San Jose Escorts: CNET Defendant Heads For Dr. Phil Show

… He will be able to reach a lot of people” on the daytime show, Cardoza said. “A lot of wives of police officers will be watching and we hope they will have a chit-chat with their husbands in the evening.
“If he can reach just one person, he will feel good,” the defense attorney said. Cardoza said the stress Wielsch was under at the time of the alleged crimes between 2009 and 2011 included neuropathic problems with his feet and anxiety over a daughter’s medical problems.
Wielsch and Butler are accused in the federal indictment of stealing and then reselling marijuana and methamphetamine seized by CNET, extorting payments from women in an illegal massage parlor they ran, and conducting phony sting operations in which they stole money and cellphones from prostitutes they identified from Internet advertisements.

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San Jose Escorts: Former Contra Costa County drug task force commander facing federal charges to …

… A lot of wives of police officers will be watching and we hope they will have a chitchat with their husbands in the evening.
“If he can reach just one person, he will feel good,” the defense attorney said.
Wielsch and former private investigator Christopher Butler of Concord face an array of drug and corruption charges in a federal grand jury indictment issued Aug. 8.
Cardoza said the stress Wielsch was under at the time of the alleged crimes between 2009 and 2011 included neuropathic problems with his feet and anxiety over a daughter’s medical problems.
Wielsch and Butler are accused in the federal indictment of stealing and then reselling marijuana and methamphetamine seized by CNET, extorting payments from women in an illegal massage parlor they ran, and conducting phony sting operations in which they stole money and cellphones from prostitutes they identified from Internet advertisements.

See the full article from “Contra Costa Times”

San Jose Escorts: CNET Defendant Heads For Dr. Phil Show

… He wants to make a plea to officers who are in the same type of trouble he was in, with physical disabilities and stress, not to let the macho atmosphere of police departments prevent them from getting help,” Cardoza said. ”He will be able to reach a lot of people” on the daytime show, Cardoza said.
“A lot of wives of police officers will be watching and we hope they will have a chit-chat with their husbands in the evening. ”If he can reach just one person, he will feel good,” the defense attorney said.
Cardoza said the stress Wielsch was under at the time of the alleged crimes between 2009 and 2011 included neuropathic problems with his feet and anxiety over a daughter’s medical problems.
Wielsch and Butler are accused in the federal indictment of stealing and then reselling marijuana and methamphetamine seized by CNET, extorting payments from women in an illegal massage parlor they ran, and conducting phony sting operations in which they stole money and cellphones from prostitutes they identified from Internet advertisements.

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San Jose Escorts: Filipino Professionals and Businessmen’s Association celebrates 50th anniversary

Some of the projects of FILPABA since its inception includes the contributions of funds for the construction of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, sending financial aid to victims of Taal and Mt. Pinatubo volcano eruptions, sponsored the Philippine team for international competitions, sent boxes of medicine to Cebu in response to an appeal of Cardinal Julio Rosales, and organized award events for outstanding community leaders. FILPABA also donated medical equipment and supplies to the Ospital ng Maynila, initiated the Filipiniana library at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco, arranged donation of an ambulance in northern Luzon, initiated the Philippine garden project at the SF Golden Gate Park and sponsored a major fundraising event that generated $100,000 for the garden program that brought rare Philippine plants, provided funds and other types of aid to typhoon victims in the Philippines and raised funds to support to the project aimed at rehabilitating child prostitutes in the Philippines through Caritas Manila.

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San Jose Escorts: Ex-cop pleads guilty in Contra Costa scandal (cops dealing drugs and stealing …

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 03:54 AM
Ex-cop pleads guilty in Contra Costa scandal (cops dealing drugs and stealing evidence)
A former San Ramon police officer who was also a member of an antidrug unit in Contra Costa County pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he sold drugs with his commanding officer, stole jewelry and cash from crime scenes and possessed stolen guns.
Louis Lombardi, 39, also admitted that during a four-year period, he had pocketed at least $40,000 in cash from alleged drug dealers and prostitutes while serving search warrants.
Lombardi was taken into custody in federal court in Oakland after admitting to nine felony counts of possession and intent to sell drugs, possession of stolen firearms, conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premise and deprivation of rights under color of law. He faces a maximum sentence of more than 60 years in federal prison.

