Decide arrested on suspicion of homicide after spouse is shot useless of their Southern California house

A Southern California decide has been arrested on suspicion of homicide after his spouse was shot useless inside their Anaheim Hills house, police mentioned Friday.

Cops responded simply after 8 p.m. Thursday to the house of Orange County Superior Courtroom Decide Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, the place they discovered his 65-year-old spouse Sheryl had been shot no less than as soon as, the Anaheim Police Department said

She was pronounced useless on the scene.

The decide was taken into custody on suspicion of homicide and held on $1 million bail, police mentioned, saying he was arrested “with out incident.”

“Detectives usually are not disclosing any further particulars at the moment as a result of the investigation is ongoing,” cops mentioned.

Two sources told the LA Times {that a} little one of the couple was inside the house when police arrived.

Ferguson started his authorized profession in 1983 as an Orange County deputy district legal professional, according to his bio.

“He was promoted to Senior Deputy District Lawyer, and posted to the Main Narcotics Enforcement Crew a decade later,” it says. “Ferguson has been named prosecutor of the yr 4 instances by the Orange County Narcotics Officers Affiliation.”

The decide earned his diploma in 1982 from Western State School of Legislation.

As a decide, he was reprimanded in 2017 by the state Fee on Judicial Efficiency for making an inappropriate remark a few judicial candidate on Fb and remaining “buddies” on the social media platform with attorneys showing earlier than him in courtroom, the Orange County Register reported.

The fee discovered that Ferguson violated the code of judicial ethics by posting a remark “with figuring out or reckless disregard for the reality of the assertion,” in accordance with the outlet.

Ferguson wrote in his bio that his spouse had labored for the Santa Barbara and Orange County Probation Departments earlier than spending virtually 20 years with the American Funds Service Co.

A neighbor who didn’t need to be recognized told KTLA that the couple had lived within the house for greater than 20 years.

He mentioned he noticed Ferguson being taken away in handcuffs and that cops informed him that Sheryl was the sufferer.

The Publish reached out to the Anaheim Police Division on Friday.