Six King City, CA Cops Arrested For Bribery, Conspiracy, and Threatening Locals

Six King City, CA Cops Arrested For Bribery, Conspiracy, and Threatening Locals
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By Andrew Emett

On February 25 at 5:59 a.m., the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department, Salinas Police Department and the FBI orchestrated the simultaneous arrests of six King City police officers. Included in the apprehensions for corruption charges were former Police Chief Nick Baldiviez, acting Police Chief Bruce Miller and his civilian brother Brian Miller.

Targeting Hispanic residents, Sgt. Bobby Carrillo allegedly received a free vehicle for every 10-15 cars he had impounded. Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo believes Sgt. Carrillo received at least five vehicles and gave one to acting Police Chief Bruce Miller, who was Carrillo’s captain at the time.

At a press conference, District Attorney Flippo stated, “The victims were economically disadvantaged persons of Hispanic descent who were targeted by having their vehicles impounded, towed and stored by Miller’s Towing.”

The owner of Miller’s Towing, Brian Miller, is the brother of acting Police Chief Bruce Miller. After forced to wait 30 days, the owners of the confiscated vehicles found themselves unable to pay the exorbitant impound fees and their cars turned over to California’s King City police officers.

Brian Miller reportedly bribed his brother, acting chief Bruce Miller, with an impounded Nissan Sentra.

Because the victims were disadvantaged Latino residents, prosecutor Steve Somers considered charging the officers with hate crimes. Somers concluded the victims had instead been targeted because they had been socioeconomically vulnerable, not out of racial discrimination.

“While I hope this is an isolated incident, I fear it is not,” admitted State Senator Bill Monning. “There continues to be situations throughout the state where the immigrant workforce is subjugated to tyranny of those abusing their authority.”

Former Police Chief Baldiviez has been charged with embezzlement by a public officer for transferring ownership of a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria to Officer Mario Mottu, Sr. Although the city manager had authorized Baldiviez to give the vehicle to the King City Police Explorers, Baldiviez handed the title over to Mottu instead.

In 2010, Police Chief Baldiviez was placed on administrative leave after officers claimed he had arrived intoxicated at multiple crime scenes. Listed as a defendant in a lawsuit against the King City Police Department, Baldiviez has also been accused of authorizing excessive force against the Madriz family during an April 2012 raid, based on their ethnicity. As the District Attorney’s Office began investigating his department, Baldiviez retired in September 2013 leaving Miller as acting chief.

Unrelated to the impound scheme, Sgt. Mark Baker has been charged with making criminal threats against a local resident named Leon Rosalio Infante.

Officer Jaime Andrade has been charged with possession of an assault weapon and illegal storage of a firearm. While in possession of a semiautomatic Colt AR-15, Andrade allegedly left the gun at his stepson’s residence where “a child was likely to gain access to it.”

All six police officers have made bail and been placed on paid administrative leave.

According to Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Spitz, the D.A.’s office has already dismissed at least 3 criminal cases due to the lack of credibility of these accused cops. Each case associated with them is now under review determining whether or not to proceed without the officers’ testimonies.

During the press conference, District Attorney Flippo claimed the FBI’s involvement in the arrests was unrelated to the investigation of bank robbery cash that went missing after recovered by the King City Police Department last year.

“I was aware of the investigations,” admitted acting Police Chief Miller, “but I didn’t know that I would become a suspect.”

King City resident Vivian Villa stated, “I’m not at all surprised by the arrests, I’m just surprised there weren’t more charges.”

Via We Are Change

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Stunning Leaked Voicemail: This is Exactly what Bribery Sounds Like

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Mark Schumacher

US Daily

One Congresswoman slipped up and left behind evidence of a terrifyingly corrupt system.

This message was left for a lobbyist.  That’s right, Norton literally called a lobbyist with the sole intention of squeezing out some money.

After this voicemail hit the web, Norton released a statement saying that requesting campaign contributions was completely “above board and ‘standard.’” According to current laws, scarily enough, she’s right. However, there’s a reason that this voicemail received major press. In any other country in the world, Norton’s actions would be labeled as blatant solicitation of a bribe, (or maybe baksheesh over in Asia) but in the Washington DC, she was just playing the standard game. Taking money from the interests they regulate is how our representatives stay afloat in a system dominated by big money. It’s also how the wealthy special interests are able to keep our politicians on a tight leash.  Want to cut the cord? Check out the plan at www.represent.us.

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Stunning Leaked Voicemail: This is Exactly what Bribery Sounds Like

Bo Xilai contests bribery charges at his trial in eastern China

• The trial of the fallen politician gets under way in the city of Jinan


• The court publishes the first picture of Bo since April 2012


• He is on trial on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power


• His downfall triggered the Communist Party’s biggest crisis in decades

Jinan, China (CNN) — Bo Xilai, the former high-flying Chinese politician whose dramatic fall from grace shook the ruling Communist Party, appeared at his closely watched trial in eastern China on Thursday.

Once considered a contender for the top rungs of China’s political hierarchy, Bo is now on trial on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power.

Chinese authorities had talked of an open trial for the former party boss of the sprawling southern metropolis of Chongqing. But journalists from the international news media weren’t allowed into the courtroom in the eastern city of Jinan.

Updates on the strictly controlled proceedings came from the Jinan court’s official microblog account and from official state-run news outlets.

The court published a photo Bo, who hadn’t been seen in public since he was stripped of his high-ranking party posts in April 2012. The image showed him standing at the dock in a white, long-sleeved shirt, flanked by two uniformed police officers.

His hands, clasped in front of him, were not in handcuffs, and he appeared little changed compared with pictures taken before he disappeared from public view.

The court also published what it said was a dialog between Bo and the chief judge in which the defendant was cited as saying he hoped the court “can hear my case reasonably and fairly, as well as following our country’s legal procedure.”

The chief judge replied that the court “understands your concerns, and will use our legal authority fairly and in accordance to the law.”

Asked if he had any objections to the prosecution’s evidence, Bo said: “No. I believe it is objective and true,” according to the transcript released by the court.

Bo’s spectacular downfall — complete with tales of murder, corruption and betrayal — set off the Communist Party’s biggest political crisis in decades.

His wife is in prison, convicted last year of murdering a British businessman. Their son, living in the United States, says he hasn’t spoken to his parents in a year and half.

CNN’s Feng Ke, K.J. Kwon and Jaime A. FlorCruz in Beijing contributed to this report.

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Bo Xilai contests bribery charges at his trial in eastern China