A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday set a trial date of June 18 for a former San Francisco police crime laboratory technician accused of stealing cocaine from the facility. Deborah Madden, 61, of San Mateo, was indicted in December on a federal charge of obtaining cocaine by of fraud, deception or subterfuge in 2009. The charge carries a possible maximum sentence of four years in prison if she ......

Nearly seven months later, the attorney general's investigation into former San Francisco crime lab technician Debbie Madden remains open. And until it's closed, Madden is likely to not face the other charges against her. Those include charges in San Mateo County of cocaine and illegal firearm possession which were brought after authorities searched her home there in March. Madden's arraignment began at 9 a.m. this morning, but San Mateo County ......

Today, more than two months after a far-reaching scandal rocked San Francisco's police and prosecutors, District Attorney Kamala Harris announced she has created a "trial integrity unit."In March, successive revelations shook law enforcement. First, reports alleged that Deborah Madden, a former technician in the crime lab, had been stealing and using cocaine brought in by police as evidence. Next came news that some police who testified at trials had criminal ......