A homicide investigation took a shocking twist in Anaheim.
On Thursday, officers with the Anaheim Police Department were called to a home in the 8500 block of E. Canyon Vista Drive following reports of a shooting just after 8 p.m.
Officers located 65-year-old Sheryl Ferguson suffering from at least one gunshot wound, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeff Ferguson The judge, who serves in the North Justice Center in Fullerton, was detained and questioned before he was arrested in connection to the homicide investigation.
Neighbors said at one point, they heard officers on the loudspeaker telling the judge to come out and surrender. Ferguson has served as a judge in Orange County Superior Court since 2015. He previously spent more than three decades with the Orange County district attorney's office, during which time he worked as part of the Major Narcotics Enforcement Team. He served as president of the North Orange County Bar Association from 2012 to 2014.
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