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  • Days After Abrupt Retirement, Former Sheriff Laurie Smith Found Guilty in Corruption Trial

    11/04/2022 3:41:17 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    Palo Alto Online ^ | Thu, Nov 3, 2022 | Eli Walsh
    She was involved in 'pay-to-play' scheme involving gun permits issued by her officeFormer Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has been found guilty on all six civil counts of corruption and willful misconduct less than one week after retiring. Laurie Smith was found guilty in a civil corruption trial on Nov. 3, 2022. She had resigned as Santa Clara County sheriff three days earlier. Embarcadero Media file photo. Smith was on trial over accusations from a 2021 civil grand jury report that the sheriff's office traded concealed carry weapon licenses to campaign donors and that Smith accepted San Jose Sharks...
  • Santa Clara County sheriff challenger in 2014 files for a second run (It's time)

    01/12/2022 9:52:41 AM PST · by Vendome · 3 replies
    San Jose Mercury ^ | September 2, 2021 | Robert Salonga
    A retired sheriff’s captain who tried to unseat Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith in 2014 is trying again next year, amid a cloud of criticism over the six-term incumbent that hit a crescendo this week when the Board of Supervisors formally gave her a vote of no confidence. Kevin Jensen filed with the county registrar on Tuesday, records show, the same day that the no-confidence vote was held ...