SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy previously indicted on multiple felony charges has been charged with allegedly stealing a dead woman’s credit cards and attempting to use them to make several thousands of dollars worth of purchases.
Steve Hortz, of San Dimas, responded on Aug. 19, 2020, to the 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.
