Ex-Santa Ana police officer charged with 63 counts

A former Santa Ana police officer who worked as an unlicensed private investigator was charged Friday with 63 counts, ranging from defrauding clients to intimidating witnesses to posting ads on Craigslist seeking women to engage in sex acts with his Labrador retriever.

Kevin Michael Sianez, 53, of Fountain Valley is also charged with illegally operating a private investigation service without a license, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.

Sianez opened his office in 2005 and employed five people, most of whom were family members, the district attorney’s office said. He allegedly posted false reviews of his business on the Internet, misleading potential clients into believing his business had nationwide offices and investigators.

He also is accused of attempting to dissuade two former employees who tried to report his actions to the police, the district attorney’s office said.

Sianez allegedly said he would use his contacts as a former police officer to file false police reports against them, and he allegedly threatened to burn down the home of a private investigator who posted Internet comments alerting people to Sianez’s fraudulent activities, authorities said.

Investigators also discovered that Sianez posted ads on Craigslist seeking women to engage in bestiality  with his dog, prosecutors said, and he tried to set up the meetings through e-mail. 

If convicted of all the charges, Sianez faces a maximum of 38 years in prison.

-- My-Thuan Tran

Comments

[kuruc]

what a perverted criminal. how did he ever become a police officer, or they take anybody in santa ana?

[Crazy Horse]

Typical news media. This loser was a cop decades ago. No pension. That means he quit or was dismissed. His long ago status as an officer has NOTHING to do with what he was arrested for, but the newspaper spins it in there anyway. This guy's nothing but a crook and the newspaper has all the credibility of professional wrestling.

[crppplll]

Is he collecting a pension ?

[alexforthright]

Only a complete idiot is going to consent to a search when carrying dope.

[Sean]

Whoever creates your URLs really needs to learn how to spell "bestiality". Dumbass.

[uncle_vito]

Is his dog good looking?

[Bob Johnson]

38 years in prison sounds good, but not as good as the gas chamber.

[Ralph L. Seifer]

The implication here seems to say that now I'll have to get rid of my Labrador Retriever costume. Ralph L. Seifer, Long Beach.

[Ted]

@Sean its funny how this was the only error you found....hmmm intereessting.

[John]

He also was a PHONY Navy SEAL Retired according to his facebook site Kevin Sianez - until a bunch of Navy SEAL Investigators pressured him into removing the bull. He did remove it after they let everyone know he was a phony on the internet.

[hal]

Kevin Michael Sianez only posted the sex with his dog ads on craigslist because the dog couldn't type.

And yes he is collecting his pension.

[Conrad]

WORST LIEUTENANT

[Crazy Horse]

No, not just a complete idiot consents to a search when carrying dope. Most people do. Same thing with Miranda. You advise a guy of his rights, you in essence tell him you're selling him a trip to jail and you want to know if he's dumb enough to buy, and what does he do? He sings like a bird.

[chuck hodi]

Wait, is it a dog, like a homie dog? Or a animal dog? It's hard to tell these days.

[7hund3r]

that sums up about 75% of America's law enforcement officials. They're usually worse than the people they arrest. This pervert deserves all 38 years, but that's pretty unlikely.

[Donna McDonald]

There more cops that are out there , they just dont wont to look and meny of us have seen with our own eyes, but didnt know how to handle it because of what would happen to them if they did say any thing, how ture is this very and very sad

[Jose Garcia]

Well, when he finishes his jail time he can always work for the DNC!