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He gets 37 months for cheating government on trade
He said imported goods would be sold in other countries. They weren't.
Gerardo Chavez was sentenced today (July 1) to 37 months in prison for violating customs rules. He has to forfeit real estate in Tecate where he has his office, and must attend a future restitution hearing at which he could …
Sentencing delayed for man convicted of child abuse
Daniel Hood could get more than 100 years prison
A man who was declared guilty of eleven felony counts of child abuse was able to delay sentencing this morning by claiming “ineffective assistance of counsel.” Daniel Roger Hood, 43, made several “oral motions” to a judge, plus he submitted …
Pomegranate seeds linked to hepatitis A outbreak
15 confirmed San Diego County cases
San Diego County officials are advising residents to discard some recently purchased Woodstock brand frozen organic pomegranate kernels as well as Townsend Farms organic antioxidant berries, as the products have been linked to a hepatitis A outbreak that has sickened …
Big money battle brews with DeMaio's Orange County trip
Democratic champion of U.S. military funding for local public universities and GOP's self-styled taxpayer advocate both hit the hustings outside of San Diego in quest for campaign cash
Ex-San Diego city councilman and unsuccessful GOP mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio is going on the road to raise money for his congressional bid against La Jolla Democratic freshman Scott Peters. DeMaio isn't traveling too far over the county line in …
Medical tourism draws 450,000 visitors a year to Baja California
State tourism secretary emphasizes importance of medical tourism to the region
An estimated 450,000 people a year visit the Mexican state of Baja California for medical tourism. The numbers were recently stated by Juan Tintos Funcke, the state tourism secretary. Tintos Funcke went on to claim that the medical tourism industry …
Is Austin, Texas emulating San Diego?
Similarities arise from Manchester's new hotel
One wing of Papa Doug Manchester's hotel empire, Manchester Financial Group LLC, is building a 1035-room, $350 million hotel in Austin, Texas According to the publication AustinTowers, Doug Manchester, Papa Doug's son, is championing "a major push" to develop the …
Two Padres among 25 most overpaid players
Street, Richard have negative value this year, says publication
The publication Business Insider has used a formula to calculate Major League Baseball players' dollar value in 2013. Two Padres make the list of the 25 most overpaid. Relief pitcher Huston Street has a value of minus-$23.8 million this year, …
The current Sunroad blowup shows rank hypocrisy
Those who lauded Sanders's sleazy actions denounce Filner's bumbling ones.
The flap over Mayor Bob Filner's mishandling of the Sunroad Enterprise matter brings to mind another scandal regarding that company back in the 2007-2008 time period. Comparison of these two scandals shows the staggering hypocrisy of the San Diego establishment …
Is it the mess or the message? City Attorney has been selective when prosecuting chalk vandalism
Other chalking events, such as one pro-life protest, was granted permission from the Police Department. No charges were ever filed.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/30/48329/ Is it the mess or is it the message? Is it the fact that Olson's message was a key tenet of the Occupy Wall Street movement or would it happen to any person or group wishing to exercise their …
Court hearing this month for disbarred attorney
Still owes about $80,000 to former clients
Disgraced former-attorney Patricia Ann Gregory, 63, has been working lately as a part-time debt collector, according to a recent probation report. Gregory also receives income from social security and a military pension, the report stated. The former Carlsbad attorney, who …
Boss sentenced for brawl with employees
Christmas party ended badly for manager of taco shop
Juan Rivas, 29, was sentenced to 30 days custody after a jury declared him guilty of misdemeanor battery for punching an employee after the company Christmas party. The fight occurred the early hours of a Sunday morning, after a Saturday …
California dentist and wife admitted stealing from patients
Dr. Edward and Mary Rose Bodek ran up thousands on credit cards
Dr. Edward J. Bodek, 60, and his wife Mary Rose, 56, admitted this week that they have been stealing from their patients. They ran a dental practice at 317 North El Camino Real in Encinitas, California, for more than twenty …
Late David Copley's yacht sold
Yacht publication does not give price
"Happy Days," the yacht that belonged to the late David Copley, publisher of the Union-Tribune, has been sold, according to the publication BoatInternational.com. The price was not given. The Reader had reported in January of this year that Copley's lavish …
Complex identity theft scheme ends with 3 year sentence
Conspirators installed skimming devices inside gas pumps
Akop Taymizyan was sentenced today (June 28) to three years behind bars for his role in a sophisticated identity theft scheme. He and co-conspirators installed skimming devices inside gas pumps in California, Arizona, and Nevada. The devices secretly recorded gas …
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith has a history of prosecuting activists who scribble chalk on public sidewalks
18-year-old Occupy San Diego participant spent three days in jail in 2012 for writing free speech slogans in chalk. Lawyer for the woman says City Attorney was "personally involved" in the case.
Earlier this week, San Diego's City Attorney Jan Goldsmith issued a statement on the misinformation spread by the media in regards to the prosecution of a man for scribbling anti-bank statements in chalk on the sidewalk. "The defense is trying …
Territorial tax? Qualcomm is in the middle of storm
Company denounced, but almost all its revenue comes from abroad
A territorial tax system taxes only revenue earned domestically. Only a few countries, such as France, have such a system. The progressive Institute for Policy Studies came out with a study this month stating that a conservative organization, Fix the …
Senate immigration bill strengthens green card financing
Manchester's Austin hotel raising Chinese capital through EB-5 program
The immigration reform bill recently passed by the United States Senate permanently authorizes and in other ways strengthens the EB-5 program, a method for foreign investment to come into the U.S. EB-5 was originally passed in 1990 and has been …
Plaid-shirt fraudster got probation at sentencing
A judge noticed the defendant wore the same shirt to court seen in evidence photos
Abrahim Ah Saed was sentenced to time already served, twelve days custody, plus three years probation for a felony fraud which he admitted last month. A judge had noticed at a prior court appearance that Saed was wearing the same …
As end of Inzunza custody looms, friend registers as nude entertainment lobbyist
Marco Polo Cortes, golfing companion of former city councilman imprisoned in Cheetahs Strippergate case, signs up to lobby for “adult/nude” industry, city filing discloses
It's been more than eleven years since we first reported here about the unusual goings on at a strip club known as Cheetahs, and a decade since the FBI raided San Diego city hall, launching the infamous bribery case, known …