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Labor/Employment

Oct. 14, 2009

O.C. Sheriff's Case Goes to Trial

Ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is expected to testify at the trial that begins today to defend charges he retaliated against a political rival.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona may have avoided the witness stand at his federal criminal trial, but he is expected to testify at a trial that begins today to defend charges he wrongfully suspended, then demoted, a political rival in 2006.

Bill Hunt had the title of lieutenant and ran the sheriff's department's San Clemente office when he challenged Carona for the sherif...

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