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San Jose Escorts: Former San Ramon cop pleads guilty in CNET scandal

Posted: 01/26/2012 12:31:59 PM PST
Updated: 01/26/2012 01:48:29 PM PST
Former San Ramon police officer Louis Lombardi was taken into federal custody Thursday after pleading guilty to nine felonies for his role in the corruption probe involving the Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Sentencing was scheduled for April 18.
CNET, an elite vice squad funded by the Department of Justice and manned by officers from Contra Costa police agencies, was suspended in February when its commander, Norman Wielsch, and private investigator Christopher Butler were arrested on suspicion of selling stolen drug evidence.
The scandal expanded to include the arrests of Lombardi and Danville officer Stephen Tanabe and further allegations of officers operating a brothel, and setting up men for drunken driving arrests to be used as leverage in family law cases.

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San Jose Escorts: Domestic dispute call leads to arrest of woman on Los Angeles prostitution warrant

Domestic dispute call leads to arrest of woman on Los Angeles prostitution warrant
Posted: 01/25/2012 06:59:19 PM PST
Updated: 01/25/2012 07:01:07 PM PST
SANTA CRUZ – Santa Cruz police arrested a 35-year-old woman on a warrant for misdemeanor prostitution out of Los Angeles after responding to reports of a domestic dispute.
A caller told police that someone else had spotted a woman chasing a man with a knife outside an apartment complex on Felix Street on Tuesday afternoon, according to police spokesman Zach Friend.
Officers arrived and didn’t see anyone chasing anyone else with a knife, but they made contact with a woman there, Jill Pemberton. Pemberton told them she had been in a fight with her boyfriend but had not been chasing him with a knife.
After talking with her further, police determined she was wanted on a warrant in Los Angeles. She was booked into County Jail on the warrant.

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San Jose Escorts: BOT, Residents Agree on Opposition To Proposed Casino at Belmont

Floral Park residents can bet their bottom dollar that Mayor Thomas J. Tweedy and the Board of Trustees are not vying for a casino at Belmont Park. In his Mayor’s Message dated Jan. 9, Mayor Tweedy wrote, “I have worked diligently as mayor to avoid having a casino at Belmont Park, and that remains a top priority for this new year of 2012.” He reiterated that proclamation at the Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, which came on the heels of a Stop the Belmont Casino community meeting initiated by concerned residents the week before.
“I want to thank all of you for your support and for your efforts,” Mayor Tweedy said before opening up the floor to residents.
“Why do we need another casino built, while others are struggling for financial survival?” asked a Carnation Avenue resident, who suggested that the majority of Nassau County residents who live in the area around the proposed casino are against it. He also expressed concern over the negative social implications a casino in Floral Park’s backyard would bring, namely “exposing the local school children to alcoholism, gambling and prostitution.”

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San Jose Escorts: City’s 2011 Crime Rate Continues Downward Trend

Statistics also show that forcible rapes increased 50 percent from four to six. Wylie explained that some of these after investigation end up “not to be legitimate or there isn’t enough to make an arrest,” for example, like the “‘he said/she said’ date rapes.”
“The initial report of a rape is what gets included in the statistic,” Wylie said. “All rapes are technically considered ‘forcible’ by definition of rape.” Wylie refers to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting definition.
According to Wylie, however, there haven’t been the types of rape that “warranted warnings to the community.”
“Nobody got dragged into the bushes and raped, or dragged into their house or anything like that,” she said. “There were reports of date rapes or acquaintance rapes.”
Aside from major violent crimes, in the non-violent crime categories an uptick could be noted in the number of prostitution and vice-related crimes reported. That jumped 267 percent, from three cases in 2010 to 11 in 2011. Driving under the influence cases also grew 6 percent from 285 to 303.

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San Jose Escorts: ABC Revokes BBC’s Liquor License

As part of the decision, bar owners Lance White and Richard Eldridge have agreed to sell the bar, along with the temporarily suspended liquor license, to another approved operator within the next six months, according to Szakacs.
The license will be re-instated for the establishment once the transfer of ownership is complete. Should White and Eldridge fail to find a buyer over the course of the next 180 days, the license will be revoked permanently, said Szakacs.
Repeated calls to the bar were not returned Friday, but a recorded message said it will be closed until Jan. 12 for remodeling.
An investigation by the ABC into the disorder and misconduct taking place at the bar began almost two years ago at the request of Menlo Park Police, said Szakacs.
A variety of repeated offenses such as reports of drunkenness, fighting, noise complaints from neighbors, drugs, prostitution or other types of disorderly conduct can result in an alcohol license being revoked, said Szakacs.

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