A massive law enforcement investigation into Forming Kaos (FK), a Costa Mesa-based criminal street gang tied to the Mexican Mafia, has won a guilty plea from Douglas Joseph Jackovich, AKA "Temper" and "DJ," according to federal court records in Orange County.

Hoping for leniency when he is sentenced later this month by U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna, Jackovich admitted that he was a soldier in Cesar "Roach" Munguia's FK organized crime outfit, an international operation engaged in narcotics trafficking, murder, extortion and assault.

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Sheriff Mike Carona pretending to pretend he's a mobster

​I was reminded this morning of how far Orange County law enforcement has advanced since the arrest and imprisonment of corrupt Sheriff Mike Carona, the duplicitous character who once dominated local politics.

Sandra Hutchens now heads California's second largest sheriff's department and has polished the agency's reputation by often taking an unamused view of deputy corruption.

While self-styled Christian conservative Carona--now a resident of a federal prison in Colorado--liked to pick up loose (large) women at bars when he wasn't looking for suitcases stuffed with $100 bills from businessmen seeking favors, Hutchens seems content taking her husband and dog on long walks near the ocean.

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