Category: jails

Orange County DA Criticizes Decision to Release Serial Felon With COVID to Home Confinement

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has criticized a decision by a Superior Court judge to release a Beverly Hills surgeon charged with 88 felonies from the county jail due to complications from COVID-19, allowing him to await trial under house arrest in Brentwood. Dr. Randy Rosen, 57, has been charged with hiring body brokers…


Orange County Cities Join Sheriff in Opposing Order to Release Inmates

Cities throughout Orange County, California, are standing by Sheriff Don Barnes as he fights a court order demanding the release of 1,800 prisoners from county jails. In a Dec 11 court order, Barnes was told to pare down Orange County’s jail population as the centers grapple with rising COVID-19 infections. But the region’s top cop…