San Jose Massage Parlors: Ex-PI Pleads Guilty, Ex-Cop Sentenced In East Bay Police Scandal

The pair met the prostitutes at hotels in San Ramon and throughout the Bay Area, with Butler acting as the john. After knocking on the door, Wielsh would burst in the room, show his police badge and seize the woman’s possessions and cash, Butler said.
In one such incident in the summer of 2010 at Homestead Studio Suites in San Ramon, the pair robbed a prostitute and her madam of more than $10,000, cellphones and car keys, he said.
The private investigator worked with Wielsh in a 2009 incident in Pleasant Hill to stage an arrest of someone whose mother, a client of Butler’s, suspected he was selling drugs. The pair seized thousands of Xanax tablets during the illegal search and seizure, attorneys said.
Butler also pleaded guilty to helping Wielsh in 2009 open an illegal massage parlor where the masseuses provided sexual services. He admitted today to collecting more than $10,000 from the women working there in exchange for protection from Wielsh.

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San Jose Adult Entertainment: Former investigator pleads guilty, officer sentenced in law enforcement scandal

On several occasions, Butler drove Wielsh to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office evidence facility to take drugs from lockers and keep them for sale, Butler told the court.
The private investigator also admitted to conspiring with Wielsch to stage illegal search-and-seizure operations of prostitutes the CNET
commander found via online ads on websites such as Craigslist.com and Redbook.com.
The pair met the prostitutes at hotels in San Ramon and throughout the Bay Area, with Butler acting as the john. After knocking on the door,
Wielsh would burst in the room, show his police badge and seize the woman’s possessions and cash, Butler said.
In one such incident in the summer of 2010 at Homestead Studio Suites in San Ramon, the pair robbed a prostitute and her madam of more than

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San Jose Massage Parlors: Former cop gets three-year prison sentence in CNET scandal

Lombardi will serve the term in a federal prison in Oregon. His attorney, Dirk Manoukian, had asked for Lombardi to be placed there to avoid being incarcerated with some of the criminals he dealt with as a police officer.
Christopher Butler, 50, a private detective and former police officer, also pleaded guilty before Armstrong.
Butler is now in federal custody, where he could stay for 10 years or more for his role in the drug task force scandal.
Along with two other former police officers, the pair was indicted in federal court last year in a series of crimes that included stealing cash, guns and drugs during search warrant operations.
“He feels extremely bad for a lot of reasons,” said Bill Gagan, Butler’s Attorney. “A lot of people got hurt by this, his family in particular.”
In court, Butler described the crimes he committed and confirmed his guilt. The crimes included stealing and selling marijuana and methamphetamine, running a massage parlor prostitution ring, robbery and extortion.

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San Jose Escorts: Former Concord PI admits guilt in CNET corruption scandal; ex-San Ramon cop …

The plea takes down one of two pillars of the corruption scandal, starting with the stain of drug trafficking using police evidence and expanding to include allegations of prostitution and phony drunken-driving arrests. In delivering his plea, Butler confessed that he and Wielsch sold marijuana, methamphetamine and steroids worth tens of thousands of dollars that Wielsch stole out of police evidence lockers from November 2010 until their arrests in February 2011, capping an investigation by the state Department of Justice, which administered the Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team that Wielsch led.

Butler confirmed long-held rumors when he said he and Wielsch ran a brothel out of a Pleasant Hill massage parlor from November 2009 through April 2010, collecting $10,000 in rent and protection money, as Wielsch’s position of authority shielded them from scrutiny.

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San Jose Massage Parlors: CNET Cop Sentenced to Prison

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hartley West had  recommended a lesser sentence saying Lombardi’s cooperation was immediate and full. She said he provided the government “substantial assistance” in the case.
He was the first involved in the scandal to take a plea.
Shortly after Lombardi was sentenced, a co-conspirator, private investigator Christopher Butler, entered a guilty plea to eight counts, including conspiracy with the intention of distributing marijuana and methamphetamine to illegal wiretapping.
Butler testified that former squad commander Norman Wielsch gave him marijuana and steroids, which he then gave to a colleague at his private eye firm. He also said he drove Wielsch to various spots where they took 586 grams of methamphetamine from evidence lockers. One of those pounds, he said, sold  for $9,800. He admitted to taking $30,000 worth of drugs.
Butler also admitted to setting up a massage parlor, which provided sexual services.

