FAIRFIELD — A California Freeway Patrol officer of 26 years in Fairfield and an legal professional has misplaced his license to apply regulation following a 2018 conviction for youngster pornography, the State Bar of California introduced on Monday.
Eric Curtis Lund, a Sacramento legal professional, was a sergeant for the CHP in Fairfield, the place he fell underneath suspicion in 2014 after a Vacaville officer monitoring youngster pornography abuse traced a sign to Lund’s patrol automotive, the State Bar mentioned.
Search warrants yielded as many as 10,000 information of suspected youngster pornography. In 2108, Lund was convicted of possessing 600 pictures of kid pornography and he was sentenced in 2019 to 5 years in jail. Lund appealed the conviction however in the end his conviction grew to become closing in 2021.
On Nov. 11 of this 12 months, he was disbarred. In line with the State Bar, a convicted particular person can have their license to apply regulation eliminated solely in spite of everything of their appeals have been exhausted.
The State Bar Courtroom decides on whether or not an legal professional has dedicated skilled misconduct and makes suggestions that attorneys be suspended or disbarred.
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