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Saturday, September 25, 2004Non-baseball: It's about damn timeIf you live in Orange County you've probably at least heard of the Haidl family. The father, Don, is an OC Assistant Sheriff and the son, Greg, is a serial rapist. This is the kid who video taped himself and several friends gang-raping a local girl. He got off on that charge in a sham of a trial, then promptly assaulted another girl. Sometime between the two sexual assaults he was also busted for possession- and by "busted" I mean the Sheriff's buddies drove him back to daddy's house. I don't suppose it's much of a shock that Greg Haidl grew up to become a juvenile delinquent. Dad does have an extensive history of corruption in his career in both private business (was accused of defrauding the government and embezzlement as head of Nationwide Auction Systems, but got off on technicalities) and in public service (bought his position as assistant sheriff as fund-raiser for Sheriff Carona). It must run in the family. Oh, and his mother aint no saint either; after the first rape alligations surfaced she posted ads looking to dig-up dirt on her son's 16-year-old victim. Classy. (It's almost impossible to find even a word about this in the pages of the OC Register, so the best place to look for more information is the local IndyMedia Mags, like OC Weekly. Just skip past all the anti-Isreal and anti-Bush filth.) Well, in a move that was long overdue, Sheriff Haidl resigned his post yesterday, citing the need to focus on family concerns. It's about damn time. It's unfathomable to me how he's managed to hold on to his job this long (well, I suppose it's not really all that surprising when you consider that the entire OC Sheriffs Department is corrupt). Hopefully this will level the playing field for prosecutors attempting to put that little punk son of his away for a long, long time. Too bad they can't do the same to dad. Both of them are just begging for a severe ass-kicking. What I wouldn't give to be the one who gave it to them... |
