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Criminal

Oct. 31, 2008

As Trial Opens, Prosecutors Vow to Unmask 'Secret Mike Carona'

A federal prosecutor Wednesday morning drew a sharp contrast between Orange County's public Sheriff Mike Carona and the "secret Mike Carona," who also now is "defendant Carona" in a six-week corruption and witness-tampering trial.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A federal prosecutor Wednesday morning drew a sharp contrast between Orange County's public Sheriff Mike Carona and the "secret Mike Carona," who also now is "defendant Carona" in a six-week corruption and witness-tampering trial.

The secret Carona schemed with his two hand-picked assistant sheriffs and his mistress to use his office to make them all rich, Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett ...

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