Did CHP officers, attorney conspire in killing of scrap metal thief? - Sacramento Bee
His temper frequently got the better of him, including a 2005 incident in which the criminal defense attorney showed up at the Stanislaus County Courthouse after it was locked at 5 p. m. and began yelling and kicking the doors. Carson “was extremely upset, sweating heavily, red-faced and screaming,” one courthouse employee later told an investigator. But is he capable of conspiring with eight others to kill someone who had been sneaking onto his Turlock property to steal metal pipes. That is a question that may take years to hash out as Stanislaus County prosecutors pursue charges in the March 30, 2012, slaying of Korey Kauffman, a 26-year-old scrap metal thief whose remains were found more than a year later in a remote forest... The bizarre case, outlined in sometimes graphic detail in a meandering, 325-page arrest warrant affidavit released Friday, includes allegations against three current and former California Highway Patrol officers, as well as Carson’s wife and... Carson’s attorney said last week that his client is ready to fight the charges, and others implicated told officials during the lengthy and complex probe that they had done nothing wrong. Source: www.sacbee.com
