San Jose Massage Parlors: Deputy allegedly took coke, gun for ‘dirty DUIs’
… Every police officer has to follow up on reports that drunk drivers are taking to the road,” Pori said, “no matter where that report comes from or who it comes from.”
The defense attorney said Tanabe hadn’t known that Butler was hiring decoys to get the men drunk. He also denied that Tanabe had accepted cocaine or a gun from Butler.
Butler was indicted in August on felony drug and corruption charges with Norman Wielsch, 50, a former state Department of Justice agent who once commanded an anti-drug task force in Contra Costa County. Both men pleaded not guilty and are free on bail.
In a written confession to prosecutors in March, Butler also said he and Wielsch had operated a brothel in Pleasant Hill that fronted as a massage parlor. Wielsch has denied any involvement in the alleged brothel.