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CHP
Officer Arrested, Held on $4 million Bail at the
Orange County Jail.
December
24, 2007
According to the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA),
the OCDA and Santa Ana Police Department, in
cooperation with the California Highway Patrol (CHP),
arrested Joshua Blackburn, a CHP officer and recovered
several kilograms of cocaine that had been stolen from
CHP headquarters in Santa
Ana.
Blackburn,
a 6-year veteran of CHP, is being held on $4 million
bail at the Orange County Jail. The OCDA will be
filing charges and the defendant will be arraigned on
Wednesday, December 26, 2007.
On December 21, 2007 at about 4 a.m., officials at the
CHP office in Santa
Ana discovered a break in their evidence locker
room. There were signs of forced entry.
CHP immediately notified Santa Ana Police who asked
OCDA to head the investigation. The stolen
cocaine was evidence involving another incident in
which two suspects were arrested. The original
case involving the cocaine is still pending.
During the early morning hours of December 21, 2007,
Blackburn is accused of breaking into the evidence
room, taking the cocaine, and hiding it. OCDA
investigators have recovered all of the stolen
cocaine, which had a wholesale value of $1 million.
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