Crime & Safety
Applied Medical, A Place You Don't Want to Leave—Even When Forced
Rancho Santa Margarita's largest employer calls deputies when a fired worker won't budge.

Applied Medical must be a great place to work. More than a dozen buildings in Rancho Santa Margarita make up the campus, and it is the city's largest employer.
But the rank and file is down one person after a woman was terminated on Thursday. Happens every day, somewhere.
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But not at Applied Medical.
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According to the blotter of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, deputies were contacted by a security guard when a woman who had been fired remained at the front of the building.
She refused to leave and would not exit the premises.
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Apparently, she did not consider moving on an option.
The call was made Thursday, 2:44 p.m., from Applied Medical on the 22800 block of Avenida Empresa.
This report was culled from the Orange County Sheriff's website. Not all facts in each report are made public; the outcome of the report may differ from the original blotter item. There should be no assumption of guilt based on this limited information.
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