Posted 2:31 PM 12/4/2012 : DA: Use of force 'lawful' in highway officer-involved shooting
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley has found a California Highway Patrol officer's use of force was lawful in the July officer-involved shooting of Michael Ledesma, 18, near Los Alamos.
The CHP officer shot Ledesma on Highway 135 after investigators say Ledesma confronted