SANTA ANA – A 32-year-old former Orange County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to attacking his girlfriend and was immediately sentenced to three years of informal probation.
Kyle Edward Pickard accepted a plea deal from prosecutors and admitted three misdemeanor counts of battery, criminal threats and false imprisonment. Orange County Superior Court Judge Terri Flynn-Peister sentenced him to a day in jail, which he had credit for, and ordered him to perform eight hours of community service and attend a domestic violence batterers’ program.
“Mr. Pickard is happy to finally put this behind him and be able to move on with his life,” his attorney, Mark Fredrick, said…