Benito Evaristo Rayo, Sr., OC Daddy Rapist: Punishment Too Harsh

Benito Evaristo Rayo, Sr. isn't a happy man. The onetime Santa Ana father and current California prison resident doesn't believe that his sexual relationship with his 11-year-old daughter was substantial and deserving of tough punishment. What did Rayo do to his daughter after getting drunk? ] He showed her a pornographic movie, sucked her breasts, …

Scott Christopher Montoya: 'Stallion' Deputy Fired Because He Couldn't Restrain On-Duty Sexual Urges

Scott Christopher Montoya–a former Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) deputy who is fighting to regain his job–routinely told women he met while on duty they were “doable” and “fuckable,” described himself to women as a “Stallion,” enjoyed questionable personal contact with a street prostitute, fabricated duty logs about his whereabouts, and bragged to a female …

Marilyn Davenport Ally: It’s GOP Boss Scott Baugh Who Should Be Reprimanded

The chief defender of Marilyn Davenport, the Orange County Republican Party official tied to a racist email depicting President Barack Obama and his parents as chimpanzees, is urging the party’s executive committee members to focus its attention not on Davenport but instead party chairman Scott Baugh for violating the group’s bylaws. “Marilyn has disciplined herself,” …

Deputy Scott Montoya is One Hero the OCSD Doesn't Want

Far too often in this era we are apt to name someone a hero when it's not deserved. But Scott Montoya, an Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy, is unquestionably a man who faced imminent, mortal danger with uncommon courage and saved lives. During the April 8, 2003, battle for Baghdad, Montoya–on assignment as a U.S. …

Scott R. Baugh, Chairman of Orange County Republican Party, Gets a Challenger

Chairman Baugh ​ Scott R. Baugh, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, won't get another term in office without a fight. Longtime party activist Tim Whitacre has announced that he will challenge Baugh for the top slot at the county's most powerful political party. The news came this morning in an e-mail Whitacre sent …

Mr. Wagner (Finally) Goes to Prison

It’s not often in Orange County—or probably anywhere in California—that a prominent defense attorney becomes a prosecution hero. But Jennifer Keller, a self-styled “tenacious” Irvine-based lawyer who has delighted in occasionally defeating deputy district attorneys, accomplished that notable feat this month. Perhaps even more notable is that the man she assured would go to prison …

Scott Baugh Enlists GOP Attacker In Hopes of Discrediting Factual Story On Lobbying Pact

In 2006, Daystar wanted to takeover Orange County’s public broadcasting channel at KOCE in Huntington Beach. The Texas-based evangelical television network hired Platinum Advisors, a California lobbying outfit, to block legislative attempts to thwart the company’s desire. I’ll let Rick Reiff, executive editor of the Orange County Business Journal and host of Inside OC on …

Scott Baugh’s Big, No-Bid County Lobbying Deal

For the past six years, Scott Baugh has served as captain of Orange County’s dominant Republican party. All five members of the county’s Board of Supervisors are Republicans. Those supervisors rely not just on getting the GOP endorsement each election to remain in control over billions of dollars in annual local government spending, but they …

Dr. Orly Taitz Needs Your Assistance Taking Down Barack Obama

Dr. Orly Taitz says it's challenging not being “a part of the controlled [Barack Obama] opposition.” For example, Taitz says the mainstream media (MSM) ignores her or pokes fun of her goal to impeach President Obama because he is a native-born citizen of Kenya. But while the MSM isn't watching, the Orange County dentist says …

Dr. George Steven Kooshian Gets Prison, Restitution for AIDS Dosing, Billing Scam

Nine and a half years after the Weekly's R. Scott Moxley broke the story about well-known AIDS doctor George Steven Kooshian having injected patients with saline and vitamins instead of the expensive drugs they were billed for, the 59-year-old was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison. Kooshian–who operated clinics under the names Valley …