Category: San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan

Homeless More Likely to Be Crime Victims and Perpetrators in San Diego County: DA

March 21, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced on March 21 a strategy to prevent the homeless from being involved with crime, following the release of data showing homeless people in the county were more likely to be both crime victims and perpetrators. The District Attorney’s office says that, based on two years of…

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Former San Diego County Employee Charged With Profiting Off Wife’s County Contracts

January 21, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—A former employee of the San Diego County Clerk’s Office was charged on Jan. 20 with allegedly recommending that a contractor hire his wife’s company to work on county projects, which prosecutors say may have netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit for the couple. Rolf Bishop, 73, pleaded not guilty on Thursday…

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28 California DAs Block Early Releases for Violent Criminals

December 31, 2021
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Twenty-eight district attorneys across California, including San Diego County’s, have been granted a temporary restraining order to prevent some repeat offenders with serious and violent criminal histories from being released early by the state prison officials, Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced on Dec. 29. The temporary restraining order granted by Sacramento Superior Court Judge…

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Bank to Pay $3.5M to Settle Lawsuit With California Prosecutors

November 15, 2021
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Synchrony Bank has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the bank harassed residents throughout California with debt collection calls, it was announced Nov. 15. The case, brought by a coalition of California district attorney’s offices, including Los Angeles and San Diego counties, alleged the Utah-based company and its agents used…

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