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- Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: CA: Sheriff's cronies indicted for selling CC permits
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Re: CA: Sheriff's cronies indicted for selling CC permits
Who would have thought that graft and corruption would appear with one individual given such authority , latitude and discretion? Oh, wait a minute, the sheriff is elected making her a politician; make sense now.
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: CA: Sheriff's cronies indicted for selling CC permits
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Re: CA: Sheriff's cronies indicted for selling CC permits
I wonder how much money was involved and why the sheriff hasn't been indicted since her approval is required if I understand the process.ELB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:11 pm https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/06/ ... n-permits/
A Sheriff's captain, two attorneys, and a "gun parts maker", political supporters of the Sheriff, were indicted on felony charges. The Sheriff herself was not indicted at this time, but the DA said, "We are not done."The indictment marks the first criminal case to come out of a decade’s worth of complaints regarding political favoritism in [Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie] Smith’s issuing of the hard-to-get concealed-carry permits. [Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff] Rosen said Friday that an 18-month investigation uncovered a two-tiered policy for the concealed gun permits: a process for regular citizens whose applications were destined for a filing cabinet, and another for VIPs whose applications were fast-tracked for approval.
The specific scheme covered by the indictments is said to be political donations by executive security company based in Seattle, apparently with clients like Jeff Zuckerberg, in exchange for the security company employees (about 10 or so) getting concealed carry permits. The story says the employees were directed to fill out permit applications with false info indicating they were county residents. No indictments of company yet, but again DA says more charges are coming.
The Sheriff's captain is also charged with falsifying proficiency tests for six other people not related to the security company, including an county supervisor. It seems they were getting renewals without having to complete the required range test.
Santa Clara County issues only about 150 permits per year total.
Lots more at the link, RTWT.