more than $20,000 a month in public employee pension benefits even while he's in prison and will do so for as long as he lives.
CNN-featured investigative reporter R. Scott Moxley has won Journalist of the Year honors at the Los Angeles Press Club; been named Distinguished Journalist of the Year by the LA Society of Professional Journalists; obtained one of the last exclusive prison interviews with Charles Manson disciple Susan Atkins; won inclusion in Jeffrey Toobin’s The Best American Crime Reporting for his coverage of a white supremacist’s senseless murder of a beloved Vietnamese refugee; launched multi-year probes that resulted in the FBI arrests and convictions of the top three ranking members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department; and gained praise from New York Times Magazine writers for his “herculean job” exposing entrenched Southern California law enforcement corruption.