INVESTIGATIVE

Newly Unsealed Grand Jury Transcripts Shed New Light on Sheriff Gun Permit Scandal

The Grand Jury testimony focused heavily on four concealed gun permits obtained by Apple’s Security Team

NBC Universal, Inc. A judge unsealed transcripts Monday in a secret grand jury investigation. The focus: accusations that people bribed top South Bay sheriff’s officials to get concealed weapons permits. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock broke some of the first stories of this scandal last year, and has new revelations from the documents.

NBC Bay Area Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock dug through more than a thousand pages of newly-released grand jury testimony from the Santa Clara County Sheriff pay-to-play gun permit scandal.

According to the transcripts, Santa Clara County prosecutors focused mostly on four concealed gun permits issued to Apple security personnel, and whether campaign contributions and a promise of free iPads for the Sheriff’s Office had anything to do with those permits being issued.

They also focused their questions on a San Jose Sharks hockey match attended by Sheriff Smith and members of her inner circle. The luxury suite they watched the game from was provided by a Smith campaign donor who was indicted in the probe earlier this year. He denies any allegations of wrongdoing.

Prosecutors called dozens of witnesses, mostly sheriff personnel or Apple employees.

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