The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has charged a former Huntington Beach Police Department crime scene investigator with stealing drugs from a suspect’s vehicle, swallowing the evidence, and then driving a police vehicle home while under the influence. Sean Patrick Lotts, 53, of Huntington Beach, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of embezzlement by a public official, one misdemeanor count of seizing property under the color of authority, and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence for the alleged Jan. 23 offense. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a Dec. 22 press release announcing the charges that he was “disappointed and angered” by the suspect’s conduct. “It is ludicrous that someone processing a crime scene would even think of—much less act on—stealing evidence from a crime scene and then using that evidence for their own recreational purposes,” Spitzer said. “The public has an expectation that law …