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San Jose Strip Clubs: Vytran to Unveil Compact, Semi-Automated Optical Fiber Splicer at CLEO: 2012

CAS-4100 and CAS-4100-P (for polarization-maintaining fibers) make up Vytran’s newest family of optical fiber splicers — the compact, semi-automated CAS-4000 Series. In CAS systems, all components, including the computer and display, are embedded into the splicer to form a single unit ideal for use where space is limited. CAS splicers also feature Vytran’s One Step Splice process software to make fiber splicing and process control “simple and friendly” for the operator.
Vytran will also demonstrate its recently released GPX-3600 optical fiber glass processor at its CLEO: Expo booth. GPX-3600 is a versatile, filament fusion-based system designed to create splices, combiners, tapers, couplers, end caps and other fused components on optical fibers with diameters as large as 2 mm.
In addition, Vytran will demonstrate a new PFC-400 portable fiber cleaver, a companion product to CAS splicers. Other on-site products will include a selection of PTR-200 fiber recoaters/proof testers, an LDC-400 fiber cleaver, an FFS-2000 splicing workstation and an SAS-400 hot acid stripper.

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San Jose Escorts: Siren Sounds for May 4

The suspect was described as a 30-year-old African-American man standing 5 feet, 7 inches tall wearing a cap, black jacket and black undershirt.
A second suspect was only described as a black man driving the Durango. Police are investigating.
Prostitution suspected in Warm Springs hotel
Police responded to a prostitution report at the La Quinta Inn, 46200 Landing Parkway, Monday at 3:12 p.m.
The hotel clerk told police they thought one of their guests was soliciting in one of the rooms there, police said.
Officers arrived at the suspect’s room and knocked on the door. They were greeted by the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Woodland resident Teresa Telavera.
A suspected client, 38-year-old David Isla of San Jose, was in the room with her, police said.
Both were taken to Fremont City Jail on charges of engaging in prostitution, police said.

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San Jose Strip Clubs: Raiders sign OL Ed Wang

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Sports violence: NFL hands out latest punishments The Associated Press May 02, 2012 — 3:10 PM Football, hockey, rugby. Violence is part of the game in many sports. But when athletes cross the line, it can attract the attention of authorities — sometimes from within their sport and in other cases from criminal prosecutors. The
Former Cowboys lineman faces drug charges in Fla.
May 02, 2012 — 2:58 PM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman is accused of trying to sell marijuana to an undercover officer at a Tampa strip club.

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San Jose Strip Clubs: Vytran to Feature Compact, Semi-Automated Optical Fiber Splicer at CLEO: 2012

CAS-4100 and CAS-4100-P (for polarization-maintaining fibers) make up Vytran’s newest family of optical fiber splicers — the compact, semi-automated CAS-4000 Series. In CAS systems, all components, including the computer and display, are embedded into the splicer to form a single unit ideal for use where space is limited. CAS splicers also feature Vytran’s One Step Splice™ process software to make fiber splicing and process control simple and intuitive for the operator.
Vytran will also demonstrate its recently released GPX-3600 optical fiber glass processor at its CLEO: Expo booth. GPX-3600 is a versatile, filament fusion-based system designed to create splices, combiners, tapers, couplers, end caps and other fused components on optical fibers with diameters as large as 2 mm.
In addition, Vytran will demonstrate a new PFC-400 portable fiber cleaver, the ideal companion product to CAS splicers. Other on-site products will include a selection of PTR-200 fiber recoaters/proof testers, an LDC-400 fiber cleaver, an FFS-2000 splicing workstation and an SAS-400 hot acid stripper.

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San Jose Adult Entertainment: Massage Parlor Searched on Suspicion of Prostitution

Police searched a massage business in San Mateo on Wednesday, arrested one employee on suspicion of prostitution, and cited the owner for several misdemeanor violations related to the business, police said.
Police had received several reports that the Celandine Day Spa at 155 E. Fifth Ave. was offering prostitution in addition to its regular massage business, and police gathered evidence supporting those reports, police said.
On Wednesday afternoon, police served a search warrant there, which led to one arrest and the citations for the business’s owner, Daly City resident Michelle Yang, 41. Shui “Cece” Chen, 45, of Hayward, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of prostitution and was booked into San Mateo County Jail.
— Bay City News
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