Jail

In a marathon meeting that concluded after 3 a.m. Wednesday, the Costa Mesa City Council pushed through plans to outsource the city jail and street-sweeping services to private companies. "Today is a momentous day, a great day," said Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer. "... I know we're going in the right direction, and I think by the time this is over I think the rest of the city will too. " Councilwoman Wendy Leece, who cast the lone dissenting vote in 4-1 splits on the jail and street-sweeping measures, said such an important decision should not be made in the early-morning hours, when most community members have gone home.

The Costa Mesa City Council will consider Tuesday whether to outsource five city services, more than a year since the wheels were first set in motion amid furious protests from city workers and local activists. City staff are recommending Costa Mesa outsource its jail services and street sweeping but keep its animal control, building inspections and video production in-house. Staff recommend that the city contract with G4S Secure Solutions, a worldwide company owned by Danish security firm Group 4 Falck.

The jury is still out on the impact of the state's decision to dump certain criminals into the county's lap, according to Orange County 5th District Supervisor Pat Bates. About 3,500 nominally nonviolent felons will be transferred to the county's jurisdiction, to be jailed or put on probation, Bates said in her recent State of the County report to Laguna Canyon Conservancy. The state presumably will compensate the county. "We are supposed to get $26,000, but we all know the state doesn't always come through with its promises," said Bates, who's now in her second and final term as a supervisor.

ORANGE - Dennis Rodman hasn't rebounded from his personal and financial woes. The former NBA star, whose loud parties once riled his Newport Beach neighbors, made an appearance Tuesday at the Lamoreaux Justice Center, where he faced possible jail time for unpaid spousal and child support. However, the 50-year-old saw his sentencing moved to May 29, pending a court decision in which is his attorney, Linnea Willis, is seeking to vacate the ruling on four counts of contempt of court.

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman faces up to 20 days in jail Tuesday for failure to pay spousal and child support, according to an attorney for his ex-wife. The Hall of Fame player, whose years as a West Newport resident drew the ire of neighbors and the attention of police, is scheduled to appear at a contempt of court hearing Tuesday in Orange. As of March 1, Rodman, 50, owed $808,935 in back child support for the 9- and 10-year-old children that he had with his third wife, Michelle Rodman, said her attorney, Jack Kayajanian, in court documents.

Despite being sentenced to 60 days in jail Thursday, former Newport-Mesa Unified Supt. Jeffrey Hubbard should be released no later than about the middle of next month, records show. Hubbard is set for release March 16, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Inmate Information Center. He was given a one-day credit from when he was initially booked. However, because of severe jail overcrowding, many nonviolent offenders are released after serving only a few days, so it is unclear whether Hubbard will be detained even until mid-March.

LOS ANGELES — Former Newport-Mesa Unified Supt. Jeffrey Hubbard was sentenced to 60 days in Los Angeles County Jail and given three years probation Thursday for misappropriating public funds. Hubbard, 55, was not handcuffed while being taken into custody in Los Angeles County Superior Court. He showed little emotion. Hubbard's wife, Lupe, sobbed in the courtroom. When asked by Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus whether he had anything he wanted to give his wife before he began serving his term, Hubbard replied: "Just lots of love.

Morningside Recovery President Raymond Jeffrey Yates pleaded guilty Friday to spousal injury, according to court records. While the exact terms of the sentencing were unavailable Saturday, Yates could face up to three years of probation, court-ordered participation in a batterers' treatment program and jail time. Yates, 44, of Newport Beach, was arrested in early December relating to a Dec. 4 dispute he had with his wife at their Dover Shores house in the 1900 block of Commodore Road, according to the Daily Pilot.

An inmate who escaped from an Orange County jail was back behind bars Friday, sheriff's officials said. William Scott Woodin, 39, was arrested at Vintage Park in Lake Forest about 24 hours after he escaped, according to KTLA. He was discovered missing from the jail in the city of Orange about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was serving time after being arrested Oct. 23 in Irvine after he allegedly tried to steal a watch from a Nordstrom store. Woodin pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of petty theft and giving a false name to police, according to court records.

Authorities on Thursday continued to search for a former Newport Beach resident who escaped an Orange County jail through a broken window. William Scott Woodin, 39, who last lived in Tucson, Ariz., broke out of the Theo Lacy Facility on Wednesday by pushing a bench up against a broken window while he was on a work detail in the jail's kitchen, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino. Woodin first came into custody Oct. 24, after Irvine police arrested him the day before on suspicion of stealing a watch from Nordstrom, Amormino said.