California sheriff: Deputy burglarized home after responding to death there

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1239837

Deputy Steve Hortz was booked into jail on suspicion of burglary and placed on administrative leave.

Sept. 11, 2020, 1:28 AM EDT
By Dennis Romero
A Southern California sheriff's deputy accused of stealing items from an unoccupied home days after he responded to a report of a death there is facing a burglary charge, officials said Thursday.

Steve Hortz, a 12-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, was arrested Thursday and placed on administrative leave, sheriff's officials said in a statement.

Hortz went to the home July 20 after a report about a man in his 70s who died of natural causes, officials said. They said he returned to the home three times in late July and mid-August, once in uniform to unlock a door and twice more to remove items.

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