SUICIDE
September 21, 2008 - Fairfield councilman Frank Kardos died of self-inflicted injuries Saturday morning. He was 54. A jury convicted him a d
ay before.
Kardos was scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 31 after being convicted of felony assault and misdemeanor domestic battery for a 2007 strangulation attack on his ex-girlfriend. At the trial, the councilman's ex-wife also testified to a history of violence and abuse during their marriage. He was facing up to four years in prison.
Kardos was arrested Jan. 20, 2007 for allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend, a 55-year-old Fairfield woman, the night before. He was placed on paid administrative leave from his job as assistant principal at Armijo High School in Fairfield.
He remained on the City Council but would have lost his seat and his job at the high school because he had been convicted of a felony, according to his attorney. He was the divorced father of two.
Los Angeles Times (Sept. 21) Convicted Fairfield city councilman dead in an apparent suicide
The community is still reeling from the slaying earlier this month of 22-year-old City Councilman Matt Garcia.Police said Garcia was not involved in drug activity and was visiting a young female friend in the area when he was shot. Garcia was killed on September 1. Three men have been arrested.
On Saturday, U.S. marshals and Las Vegas police arrested Henry Don Williams in Las Vegas on a murder warrant in connection with Garcia's slaying. Police said they believed Williams and another man, Gene Allen Combs, had intended to collect a drug debt.
