Laura Duffy

U.S. ATTORNEY LAURA DUFFY APPOINTED SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE

 

By Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego

Reprinted with permission from Times of San Diego, a San Diego News Association member

December 28, 2016 (San Diego) -- Gov. Jerry Brown has announced that U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy will become a Superior Court judge in San Diego.

Duffy, a Democrat who was appointed by President Obama in 2010, was likely to be replaced by a Republican when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.


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FORMER LA POSTA GAMING COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING FUNDS FROM TRIBE

 

By Miriam Raftery

March 8, 2013 (San Diego) – Troy Teague, former Executive Director of the La Posta Gaming Commission, pled guilty today to embezzling $57,000 from the la Posta Band of Mission Indians.  The plea was made before Magistrate Judge Jan Adler, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced.

The La Posta Casino (photo, left) shut down in October 2012.  A letter written by Tribal Council Chairwoman Gwendolyn Parada to employees stated that the casino, located off I-8, would close “due to its current financial situation,” 10 News reported. The smallest of San Diego County’s casinos, at its peak La Posta employed approximately 100 people.


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