County Prosecutor Appointed Judge
Arthur Koelle of Laguna Niguel, an Orange County deputy district attorney, was appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian on Tuesday to the Municipal Court bench of the South Orange County district.
Koelle, who now supervises the prosecution of criminal cases in the Central Orange County Judicial District, served as a patrol officer with the Long Beach Police Department before joining the district attorney’s office in 1971.
Koelle, 50, replaces retired Judge John Griffin in the $70,436-a-year post.
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