San Jose Escorts: Alamo trial to hinge on witness testimony

Arkansas State Police troopers and FBI agents investigated Alamo long before launching a Sept. 20 raid on his compound in Fouke, a town of 845 people near Arkansas’ border with Louisiana and Texas. Police descended on the 15-acre complex a day after a federal prosecutor accidentally sent an e-mail to reporters that detailed plans to have specialists on hand to help children who allegedly suffered sexual abuse at Alamo’s hand.
Initially, FBI agents looked for evidence Alamo produced child pornography at his ranch home on the compound. Agents seized a Polaroid camera and film during their search a favorite of child pornographers as the film doesn’t require developing. However, the agents recovered no nude photographs, according to court filings.
Alamo, arrested Sept. 25 in Flagstaff, Ariz., instead faces charges that he violated the Mann Act, a federal law that bans carrying women or girls across state lines for “prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.” The 1910 act gave federal authorities powers to prosecute vice crimes over fears about “white slavery” that young women from rural areas moving to the city were being abducted by immigrants and forced into prostitution.

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San Jose Escorts: Alamo trial to hinge on witness testimony

Arkansas State Police troopers and FBI agents investigated Alamo long before launching a Sept. 20 raid on his compound in Fouke, a town of 845 people near Arkansas’ border with Louisiana and Texas. Police descended on the 15-acre complex a day after a federal prosecutor accidentally sent an e-mail to reporters that detailed plans to have specialists on hand to help children who allegedly suffered sexual abuse at Alamo’s hand.
Initially, FBI agents looked for evidence Alamo produced child pornography at his ranch home on the compound. Agents seized a Polaroid camera and film during their search a favorite of child pornographers as the film doesn’t require developing. However, the agents recovered no nude photographs, according to court filings.
Alamo, arrested Sept. 25 in Flagstaff, Ariz., instead faces charges that he violated the Mann Act, a federal law that bans carrying women or girls across state lines for “prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.” The 1910 act gave federal authorities powers to prosecute vice crimes over fears about “white slavery” that young women from rural areas moving to the city were being abducted by immigrants and forced into prostitution.

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San Jose Escorts: SL police plan to arrest Oakland woman in elderly scam

S.L. police plan to arrest Oakland woman in elderly scam
By Karen HolzmeisterThe Daily Review
Posted: 07/11/2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
Updated: 07/11/2009 07:20:01 PM PDT
SAN LEANDRO — For the past year, San Leandro police detectives have sought a smooth-talking con woman who has been scamming elderly residents out of $20 here and $40 there.
Now, thanks to a sharp-eyed and suspicious senior citizen, an arrest warrant is being issued for an Oakland woman who has what Police Sgt. Mike Sobek describes as an “extensive record of prostitution and drug use.”
Sobek speculated Friday that at least 100 people in San Leandro and Castro Valley — and maybe more — may have been taken in by a tale of hard luck.
Carol Ann Glasky, 47, admitted during police questioning on June 9 that she knocked on doors to say she had just returned from military service in Iraq and was locked out of her nearby home, Sobek said.

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San Jose Escorts: SL police plan to arrest Oakland woman in elderly scam

S.L. police plan to arrest Oakland woman in elderly scam
By Karen HolzmeisterThe Daily Review
Posted: 07/11/2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
Updated: 07/11/2009 07:20:01 PM PDT
SAN LEANDRO — For the past year, San Leandro police detectives have sought a smooth-talking con woman who has been scamming elderly residents out of $20 here and $40 there.
Now, thanks to a sharp-eyed and suspicious senior citizen, an arrest warrant is being issued for an Oakland woman who has what Police Sgt. Mike Sobek describes as an “extensive record of prostitution and drug use.”
Sobek speculated Friday that at least 100 people in San Leandro and Castro Valley — and maybe more — may have been taken in by a tale of hard luck.
Carol Ann Glasky, 47, admitted during police questioning on June 9 that she knocked on doors to say she had just returned from military service in Iraq and was locked out of her nearby home, Sobek said.

