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Print Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer reduced or dropped charges against 67 defendants — many of whom had already been convicted — after a series of audits revealed that sheriff’s deputies booked evidence late or failed to book evidence completely, prosecutors announced this week. The cases involve alleged battery, assault, drug possession and one incident in which a person was accused of smuggling a weapon into County Jail, according to the district attorney’s office, which ma...