MEDIA ADVISORY

Date: April 30, 2004
Contact: Lana Wyant, Special Assistant Deputy District Attorney, (916) 874-5907

Brian Hintz Prosecutor of the Year Award
Dundell Wright Prosecutor Honored

District Attorney Jan Scully announced today that this year's prestigious Brian Hintz Prosecutor of the Year Award was given to Michael Savage.

Each year the attorneys of the Sacramento County DA's Office recognize one of their own to receive the Brian Hintz Prosecutor of the Year Award. This award is presented annually to a prosecutor who has performed his or her duties with outstanding job performance, enthusiasm, teamwork and integrity.

Mike is a fifteen-year veteran prosecutor of the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office. He has spent the bulk of his career in some of the most intense units in the office, taking on child molesters, rapists and killers. Mike has had too many successes to detail, but two recent cases are good examples of what he does and how he does it. Mike handled People v. Dennis Tison, a complex child homicide where the accused happened to be a prominent physician as well as the victim's father. Most recently, Mike successfully prosecuted Dundell Wright for the murder of Sacramento Police Officer Bill Bean.

Jan Scully described Mike Savage as, "the consummate prosecutor." "He is sincere, compassionate and intense. Mike dedicates himself fully to each and every case he handles, and to the continued pursuit of justice."

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