ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Date: July 14, 2015
OCDA TO OPPOSE PAROLE OF INMATE WHO BEAT AND SEVERELY DISFIGURED 16-YEAR-OLD FRIEND
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is opposing the parole of an inmate who severely disfigured his then 16-year-old friend by beating him in a drainage ditch. William Robert Frederick, 40, Buena Park, is currently being held at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, San Diego. Frederick was found guilty by a jury of aggravated mayhem and was sentenced Jan. 11, 1991, to life in state prison with a one year sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon and great bodily injury while committing a felony, to be served consecutively. This case was originally prosecuted by then Deputy District Attorney Gary Paer. Frederick is scheduled for a parole hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., at the prison before the Board of Parole Hearings (Panel), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Marc Labreche of the Major Fraud Unit will appear at the hearing to oppose Frederick’s parole. Continue reading