Sep 23, 2015

Jury trial vacated for Murphy's Market grand theft embezzlement suspect

A trial confirmation for Michael Noriega was scheduled for September 22 in Courtroom 2. It was continued at the request of the defense. The jury trial of October 19, 2015 was vacated and a disposition and hearing is scheduled for October 27 at 2 p.m.


Aug 25, 2015

Murphy's market grand theft embezzlement suspect arraigned, jury trial set for October

Today, arraignment on information was scheduled this afternoon in Courtroom 2 for Michael Noriega.

Noriega is charged with grand theft embezzlement and possession of a controlled substance, heroin. These are the same charges as the preliminary hearing. DA Maggie Fleming was in court for the People. Newly hired DDA Dave Christensen was in Courtroom 2 observing with Ms. Fleming.

His attorney, Mr. Casey Russo, from the Public Defender's office said his client is not waiving time.Trial Confirmation is at 2 p.m.  September 22, Trial Readiness is 1 p.m. on October 14 and Jury Trial is October 19 at 8:30 a.m..

On August 12, Noriega, the man charged with grand theft embezzlement at Murphy's Market was held to answer on all charges after a preliminary hearing.

Deputy District Attorney Brie Bennett prosecuted the preliminary hearing. At the preliminary hearing, she presented two witnesses, Murphy's Market Controller and Director of Human Resources, David Breisacher and APD Officer Vincent B'Oconnor.

Noriega was suspected of embezzling after discrepancies showed up on a computer report and his usage of the safe transaction feature on the Sunnybrae location was reviewed. He is being represented by 


Previous post (with background):

http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2015/08/murphys-market-grand-theft-embezzlement.html

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