Solano County, Calif., District Attorney David Paulson retaliated against a bail bondsman who slammed the prosecutor in a newspaper ad, a federal court jury decided Wednesday.

Paulson and his chief investigator, Al Garza, acted with malice when they sought a temporary restraining order against Joel Thomas “Tom” Toler and then unsuccessfully pursued charges that he violated that order, the eight-member jury found.

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