SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 120 days in jail for stealing the credit cards of dead victims he came across while on the job, according to court records obtained Thursday. Steve Hortz, 43, of San Dimas, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to single felony counts of burglary and grand theft and single misdemeanor counts each of burglary, identity theft, and grand theft by embezzlement, according to court records. He was placed on two years of formal probation and must report to jail by June 3, according to court records. Hortz responded on Aug. 19, 2020, to a woman’s Yorba Linda home for a welfare check and found her dead inside, said Orange County District Attorney’s Office Public Information Officer Kimberly Edds. While at the home, Hortz stole three credit cards and later used them to make thousands of dollars worth …