Orange County District Attorney’s office copes with COVID and state criminal justice reforms
Goshen. The office now has a backlog of 5,000 cases just ‘sitting there and growing all the time’ because of the impact of COVID-19. | 18 Jan 2021 | 04:17 To cope with the heavier workload, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler says his office has reorganized from several specialized bureaus to a three general units for greater flexibility. But the most radical change has been the establishment of an “early case assessment bureau,” similar to the “complaint bureau” Manhattan has had for decades. File photo. In his annual report and subsequent interview, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler says his office has a backlog of 5,000 cases just “sitting there and growing all the time” because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tatiana Turner, 40, faces a slew of additional charges for violence and mayhem at two protests
She has racked up a massive total of 13 felony charges and faces a sentence up to life in prison
Turner was previously charged with attempted murder for running over counter-protesters at a BLM rally she organized in September
Officials said Turner used the rod to repeatedly assault two men who were already on the ground after being beaten by a group of protesters in August
One of them was left with a head injury that required staples, officials said
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In December 2017, federal prosecutors visited Orange County Superior Court to support something even more unusual than their cross-jurisdictional courtroom presence: an exceptionally light sentence for an attempted murder defendant who once testified he’d killed “up to five, maybe six” people.
Oscar Daniel Moriel originally faced life in prison under California’s three-strikes law when he was charged in 2005, but he spent more than a decade helping federal and state authorities as a jail informant in exchange for unprecedented leniency. Praised by federal and Orange County law enforcement officials as “instrumental” in securing convictions for major crimes, Moriel’s deal was described as fair justice for a man whose work against the Mexican Mafia mitigated his crimes and lessened his threat to public safety.
OC bar owner charged with illegally operating during pandemic, allegedly defying regulations
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The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Ronald Michael Barrera, who owns the Westend Bar, is facing one misdemeanor count of violating and neglecting to obey a lawful order and regulation, according to the Orange County District Attorney s Office.
The charges were filed after repeated attempts by law enforcement and city code enforcement officers to educate him on the law and seek voluntary compliance, officials added. The 47-year-old Costa Mesa resident and bar owner on numerous occasions allegedly refused to adhere to an order mandating that all nonessential businesses close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.