| Investigator charged with witness tampering By Greg Moran Union-Tribune Staff Writer April 6, 2009 SAN DIEGO – A high-ranking investigator with the county Public Defender's Office was arrested Friday and charged with hiding the victim in her son's domestic violence case, according to Sheriff's Department and court records. Karen Cabrera, the supervisor for the agency's key homicide investigation teams, was arrested on conspiracy and witness-tampering charges about 9:30 a.m. by investigators from the District Attorney's Office. She posted bail of $50,000 and was released at 3:30 p.m. A five-page arrest warrant filed Friday details Cabrera's alleged involvement in a domestic violence case filed against her son, Alex. He was arrested in June and charged with punching and kicking his girlfriend, Jenifer Wren, and burning her with a hair iron. He was charged with two counts of domestic violence. Wren failed to come to court for a preliminary hearing on the case in August. By October, investigators had determined she was in Acapulco, Mexico. Further investigation revealed that on Sept. 7, Karen Cabrera and Wren flew to Acapulco together, and a week later Cabrera returned alone. Credit-card records for Karen Cabrera showed she purchased the seats. Alex Cabrera pleaded guilty to the charges in October after a pre-trial hearing in which District Attorney investigators testified about the Mexico flights, the warrant says. On Friday, investigators served a search warrant at the Public Defender's Office downtown and may have seized papers and the work computer of Cabrera. The warrants are sealed. Karen Cabrera did not return a phone message left at her office Monday morning. Officials with the Public Defender declined to comment, saying it was a personnel matter. Prosecutors also declined to comment. Union-Tribune Staff Writer 2:22 p.m. April 6, 2009 SAN DIEGO – A high-ranking investigator with the county Public Defender's Office was arrested Friday and charged with hiding the victim in her son's domestic violence case, according to Sheriff's Department and court records. Karen Cabrera, the supervisor for the agency's key homicide investigation teams, was arrested on conspiracy and witness-tampering charges about 9:30 a.m. by investigators from the District Attorney's Office. She posted bail of $50,000 and was released at 3:30 p.m. A five-page arrest warrant filed Friday details Cabrera's alleged involvement in a domestic violence case filed against her son, Alex. He was arrested in June and charged with punching and kicking his girlfriend, Jenifer Wren, and burning her with a hair iron. He was charged with two counts of domestic violence. Wren failed to come to court for a preliminary hearing on the case in August. By October, investigators had determined she was in Acapulco, Mexico. Further investigation revealed that on Sept. 7, Karen Cabrera and Wren flew to Acapulco together, and a week later Cabrera returned alone. Credit-card records for Karen Cabrera showed she purchased the seats. Alex Cabrera pleaded guilty to the charges in October after a pre-trial hearing in which District Attorney investigators testified about the Mexico flights, the warrant says. On Friday, investigators served a search warrant at the Public Defender's Office downtown and may have seized papers and the work computer of Cabrera. The warrants are sealed. Karen Cabrera did not return a phone message left at her office Monday morning. Officials with the Public Defender declined to comment, saying it was a personnel matter. Prosecutors also declined to comment. |
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