"Convicted former O.C. sheriff's official due $362,000 in back pay"

By Matt Stevens
Los Angeles Times
November 9, 2011
Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/former-oc-assistant-sheriff-due-362k-in-pay-despite-time-in-jail.html

Excerpts (see news article cited directly above):

• A former Orange County assistant sheriff who was sentenced to 27 months in jail for perjury and other misconduct, is owed $362,000 in back pay because he was improperly fired, an appellant court ruled Tuesday.
• The county’s second-highest-ranking peace officer, who once was being groomed to become Orange County’s sheriff, said he was fired without a guaranteed hearing after informing then-Sheriff Michael Carona that he would no longer carry out his boss’ dirty work.

Commentary:

• Crime pays if you're a Dirty Pig.