Former head of Contra Costa vice squad sentenced to 14 years in federal prison
The former head of an elite Contra Costa County vice squad was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison Monday for stealing drug evidence, robbing prostitutes and making phony arrests -- crimes he said he committed as a cry for help while in a depressed and suicidal state.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has rejected parole for a Costa Mesa dentist who killed three people in the 1980s by administering fatal doses of anesthetic.Tony Protopappas, who is now 65 years old, has served more than 25 years of his 15-to-life sentence for second-degree murder.