Northern California Sheriff’s Association Probes Embezzled Funds

Sheriff's badgeSheriff’s deputies in Solano County, California (between San Francisco and Sacramento) have a new case on their hands: Someone among their ranks has been stealing from their till. On Wednesday, January 20, the Solano County Deputy Sheriff’s Association announced it is in the beginning stages of a probe into missing funds. Without getting into specifics, Association President John Arabia confirmed that his group, which represents about 125 officers and investigators, had uncovered a significant amount of theft a few days earlier. The probe has been assigned to an outside investigator who subsequently will forward his findings to the County District Attorney’s Office.