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Former California Assistant Sheriff Awarded $183,688 in Backpay Despite State and Federal Convictions
Loaded on July 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2012, page 26
The California Court of Appeal has held that former Orange County Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo is entitled to backpay of $183,688.66 from the time he was improperly fired from the sheriff’s department in March 2004 until he pleaded guilty to two state-law felonies in January 2007.The appellate court found ...
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