SANTA ANA – A 53-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday and was placed on five years of formal probation for his part in the $5.2 million embezzlement from the Placentia city government.
Herbert Norris Trotter pleaded guilty to two felony counts of misappropriation or embezzlement of monies by a public officer with a sentencing enhancement for aggravated white collar crime exceeding $500,000.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary Paer sentenced Trotter to 10 years in prison, but suspended the sentence so long as Trotter completes the terms of his probation. Trotter has credit for 204 days behind bars in the case…