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Criminal

Jan. 27, 2011

'America's Sheriff' Begins Prison Sentence

Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona surrendered to authorities at a minimum-security prison in Colorado Tuesday morning, according to the assistant U.S. attorney who convicted Carona of witness tampering in 2009.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - The man once touted as "America's Sheriff" is now in federal prison.


Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona surrendered to authorities at a minimum-security prison in Colorado Tuesday morning, according to the assistant U.S. attorney who convicted Carona of witness tampering in 2009.


"Justice has been served," U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilfor...

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