Prominent Modesto defense attorney arrested on suspicion of murder, 3 CHP officers also arrested

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Source: Sacramento Bee

Prominent Modesto criminal defense attorney Frank Carson and eight others, including three California Highway Patrol officers, were arrested Friday for their suspected involvement in the 2012 death of Korey Kauffman. The 26-year-old Turlock man’s body was found in Mariposa County a year and a half after he went missing.

A 326-page arrest affidavit details an alleged conspiracy, with Carson identified as its ringleader. The defense attorney, who last year ran for district attorney, is described as a vengeful property owner trying to send a message to people allegedly stealing scrap metal and antiques from his property in Turlock.

Authorities say Kauffman was known for “scrapping,” street slang for stealing metals to sell to recyclers. The victim participated in metal theft to make ends meet. On the night of his disappearance, Kauffman left a friend’s home to steal irrigation pipes from Carson’s property, according to the affidavit.

The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department has released the arrest affidavit, which lists nine people arrested, including Carson’s wife, two Turlock business owners and the three CHP officers.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article31143044.html

[bonniebgood]

1. Damn, looks as if the donald and Bernie better watche their

backs. hell has no bounds when it comes to power and profits. nt

[marble falls]

2. An awful lot of smoke for there to be no fire.

[Hepburn]

3. Yep, he's qualified to be DA...

...most of them do think they are the law and above it as well. JMHO

[Gigabear]

4. What a crazy story

The cast of characters described in the timeline at the end of the article reads like characters from an Elmore Leonard novel.

[Enrique]

9. totally!

[eissa]

5. I hope they nail the attorney

I live in this area. Frank Carson is an asshole who has gotten some of the shadiest people off.

[ncjustice80]

6. You mean protected people's rights from corrupt cops?

[eissa]

8. No, I mean helping fucking thieves

who schemed people out of their life savings walk, leaving their victims completely flabbergasted. I hope all of his cases are reviewed now, I bet they'd find a lot of shady shit he engaged in.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. What's the point in reviewing his cases? He's not a prosecutor.

If he got someone off, that case probably won't get reversed just because the defense attorney was a bit shady.

[ncjustice80]

11. So in other words the prosecution lacked enough evidence to convict someone...

and you are mad that their defense attorney, to whom they have a constitutional right, did their damn job?

And you don't find it odd that the cops/prosecutor are looking to go after a prominent local attorney who has successfully safeguarded the civil liberties of many from their depredations?

***speechless***

[eissa]

12. You can be speechless all you like

This guy was able to get some dirty cops to cover up a murder for him. I wouldn't put anything past him. There are many great defense attorneys out there, this guy isn't one of them.

[LiberalElite]

7. This was in the NY Post too nt