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Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona freed from prison early
OC Register ^ | May 14, 2015 | TONY SAAVEDRA, SCOTT SCHWEBKE AND JODIE TILLMAN

Posted on 5/16/2015, 4:31:32 AM by chrisinoc

His departure from public life was nasty, dramatic and well-documented. But former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona got out of prison this week in a far different manner:

Quietly, and somewhat mysteriously.

Carona, 59, has left a federal prison medical center in Lexington, Ky., said Kenny Coleman, the center’s camp administrator, on Thursday. Carona served 52 months of a 66-month sentence for felony witness tampering.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Local News
KEYWORDS: california; jodietillman; leo; mikecarona; orangecounty; scottschwebke; tonysaavedra
Carona was rumored to be ready to run for Governor or US Senator as a Republican before he got indicted.
1 posted on 5/16/2015, 4:31:32 AM by chrisinoc
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To: chrisinoc
Carona was rumored to be ready to run for Governor or US Senator as a Republican before he got indicted.

Don't convicted rats run for office on a regular basis?

2 posted on 5/16/2015, 5:08:44 AM by Mark17 (The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forever more endure.)
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To: chrisinoc

Never heard of him.


3 posted on 5/16/2015, 5:08:53 AM by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

IIRC, he was the sheriff who caught one of those child killers out in California many years ago.....


4 posted on 5/16/2015, 5:37:41 AM by cherry
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To: chrisinoc

and yet he will continue to collect a $195,000 per year pension.


5 posted on 5/16/2015, 6:30:03 AM by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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Strange how someone can turn out his life but never know in anybody life it can happen


6 posted on 5/16/2015, 8:16:00 AM by bob_denard
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To: bob_denard

Huh?


7 posted on 5/16/2015, 8:28:46 AM by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Pelham

#5 this just isn’t right on two accounts. No one should get a taxpayer financed pension of that size and no convicted state employee should be allowed to collect a pension after being convicted of criminal activity.


8 posted on 5/16/2015, 10:23:21 AM by minnesota_bound
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