Head of the Bureau of Investigation at Orange County District Attorney’s Office

According to R. Scott Moxley of the OC Weekly, Don Blankenship—the longtime head of the Bureau of Investigation at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office—has been forced to take an “extended leave” and “is not expected to return to the office,” according to a memo sent to staff.

According to the OC Weekly article, published on March 9, 2009, the internal memo did not explain the reason for Blankenship’s departure; but that in his absence, Mike Major will serve as “acting” head of DA investigations.  According to the OC Weekly, sources advised that Blankenship, a former Santa Ana Police Department union official before brought into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in 1999, has been “snarled in behind-the-scenes scandals for more than six months.”

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