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San Jose Escorts: Harvey West workers complain of increased illegal activity after …

He’s tired of the RVs parked in front of his driveway, the suspected drug deals he watches, and the guy who pulled out a barbecue last week and started cooking on the sidewalk.
“I spend close to half my day down here five days a week, and I see it every day,” said Woolever, who owns Polar Automotive and Radiator Service on Coral Street. “It’s a tough way to run a business.”
Woolever isn’t the only one complaining about what police acknowledge is an the uptick of illegal activity in the Harvey West industrial area. Residents and business owners say that for the past two months they have smelled more marijuana smoke, seen more suspected drug deals and prostitution and watched as more people urinate and defecate against buildings than in summers past.

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San Jose Escorts: Harvey West workers complain of increased illegal activity after …

He’s tired of the RVs parked in front of his driveway, the suspected drug deals he watches, and the guy who pulled out a barbecue last week and started cooking on the sidewalk.
“I spend close to half my day down here five days a week, and I see it every day,” said Woolever, who owns Polar Automotive and Radiator Service on Coral Street. “It’s a tough way to run a business.”
Woolever isn’t the only one complaining about what police acknowledge is an the uptick of illegal activity in the Harvey West industrial area. Residents and business owners say that for the past two months they have smelled more marijuana smoke, seen more suspected drug deals and prostitution and watched as more people urinate and defecate against buildings than in summers past.

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San Jose Escorts: Atherton public works supervisor claims woman set him up for …

San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Sharron Lee later called to the stand a current town police sergeant and a former employee who both testified Henderson made sexually harassing comments — and town officials ignored complaints about his behavior.
Sgt. Kristin Nichols described a 2002 incident, in which she said Henderson approached her outside the police station in his car and remarked about her looks and boyfriend.
“I felt like he was looking at me not like a co-worker or friend, almost like he was undressing me with his eyes,” Nichols said.
Lois English, who worked for the town in various capacities for 16 years, said Henderson routinely harassed her verbally and physically, asking if she wanted him to “pimp-slap” her, making suggestive movements with his tongue and on one occasion putting his hand underneath the top of her bra.

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San Jose Escorts: Atherton public works supervisor claims woman set him up for …

San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Sharron Lee later called to the stand a current town police sergeant and a former employee who both testified Henderson made sexually harassing comments — and town officials ignored complaints about his behavior.
Sgt. Kristin Nichols described a 2002 incident, in which she said Henderson approached her outside the police station in his car and remarked about her looks and boyfriend.
“I felt like he was looking at me not like a co-worker or friend, almost like he was undressing me with his eyes,” Nichols said.
Lois English, who worked for the town in various capacities for 16 years, said Henderson routinely harassed her verbally and physically, asking if she wanted him to “pimp-slap” her, making suggestive movements with his tongue and on one occasion putting his hand underneath the top of her bra.

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San Jose Massage Parlors: Council delays vote on massage business

Council delays vote on massage business
By Shaun BishopDaily News Staff Writer
Posted: 07/15/2009 10:28:54 PM PDT
Updated: 07/15/2009 10:28:56 PM PDT
A divided Redwood City City Council delayed Monday a decision on whether to allow a massage parlor to open on Woodside Road.
The council was considering a neighborhood-backed appeal of the city zoning administrator’s decision to allow the massage business to move into a building at 515 Woodside Road. The site was formerly occupied by a pool-supply store.
After more than an hour of discussion, Council Member Alicia Aguirre made a motion to deny the appeal and allow the establishment to open, but it was voted down 5-2. Several other council members said they shared concerns of neighbors, who filed the appeal citing potential traffic impacts, inadequate parking and extended hours of operation.

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San Jose Massage Parlors: Council delays vote on massage business

Council delays vote on massage business
By Shaun BishopDaily News Staff Writer
Posted: 07/15/2009 10:28:54 PM PDT
Updated: 07/15/2009 10:28:56 PM PDT
A divided Redwood City City Council delayed Monday a decision on whether to allow a massage parlor to open on Woodside Road.
The council was considering a neighborhood-backed appeal of the city zoning administrator’s decision to allow the massage business to move into a building at 515 Woodside Road. The site was formerly occupied by a pool-supply store.
After more than an hour of discussion, Council Member Alicia Aguirre made a motion to deny the appeal and allow the establishment to open, but it was voted down 5-2. Several other council members said they shared concerns of neighbors, who filed the appeal citing potential traffic impacts, inadequate parking and extended hours of operation.

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