Archive for January 29th, 2013

TMQ watch: January 29, 2013.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Ah. The week between the championship games and the Superb Owl. Also known as “the silly week”, in which people look for things to fill space. And TMQ is no exception. This week’s column after the jump…

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Random notes: January 29, 2013.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

There’s a follow-up to last week’s story about the felon trying to sell guns at the gun show: he’s now been charged with theft.

At the time of seizure, neither firearms were listed as stolen, according to the arrest affidavit, but by Jan. 10, police determined the rifle matched the make, model and serial number of the rifle reported stolen from the truck Dec. 9, according to the affidavit.

Interesting. Very interesting indeed.

Setting aside for the moment the subject of this story, there’s a kind of interesting legal aspect to it. In Nevada, if you own a casino (or are a “key man” in a casino) you can still gamble anywhere execpt your own casino (for obvious reasons). In Atlantic City, though, you’re not allowed to gamble period; at your own casino or someone else’s, it doesn’t matter. I find it curious that there’s such a difference in the law. I’m sure Mr. Fertitta does, too.

Real ninjas have their own mobile devices.

Banana republicans followup: January 29, 2013.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

I was hoping to have more on the Bell trial for you. I do, but it wasn’t what I was expecting: one of the alternate jurors called in sick yesterday and the trial was postponed.

But I do have excellent news. Remember Cudahy? The bimbo and the badge? Bribes in the Denny’s? (If you don’t remember Cudahy, previously.)

David Silva, the former mayor of Cudahy, was sentenced yesterday.

Assistant U.S. Atty. Joseph Akrotirianakis recommended that he receive 41 months in prison.

He got one year of prison time, three years of probation, 1,500 hours of community service and was ordered to pay $17,000 in restitution. (He was convicted of taking $17,000 in bribes from someone who wanted to open a medical marijuana dispensary.)

I missed this previously, but the same LAT article notes that Angel Perales, “Cudahy’s former head of code enforcement and acting city manager”, who was also implicated in this case, got five years probation.

Akrotirianakis had recommended that Perales serve two years in prison.

I find it interesting that the judge in both cases ignored the sentencing recommendation and gave both gentlemen lower sentences than requested. I find it especially interesting that Perales appears to have gotten away with no prison time.

By the way, Osvaldo Conde (of bimbo and badge fame) is up for sentencing on February 25th. And I also missed this: “…the former mayor of Santa Fe Springs, Joseph Serrano Sr., was sentenced to two years in prison for taking $11,500 in bribes from the marijuana dispensary owner.