Former San Benito County sheriff candidate Patrick Turturici has
been hired as the undersheriff in Lake County, according to the
Lake County News.
Former San Benito County sheriff candidate Patrick Turturici has been hired as the undersheriff in Lake County, according to the Lake County News.
Turturici lost to Darren Thompson in the 2010 race for San Benito County sheriff. He had spent 25 years working in the local office, including the last six as undersheriff. He resigned from the post about a month before Thompson took office, but county supervisors in August 2010 already had agreed to eliminate the undersheriff role here.
Turturici had held a hefty lead over Thompson after the June 2010 primary. But Thompson defeated him in the November runoff by a margin of 57.1 percent to 42.4 percent, after Turturici’s campaign had several challenges arise late in the race.
The Lake County News announced the hiring Friday on its Twitter and Facebook pages. The newspaper noted Turturici’s first day is Monday.
See an updated story from the Lake County News here.
Lake County Sheriff Frank Rivero did not immediately return a call to his cell phone.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office in the City of Lakeport is about 200 miles north of Hollister near the Mendocino National Forest, and it is about 30 miles east of Ukiah.
