San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus faced her sixth day of her removal hearing Monday as the county called one of its most anticipated witnesses.

Deputy Carlos Tapia, a 16-year veteran of the sheriff's office and president of the 500-member deputies' union, alleged that Corpus retaliated against employees who criticized her and abused her powers leading the agency.

On the stand, Tapia recounted his arrest last November, when he was taken into custody without a warrant on allegations of timecard fraud. He told a judge he had been scheduled to attend a labor negotiation that day but instead was fingerprinted and photographed like a suspect.

The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office later cleared him of all wrongdoing .

Corpus has insisted the arrest was conducted unde

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