CARNEY IS FREE ON BAIL AFTER JUDGE'S REDUCTION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Retired sheriff's sergeant and former Palmdale City Councilman Kevin Carney, who is facing charges that he molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. four girls, was released from jail three days after a judge reduced his bail by half to $500,000. Carney, who had been held at the Men's Central Jail since he surrendered Jan. 6 in a downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or courtroom, posted bail Saturday and was released Monday night, one of his attorneys said. ``He seems to be in good spirits Adv. 1. in good spirits - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride" in stride ,'' attorney Michael Paxton said Tuesday. Carney's trial was anticipated to begin May 31, but that is expected to be postponed to sometime in early September. On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Connor reduced Carney's bail and dismissed a misdemeanor count charging Carney, 48, with possession of child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. . But she denied a defense request to dismiss 17 felony counts. Paxton said the Sheriff's Department misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. the bail reduction papers, resulting in a delay in Carney's release. Carney was relieved of duty from the Lancaster sheriff's station following his arrest on suspicion of molesting one of the four girls. He has since retired from the Sheriff's Department. |
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