SANTA ANA, Calif.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday the creation of a special unit to prosecute hate crimes.
The unit is staffed by three prosecutors and two investigators, and is supervised by the district attorney’s head of special prosecutions.
“Hate will not be tolerated here,” District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement.
The unit will prosecute crimes based on bias against a victim’s race, color, religion, national origin, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or gender.
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The unit’s work will include training law enforcement on how to effectively investigate hate crimes so they can be successfully prosecuted.
By City News Service
May 8, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - An outside law firm hired by the county substantiated sexual harassment claims against a former senior prosecutor, but it cleared Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer of retaliating against one of the whistleblowers, according to a report obtained today by City News Service.
The 162-page report regarding sexual harassment against retired prosecutor Gary LoGalbo, prepared by attorney Elisabeth A. Frater of the Burke, Williams & Sorensen law firm, was completed April 28. The firm was retained by the county counsel s office on Dec. 28.
The investigation was triggered when an Orange County District Attorney s Office employee who was leaving his job made a remark the first week of November about inappropriate behavior by LoGalbo and whether anything would be done about it. LoGalbo was the best man at District Attorney Todd Spitzer s wedding and the two were roommates for a time.
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