I waited a while, perhaps 15, 20 minutes, before I walked up and spoke to Hector Porrata’s attorney.  I was concerned about my manner of approaching him.  I did not want to be irritating or improper.  Certainly being a non-lawyer, I do not know civil court protocol or procedure, so I don’t know what’s proper... Read More

November 17th was a Tuesday.  That day I got up very early to get to the 8:30 am Preliminary Hearing for alleged embezzlers Hector Porrata, Rene Montes, George Martinez and Cara Cruz-Thompson at the Orange County Superior Court House.   The traffic was everything everybody always rants and raves about: it was Hell!  I left my... Read More

A new Preliminary Hearing has been set in the embezzlement case by the Orange County District Attorney against Hector Porrata, Cara Cruz-Thompson, George Martinez, and Rene Montes.  The date and time will be November 17th 2009 at 8:30 am.  It will take place at the Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana,... Read More

The Preliminary Hearing in the case against Hector Porrata, Rene Montes, George Martinez and Cara-Cruz Thompson on charges of embezzlement against AIG and Matrix Absence Management didn’t happen as scheduled yesterday, October 19th 2009, once again at the Superior Court at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, California. This is the second time this... Read More

This coming Monday, October 19th, 2009, at 8:30 am, is the preliminary hearing for the accused embezzlers Rene Montes, Hector Porrata, George Martinez, and Cara Cruz-Thompson at the Orange County Superior Court at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. Last Thursday mid-afternoon, October 8th, I left the Orange County jail after submitting a Media... Read More

This coming Monday, October 19th, 2009, at 8:30 am, is the preliminary hearing for the accused embezzlers Rene Montes, Hector Porrata, George Martinez, and Cara Cruz-Thompson. Last Thursday, October 8th, and last Friday, October 9th, I attempted to interview all four of the accused.  I started out by driving to the Orange County Jail and... Read More

by Pauline Grant In March 2004, during the first months after Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in the state of California, during the time he was aggressively and seemingly exclusively at work to reform the California Workers’ Compensation system, www.adjustercom.com published an article (Native Americans Offer Alternative Insurance To California Workers’ Compensation, by John Franklin, March... Read More

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) _ Joey Buttafuoco was granted two more months of freedom Wednesday by a judge who postponed the start of his one-year jail term for illegally possessing ammunition. Buttafuoco was supposed to surrender in Superior Court on Wednesday to begin serving the time but Judge Ronald S. Coen allowed him to remain... Read More