RIVERSIDE – On January 17, 2017, 11 California Highway Patrol employees training to become CHP dispatchers met with representatives from the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and the CSLEA affiliate CHP-Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA). The New Employee Orientation (NEO) was held that the CHP Ben Clark Training Center in Riverside. “The job they […]
Archives for January 2017
San Diego Man Pleads Guilty to 2013 Christmas Eve Triple Murder
SAN DIEGO – A triple murder outside a Mission Valley shopping mall on December 23-24 2013 went unresolved for more than three years, until suspect Carlo Mercado, 31, pleaded guilty on January 12, 2017. Mercado pleaded guilty to three counts of murder with special circumstance allegations for the murders of Ilona Flint, 22, Gianni Belvedere, […]
67 Arrested in Operation “Bad Blood” Targeting Inland Empire Gangs
FONTANA – On January 12, 2017, the Fontana Police Department announced the conclusion of a six-month investigation that targeted two violent gangs in San Bernardino County. The investigation led to the arrests of 67 suspects and the seizure of weapons, ammunition, prescription medications, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Operation “Bad Blood” involved more than 350 law […]
Long Beach Accountant Sentenced for Embezzling Money from County Foster Homes
LOS ANGELES – On January 13, 2017, Long Beach accountant Gary Batchelor, 64, was sentenced to three years in state prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from several county foster homes that assisted boys 13 to 18 years old. Batchelor pleaded guilty (September 20, 2016) to two felony counts of misappropriation of public […]
Recent California Cases May Signal Erosion in Vested Pension Benefits
Kasey Christopher Clark, Chief Counsel CSLEA FOP Lodge #77 Two recent decisions of California Appellate Courts (Marin Assn. of Public Employees v. Marin County Employees’ Retirement Assn. and Cal Fire Local 2881 et al., v. California Public Employees’ Retirement System) have called into question what was believed to be longstanding pension protections for existing employees. […]
Placer County Woman Arrested for Allegedly Posing as a Registered Nurse
SACRAMENTO – A Placer County woman, arrested on December 23, 2016, remains in custody at the Sacramento County jail following criminal charges in both Placer and Sacramento counties alleging she posed as a registered nurse and used someone else’s professional license in order to be hired at five health care facilities. “Practicing medicine without a […]
CAFI Holds First 2017 Board Meeting
By Paul San Gregorio CAFI President The California Association of Fraud Investigators (CAFI) Board of Directors held its first meeting of the new year at California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) headquarters on January 6, 2017. The meeting was a very well received and the Board welcomed its newest member, Josh Meixner, a Special Investigator […]
Former Hospice Nurse Arrested for Manslaughter and Drug Dealing
OXNARD – On January 6, 2017, former hospice nurse Sandra Rothweiler, 49, of Oxnard, was arrested on charges alleging drug dealing and manslaughter involving the overdose death of a 61-year-old woman back in July 2015. On July 31, 2015, Della Gleeson, 61, was found dead in her apartment in Ventura. Gleason’s cause of death, prescription […]
Memorial Fund for Ranger Blake Bonham
By RPPOA President Matt Yarbrough There is a feeling of sadness throughout our State Park Peace Officer family as we experience and mourn the loss of State Park Ranger Peace Officer Blake Bonham. Ranger Bonham, 41, passed away January 9, 2017, after a brave battle with cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are with his […]
ABC Agents Post Notice of Suspension at San Carlos Liquors
SAN JOSE -On January 3, 2017, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a 30-day Notice of Suspension at San Carlos Liquors in San Jose. The store is prohibited from selling alcohol until February 3, 2017 after ABC agents discovered an illegal gambling device on the premises. Agents seized one freestanding gambling device […]
