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Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer sought to dismiss rape charges against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend last year based on a review of evidence in the case that a team of senior investigators in his office later found to be flawed, according to an internal memo. The investigators’ findings were outlined in a memo sent in July from Cmdr. Clint McCall to Chief Paul M. Walters, who leads the investigative bureau at the district attorney’s office. The Times reviewed a redacted copy of the memo, which was filed in court Thursday. The top-to-bottom review of the case against Grant Robicheaux, 40, and Cerissa Riley, 33, ordered by Spitzer was “incomplete and contained inaccurate and misleading information,” according to the memo. Those shortcomings led prosecutors for Spitzer to make arguments in court for why the charges against the couple should be tossed out that “contained numerous unsupported allegations, misstatements, untruths, and factually wro ....
By City News Service Jan 8, 2021 SANTA ANA (CNS) - An attorney representing alleged sexual assault victims of a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend alleged in court today that Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is continuing to meddle in the prosecution of the case. A spokeswoman for Spitzer denied the allegation and said the county s top prosecutor has cooperated with the Attorney General s Office, which is prosecuting the case against Dr. Grant Robicheaux, 40, and Cerissa Laura Riley, 33, who are accused of drugging and raping several women. The District Attorney s Office was kicked off the case by an Orange County Superior Court judge last year. ....
schenck.everend rob i have just come from the courtroom. the opinions have been filed in both cases. i will make statements on behalf of the evangelical church of alliance which represents thousands of evangelical clergy as well as 350 military chaplains. theou have already heard, court has struck down the defense of marriage act. it is unconstitutional. no standing ond the hearts of the advocates of proposition 8 in california. i will be addressing both of those outcomes on behalf of the evangelical church alliance. if churches like as well as traditional christians who advocate for marriage as between a man and a woman. no matter how any of us feel about the outcomes in these cases, one thing is true. the supreme court has no authority when it comes to the nature of marriage. that authority belongs to the creator, whom our founders declared as the source of all of our rights. the public conversation over marriage continues and that is a good thing. when it comes to th ....
lives to relive the whole ordeal. cameras capture the moments just after the great white moved in. good evening, everyone, i m jessica aguirre. and i m tom sinkovitz. he knew he was in dangerous waters. the areas north of pigeon point is known for great whites. but adam paddled there in his kayak anyway and nearly met his fate. tonight he s still shaken but fine. his kayak, well, it didn t fare as well. nbc bay area s reporter is there tonight to tell us about a very close call. george. reporter: tom, it s amazing when you think about it. adam comes face to face with a great white shark and lives to tell the story. tonight he showed us his kayak and his munched up gear as proof of his shark encounter. and he s hitting it. reporter: adam was kayak fishing off the san mateo coast when he says a great white shark walked onto the bottom of his 13-foot boat with his sharp teeth and then flipped the craft over. the kayak is being pushed onto my chest right here. so ....
some of us are up early. some 50s out there. a couple of 60s. the fog is still back. as we go through today, we had 70s and 80s yesterday. yesterday was the warmest day we have seen. today a few more of those areas, but just a bit cooler. 8:00 a.m., 50s. by 5:00 p.m., a couple of low 80s. later this week, we will get the sea breeze coming back through. back to you. cool and foggy again? i didn t see that coming. was really hot for 15 minutes. summer was nice while it lasted. hi, mike. how are you. good morning. i put my jacket on for a while, took it off for 10, 15 minutes and put it back on yesterday. we will look out the roadways where we have construction going on. the bulk of that construction activity expected between tully and 680. you might find an off-ramp closed around 880. also in downtown we have the second night of lady gaga being in town at the hp pavilion. likely to have a lot of surface street traffic and perhaps a lot of spectators slowing for ....