Orange County District Attorney Slams Inmate Firefighting Program

Orange County District Attorney Slams Inmate Firefighting Program
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer speaks at a news conference announcing charges against defandants accoused of ripping off California's unemployment program during the pandemic, in Santa Ana, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer on July 8 called for reforms in the firefighting program for state prison inmates in response to one inmate’s joyriding spree in a Cal Fire truck on the Fourth of July.

Cameron Zoltan Horvath, 31, is accused of going off-roading in a stolen fire truck after leaving his assignment battling a brush fire in El Dorado County on July 4, according to the district attorney’s office. Horvath attempted to carjack another vehicle when the fire truck got stuck in a ditch, authorities said.