Associated Press
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A former California sheriff has turned himself in to a federal prison in Colorado to serve time on a witness-tampering conviction.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons says sheriff Michael Carona surrendered Tuesday morning at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colo.
He reported to prison shortly before a California hearing that would have set a date for his surrender.
The three-term Orange County lawman once dubbed “America’s Sheriff” was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.
Carona was indicted in a sweeping public corruption case that included allegations of marital infidelity, cronyism and money-laundering. He was exonerated of other charges.
Carona lost an appeal earlier this year.