Ex-cop found dead in cell hours before sentencing

'Suicide by hanging' official cause of ex-cop's death

Anthony Orban, facing life in prison for rape and kidnapping, killed himself Friday just hours before his scheduled sentencing.

By GREG HARDESTY
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Oct. 30, 2012
A former Westminster detective found dead in his jail cell Friday died of suicide by hanging, authorities said Tuesday.

The official cause of death of Anthony Nicholas Orban, 33, was announced by Jodi Miller, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Orban, formerly of Irvine, was found unresponsive in his cell at 2:49 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the West Detention Center in San Bernardino. He was scheduled to be sentenced later that day to an effective term of life in prison for the April 3, 2010 kidnapping and rape of a former waitress at Ontario Mills Mall.
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