WESTMINSTER, Calif.—An Orange County probation officer convicted in connection with stealing money while helping authorities carry out search warrants was sentenced to six months of home confinement, according to court records obtained Aug. 19.
Juan Manuel Rodriguez, 51, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison, but Orange County Superior Court Judge Lance Jensen stayed the imposition of that punishment in favor of 180 days of home confinement. Jensen also placed the defendant on two years of formal probation.
Rodriguez was assigned to an Orange County Sheriff’s Department tactical team when he was accused of the thefts in August 2017.
While serving a search warrant at 2935 W. Edinger Avenue on Aug. 8, 2017, A target of the warrant told investigators he was missing $150 to $200 from his wallet, prosecutors said in a trial brief. The man said when he was asked for his ID he pointed to his wallet, but later he noticed the money was missing, prosecutors said….