Tony Saavedra

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Tony Saavedra

The Orange County Health Care Agency’s top compliance officer is calling for a forensic audit of the county’s dealings with its former COVID testing vendor after a review showed evidence of overbilling by the company. The review found that the county repeatedly paid vendor 360 Health Plan, doing business as 360 Clinic, more than once for the same claim as well as for services already paid for by insurance companies.

2 weeks ago | dailybulletin.com | Tony Saavedra

Riverside County pays $1.3 million to Wildomar man whose face was broken by deputies The circumstances of the arrest were 'patently unreasonable, excessively brutal, sadistic and malicious,' says the lawsuit

2 weeks ago | pressenterprise.com | Tony Saavedra

Kenneth Ciccarelli was sitting in his backyard patio one summer night, listening to music — loud music — on his blue-tooth device, when a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy appeared seemingly out of nowhere and demanded he turn off the tunes. Blinded by the deputy’s flashlight, Ciccarelli initially didn’t believe it was a real law enforcement officer standing in the darkened Wildomar patio, so he was slow in turning down the music that had drawn complaints from neighbors in June 2019.

3 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Sean Emery |Tony Saavedra

A new round of DNA testing exonerates a homeless man who has spent nearly four decades in prison for the killing of a Santa Ana nanny, according to defense attorneys who are asking Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to declare Kenneth Clair innocent of the 1984 slaying. Clair, who spent years on death row before an appellate court overturned his death sentence and he was re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, has always denied killing 25-year-old Linda Faye Rodgers.

3 weeks ago | ocregister.com | Sean Emery |Tony Saavedra

A new round of DNA testing exonerates a homeless man who has spent nearly four decades in prison for the killing of a Santa Ana nanny, according to defense attorneys who are asking Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to declare Kenneth Clair innocent of the 1984 slaying. Clair, who spent years on death row before an appellate court overturned his death sentence and he was re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, has always denied killing 25-year-old Linda Faye Rodgers.