By City News Service
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SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer today called for reforms in the firefighting program for state prison inmates in response to one inmate s joyriding spree in a Cal Fire fire truck on the Fourth of July.
Cameron Zoltan Horvath, 31, is accused of going off-roading in a stolen fire truck after leaving his assignment battling a brush fire in El Dorado County on Sunday, according to the District Attorney s Office. Horvath attempted to carjack another vehicle when the fire truck got stuck in a ditch, the District Attorney s Office reported.
Judge Suspends Criminal Proceedings Against Alleged Mass Shooter, Orders Mental Exam
An Orange County, Calif. judge suspended court proceedings July 8 against Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, the man accused of killing four people and injuring another, pending a mental competency evaluation.
The proceedings marked Gonzalez’s first court appearance since a March 31 mass shooting in Orange that ended when he was shot in the head by police. He could be seen in court behind a barrier in a wheelchair, wearing a white helmet.
Ken Morrison, Gonzalez’s attorney, said during the proceedings that he doesn’t believe Gonzalez is currently competent enough to assist counsel in his own defense. He’s likely unable to understand the nature of the criminal proceedings against him, Morrison said.
By City News Service
Photo: Getty Images
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer today called for reforms in the firefighting program for state prison inmates in response to one inmate s joyriding spree in a Cal Fire fire truck on the Fourth of July.
Cameron Zoltan Horvath, 31, is accused of going off-roading in a stolen fire truck after leaving his assignment battling a brush fire in El Dorado County on Sunday, according to the District Attorney s Office. Horvath attempted to carjack another vehicle when the fire truck got stuck in a ditch, the District Attorney s Office reported.
California budget favors left side of crime culture wars hmbreview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hmbreview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Californiaâs new budget makes it clear that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislatureâs dominant Democrats are favoring a cadre of local district attorneys who favor leniency and rehabilitation for lawbreakers in their political duel with traditional, punishment-oriented prosecutors.
The battle is being fought on several fronts, most prominently in a looming clash between newly appointed Attorney General Rob Bonta, an outspoken advocate of whatâs called the âcriminal justice reform,â and Anne Marie Schubert, the high-profile district attorney of Sacramento.
Newsom has long been a reform advocate, but swept away any doubt about where he stands by imposing a moratorium on executing murderers and naming Bonta, a former state assemblyman, to succeed Xavier Becerra after he joined the Biden administration.