Overview
- County Executive Mike Callagy testified that he terminated Victor Aenlle’s initial contract after learning Aenlle flew to Hawaii with Sheriff Christina Corpus, citing conflict-of-interest concerns.
- Callagy rejected claims he influences the Sheriff’s Office and said he blocked Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan’s 2024 firing over potential retaliation concerns.
- Corpus and Aenlle have denied any romantic relationship, saying the Hawaii trip was arranged so Aenlle could assist with her special-needs son.
- Undersheriff Dan Perea defended Corpus’ leadership, described internal efforts by some captains to push him and the sheriff to resign, and said public support for her remains strong in many communities.
- Perea offered an alternate account of the 2024 arrest of union leader Carlos Tapia, said former Assistant Sheriff Matthew Fox initially pressed to arrest, and acknowledged he offered to fly to meet Fox before the hearing, while the DA later dropped Tapia’s case citing a timecard coding error.