Orange County Probation Officer Gets 6 Months Home Confinement in Thefts

A file photo shows the uniform patch on an Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy in Orange, Calif., on March 30, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

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.