Sandra Hutchens

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens fired back Friday at a public defender who claims a sheriff’s deputy physically assaulted a drunken suspect in Stanton two months ago then falsified his report on the arrest.

Offices of the Orange County Public Defender attorneys have asked an Orange County Superior Court judge to appoint a special master to examine records of more than 1,000 improperly recorded calls of jail inmates to their lawyers.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Orange County Fire Authority announced Wednesday the agencies have resolved an ongoing feud over protocol for responding to emergencies via helicopter.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the sheriff’s department Wednesday alleging widespread, systemic corruption and constitutional abuses in the use of jailhouse informants.

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens was questioned in court about the ongoing jailhouse informant scandal. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5, 2017.

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens began testifying Wednesday in an evidentiary hearing regarding the use of jailhouse informants as part of the death penalty case against Scott Evans Dekraai, the worst mass killer in the county’s history.

Embattled Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens announced Tuesday she will not seek another term and plans to retire.

The Orange County Superior Court judge said Thursday he will order Sheriff Sandra Hutchens to testify at an evidentiary hearing involving allegations of outrageous governmental misconduct in the use of jailhouse snitches.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens have all come out in favor of preserving California’s death penalty.

Allegations of unsafe working conditions in the Orange County jail leveled by the union representing rank-and-file sheriff’s deputies were addressed today by a sheriff’s official, who said the department has a “deep concern about the welfare” of its employees.

Three men who escaped an Orange County jail more than a week ago allegedly held a taxi driver hostage, had haircuts and went shopping at a Target while on the run, officials said on Monday.

Two inmates who escaped an Orange County jail over a week ago have been transferred to Southern California after they were arrested in San Francisco, authorities said Sunday.

The two remaining inmates who escaped from an Orange County jail last week were taken into custody in San Francisco Saturday morning, officials said.