Susan McGill
2 charges against ex-schools chief dropped
February 26, 2010 Filed in:
Litigation | Superintendents
Peter Schelden, The Orange County Register
Orange County Superior
Court Judge William Froeberg on Friday dismissed two of three
charges against ex-Capistrano Unified Superintendent
James
Fleming, who was
indicted in 2007 for allegedly creating “enemies” lists of the
school district's political opponents. Froeberg said prosecutors
had insufficient evidence for count three of the indictment,
conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public, and for count
two, urging defeat of the same recall – leaving one remaining
charge on felony misappropriation of public funds…
Ex-Capo chief's trial on indefinite hold
May 14, 2010 Filed in: Litigation | Superintendents
Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
The court trial for
indicted ex-Capistrano Unified Superintendent James
Fleming and a
former assistant superintendent has been put on indefinite hold
while the parties await a decision from a state appeals court
concerning dismissal of some of the charges against them. Orange
County Superior Court Judge William Froeberg in February dismissed
two of the three charges against Fleming, and one of the two
charges against former Assistant Superintendent Susan McGill. Both
appealed Froeberg's decision to a state appeals court, asking that
the remaining charges also be dismissed. Prosecutors, meanwhile,
also appealed Froeberg's decision to the higher court, asking that
the dismissed charges be reinstated…