Criminal
Feb. 11, 2020
Orange County attorney arrested for selling firearms, methamphetamine
The Fountain Valley lawyer allegedly sold a .40-caliber pistol and a .45-caliber rifle as well as a quarter-pound of methamphetamine in 2018.
Orange County attorney Melinda C. Romines was arrested Monday on one count of conspiracy to sell firearms without a license and two counts of distributing methamphetamine, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Romines, who operates the Law Offices of Melinda C. Romines in Fountain Valley, allegedly bought firearms from black market dealers and resold them, according to the indictment returned last week. She at no time had a lic...
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