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A former investigator for the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, suspected of illegally using a law enforcement database to access criminal rap sheets, is scheduled for arraignment Sept. 22 in San Bernardino Superior Court.On Aug. 31, the state Attorney General’s Office filed one felony count of grand theft and 14 felony counts of unlawfully using a computer system against Christopher Cardoza, 46, of Diamond Bar.
Cardoza worked out of the District Attorney’s Rancho Cucamonga office from April 15, 2006, until June 6, county spokesman David Wert said.
Cardoza is suspected of falsifying time sheets from May 2008 through February to show he worked when he was engaged in personal activities unrelated to his work. It added up to about three weeks of salaried time, said Evan Westrup, spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office.
Cardoza is also suspected of accessing criminal rap sheets from a Department of Justice database for purposes unrelated to his work, Westrup said, declining to elaborate. The activity occurred on numerous occasions between Feb. 20, 2007, and November 2008.
Susan Mickey, spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s Office, said she could not comment because the matter was a personnel issue.
Cardoza’s Rancho Cucamonga attorney, Jim Reiss, couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday.
joe.nelson@inlandnewspapers.com, (909) 386-3874
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