Will Bruzzo’s Blog

A man and a woman were arrested for committing a string of robberies in Santa Ana while impersonating police officers. Robbers were acting like cops. The individuals suspected are charged with robbing nearly $2,000 from five victims during four separate incidents in one month. Police are still looking for the third suspect. During the robberies,…

Having practiced military and civilian criminal law for 25 years I am well acquainted with individuals who spend years looking over their shoulder because they have warrants for their arrest. A warrant for an Away without Leave (AWOL) matter can have a devastating impact on a person’s life, even if the person is never arrested…

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl could face court martial for the crime of Desertion for leaving his post in June 2009. At that time he was a private first class at Forward Operating Post Mest in eastern Afghanistan. Mest, a small base surrounded by Taliban fighters, had been established and maintained by the platoon he was in.…

On Friday July 17, Henry Solis, a former Los Angeles police officer plead not guilty to charges of murder and assault with a firearm. The charges are from an incident on March 13 outside a bar in Pomona. Allegedly Solis shot Salome Rodrigues Jr. multiple times after a fight they had inside the club. Rodrigues…

In San Diego County a judge has granted a juvenile the same adjustments to his charges and sentence under proposition 47 that adults receive. Proposition 47 permits certain cases like Possession of a Controlled Substance and Theft Offenses to be reduced to Misdemeanors because the law now recognizes all Possession offenses and most Theft offenses…

Previously, if a victim of a Domestic Violence case refused to testify against their spouse they could be arrested, held in contempt and incarcerated. Although this almost never happen the threat of it was enough to cause spouses who might not otherwise have testified to testify. Then the California legislature passed California Civil Procedure (CCP)…

Mexican Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from the Altiplano Maximum Security Federal Prison over the weekend. The prison was designed to house high profile criminals and had been reviewed by international agencies in order to verify that the facility could securely hold the drug lord. He had been constantly monitored by video…

If you are being separated from any of the military branches for positive urinalysis, a pattern of misconduct or commission of a serious offense you are not entitled to an Administrative Separation Board UNLESS you have been in the military for at least 6 years. As such, the Command can decline to prosecute in a…

The California Assembly has just passed a law authorizing civilians to film police in public while police are arresting someone or otherwise working. The bill (SB 411) heads to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk where he is expected to sign it. While there was no law prohibiting videotaping of police arresting people, the California legislature wanted…

Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney Will Bruzzo successfully defended an Orange County college student accused of Felony Assault with Force Likely to Cause Great Bodily Injury (Penal Code Section 245(a)(4)) and Misdemeanor Sexual Battery (Penal Code Section 243.4 (e)(1)). If convicted the Defendant was facing lifetime sex registration under Penal Code Section 290 for the…