Posts Tagged ‘Michael Carona’
Former Orange County Sheriff Surrenders
Written by 888BailBond Bondsman on January 25, 2011 – 3:55 pm -Will Serve 5 ½ Year Jail Sentence
Tuesday morning, former Orange County Sheriff, Michael S. Carona, surrendered himself to authorities located in Littleton, Colorado.
Carona is facing a 5 ½ year sentence due to a 2007 felony charge of corruption dealing with witness tampering while he was serving on the Orange County Sheriff Department. Carona’s trial took place over a two month span back in 2009 in Santa Ana, where prosecutors argued that Carona had been accepting cash payments, participated in illicit sexual affairs and gave badges to campaign contributors as well as allowed them to carry concealed-weapon licenses.
Carona, however, was acquitted from five of the six charges but was still found guilty of encouraging Deputy Don Haidl to lie to the grand jury. Furthermore, both Carona’s wife, Deborah Carona and his mistress, Debra Hoffman, faced similar charges but were dropped after the acquittal of Michael Carona.
Carona had been set free on bail after Read more »
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Orange County Inmates Coerced to use Bondsmen
Written by Tonya Rynerson on March 6, 2009 – 11:58 am -
Some Orange County jail inmates are convincing others to contact certain bondsmen and receiving financial benefit in return… That’s the claim being made by Orange County three bail bondsmen who have filed a claim against the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Richard P. Herman, attorney for the bail agents indicates that former Sheriff Michael S. Carona allowed former Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo to initiate a scheme whereby inmates steer arrestees to certain bail bond companies in returen for a kick-back.
Such allegations are not new in the bail industry. Read more »