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CHP officer from Paso Robles found guilty of insurance fraud

December 21, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

A California Highway Patrol officer, who used to live in Paso Robles, was sentenced last week to 270 days in jail for insurance fraud after he claimed he had a debilitating injury that caused him significant pain when he sat or stood.

The son of a San Luis Obispo County CHP officer, 45-year-old Jordan Roy Lester worked as a CHP officer for 17 years. He then procured medical leave claiming he was unable to work because of an injury he claimed he suffered at work.

After receiving a tip that Lester had faked his disability, an investigation was initiated. Internal affairs investigators then observed Lester at a property he owned cutting down trees, stacking firewood and operating heavy machinery.

In addition to jail time, a judge ordered Lester to pay $232,829 in restitution to the CHP and $127,791 to the state compensation insurance fund. He will also lose his service and pension credit for the years the fraud was committed.

“We take workers’ compensation fraud very seriously as it has an immediate and lasting financial impact on employers and delays medical care and financial assistance to employees legitimately injured at work,” said Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho. “To have a peace officer commit this fraud is not only a violation of their duty to serve and protect with integrity, but it is also a violation of public trust.”

 


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The Blue Shield in full effect, no way some of his fellow officers didn’t know for a long time that he was a criminal but they kept their mouths shut, understandable why the public doesn’t trust the police, but the police don’t understand this.


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This has become too common.


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Tip of the iceberg and with no real consequences no reason for others to stop. 270 days in county jail will be reduced to maybe 100 and will be allowed to be served on a flex schedule, like weekends for 50 weeks. The restitution is only for the money he stole, no financial penalty for actually doing to theft to begin with. “He will also lose his service and pension credit for the years the fraud was committed”, again only for the years he actually did the crime, afterward back to his original pension, “NO REAL CONSEQUENCES”, so no reason for any of the others doing this crime to stop, they only need to do better at covering it up. The chances they will be caught are very slim to begin with.


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A lot of modern cops are welfare queens. Milk the overtime teet sitting in cars and playing games on their phone while unconstitutional and illegal AI “license plate readers” do their job for them. Then collect one of the biggest pensions you ever heard of. And most retire early from California and collect CA pension and then move to another state and become a cop again. Double dipping and bleeding society dry. WELFARE QUEENS!


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Excellent! Now investigate SNAP and welfare fraud.


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This is great, so many people just like this guy. What pisses me off are the people with “disabled veteran” license plates, a (fake) service connected disability, with a lifetime pension, and free college for their kids. The work in the admin and hurt themselves typing.


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Do you personally know a fake disabled vet that’s faking it? As a disabled vet, can you tell me about the free college for my kids? Who hurt themselves typing? That’s one heck of a stretch


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Loving Sacramento County DA Thien

Ho. Keep it up sir. Your run for higher office will hopefully be a boom for victims and a deterrent for criminals. You’re the American dream, in action.


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Loving tipster who brought attention to fraud. Lester nice try trying to ruin it for the good apples.


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