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Cleared ex-CHP officer says District Attorney's 'witch hunt' ruined his career

BY ROSALIO AHUMADA

April 23, 2018 05:19 PM

Updated 6 hours 34 minutes ago

A former California Highway Patrol officer has filed a claim against Stanislaus County and the city of Modesto seeking damages for what he calls the malicious prosecution by the District Attorney's Office in the death Korey Kauffman.

Eduardo Quintanar Jr., then a CHP officer working in the Modesto area, was arrested in August 2015 along with prominent criminal defense attorney Frank Carson and several others accused of conspiring in Kauffman's death.

Quintanar's attorney, Randall Strauss, says Judge Barbara Zuniga on Oct. 24 ruled the prosecution did not present any evidence to indicate the former CHP officer committed any crimes and dropped the charges against him.