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Criminal

Jan. 30, 2009

Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Carona's Wife, Mistress

Citing the "interest of justice," federal prosecutors moved late Wednesday to dismiss all charges against the wife and the former mistress of ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.

SANTA ANA - Citing the "interest of justice," federal prosecutors moved late Wednesday to dismiss all charges against the wife and the former mistress of ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.

Deborah Carona and Debra Hoffman had both been charged in the corruption case against Mike Carona, but their cases had been severed off the trial of the former sheriff. That trial ended Jan. 16 with Mike Carona convicted of one count of witness tampering but acquitted of five other...

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