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Ex-cop Tanabe convicted in 'dirty DUI' scandal

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 10/06/2013

Reposted to Protect My Sons



The reason I know so much about this story is I went to the FBI in 2004 and convinced them FBI that my attackers had returned from the 1980's and that these attacks were related to events connected to the 2001 Murder of my former customer Dr. Fang in 2000 but. 

As the events near CNET unraveled I began to piece together events from 1989 the San Pablo National Guard Armory robbery where 850 M-16's and military explosives were taken.   But in my efforts to discover details I realized that perhaps a SAM missile was taken.  

With conjecture it could lead to the TWA Flight 800 crash and the PG&E San Bruno Fire which leads to another case in 1979 that the Pleasant Hill Police don't want to talk about.  

There were a series of incidents on a farm known locally the Cabbage Patch Farm which leads to my developing article about the "The Cabbage Patch Murders" which is long forgotten case but matches slew of fires spanning 30 years. 

Given the width and breadth of the interconnected agencies known as CNET, SWAT and the BOMB SQUAD I've reached a personal conclusion that could be hard to argue away.  

Meet my former Neighbor Stephen Tanabe a former Danville Officer who knows Gary Collins who died within months of being linked to CNET with former Chief of Police Joel Bryden.  

The events I'm writing about will be easier to understand by visiting my research site at petebennett.net/myresearch/default.aspx where I'm using Business Intellingence Tools to present this story via Google Earth, Timeline Tools and supporting information that would be considered a mix of document management (ECM) Content Management Systems (CMS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and besides no one will hire me which becuase of all the havoc CNET heaped on my life.  



Ex-cop Tanabe convicted in 'dirty DUI' scandal

Updated 11:16 pm, Tuesday, September 3, 2013
  A former Contra Costa County deputy sheriff was convicted Tuesday on charges that he accepted a pistol from a private investigator in exchange for arresting two men who the investigator had baited into driving drunk in elaborate stings known as "dirty DUIs."
However, jurors acquitted the former officer of a charge stemming from one of the private investigator's most startling claims - that the ex-deputy also accepted cocaine to facilitate a third drunken driving arrest.
Stephen Tanabe, 50, of Alamo, appeared dejected after the jury in U.S. District Court in San Francisco delivered a verdict that marks one of the final chapters in a lurid saga that has now resulted in the conviction of five former Bay Area law enforcement officers.
Two and a half years after his arrest, Tanabe, a former Danville patrol officer, turned to his family in the front row of the gallery, exhaled hard, and shook his head. He was convicted on one count of conspiracy, two counts of extortion and three counts of wire fraud, and will be sentenced in December.
Tanabe's involvement in the unseemly world of former investigator Christopher Butler, 52, began in the mid-1990s, when both men were officers for the Antioch police force.
Tim Pori, Tanabe's attorney, maintained that Butler - the government's star witness, who testified in exchange for leniency in his own case - was a master manipulator who made a living framing people. He deemed Butler a "sociopathic narcissist" who made Tanabe his latest mark.
"This was another 'designed coincidence,' " Pori said outside court, employing a term coined by the private investigator, "where Butler took the available evidence and framed Tanabe."
In closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Hartley West portrayed Tanabe as an officer who'd sold his badge when he allegedly accepted an eighth of an ounce of cocaine and a Glock pistol from Butler to ensure the drunken driving arrests.
"His integrity was for sale," West told jurors. "And it was for sale for cheap."
Butler was the architect of "dirty DUIs," prearranged busts of men he had been hired to tarnish. Three targeted men who testified at Tanabe's trial - a Livermore winemaker, a Verizon executive, and a former software salesman - were in the midst of divorce or custody disputes with ex-wives who sought to gain an advantage.
The women, prosecutors said, paid Butler to design stings in which female "decoys" approached the men online or in bars. Or actors would pose as reporters, inviting the marks out for an "interview" over drinks.
In two stings involving Tanabe, Butler said, he arranged for his friend to park outside a Danville wine bar and arrest the victims on Butler's cue.
The sprawling scandal around Butler, which included allegations of drug dealing and prostitution, sparked an FBI corruption probe and led to the federal convictions of Bay Area police officers from four different agencies.
One defendant remains: Mary Nolan, a divorce attorney who, according to prosecutors, hired Butler to install listening devices inside the car of a client's ex-husband.
During his testimony at the Tanabe trial, Butler said he was hired by Nolan to conduct a "dirty DUI" sting on a Clayton man, who was arrested and convicted. Nolan has pleaded not guilty.
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BART Engineer Fatal Accident: NTSB Accident reconstruction Scene Analysis

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 10/28/2013

Reposted to Protect My Sons 



NTSB Accident reconstruction Scene Analysis

Walnut Creek CA: On October 23rd, the NTSB conducted their accident reconstruction as part of the investigation on how the BART Engineers were hit by a train on October 19th which was on the heels of the Asiana Flight 2014 Crash last summer.  The NTSB has flown out for the PG&E Fire, the Asiana and now a BART Engineer incident?  They're already working on the Branagh Crash, now the PG&E Plane Butte County I'm connected to three plane crashes on their plate as I know victims in crash, I knew BART officer killed, and I know that my attorney's brother in-law was killed on WB 24 in what I'm suspecting is a murder case as it's open like many others. 





Connections to accidents, BART and Racially driven cases. 

I've also known Supervisor Glover since 1983 when the Bynum (Tiny) Shooting tragic event connected us together and we were both young men.  His cousin was employed by cabinet shop and Tiny was his brother.  It was a bad day at the shop but we all knew it was a racially driven shooting.  
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Gang Link in Alamo Attack / 2 ex-cons planned robbery -- homeowner, intruder shot dead

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 06/13/2013

Reposted to Protect My Sons





Gang Link in Alamo Attack / 2 ex-cons planned robbery -- homeowner, intruder shot dead

Published 4:00 am, Thursday, January 6, 2000

2000-01-06 04:00:00 PDT ALAMO -- Two gunmen behind a fatal botched robbery in an exclusive Alamo home were members of a Stockton street gang who carefully planned the invasion, police said yesterday.
But if the intruders were counting on little resistance, they got more than they expected when, carrying semiautomatic pistols, they burst into the home on Incline Green Lane shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday. The home's owner, Kim Fang, an accomplished marksman, shot one robber dead and critically wounded another, police said.
Fang, 49, was wounded during the gunfight and died hours later at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he had worked for eight years as a plastic surgeon until his retirement in 1994.
The dead robber was identified last night as Mesa Kasem, 22, and his wounded accomplice as Soknoeum Nem, 21, both of Stockton.
Contra Costa County Sheriff's Capt. George Lawrence said the gunmen were convicted felons and members of the Asian Street Walkers gang. They were being investigated for similar crimes against Asians elsewhere in the Bay Area.
Nem is a parolee classified as a violent offender with convictions for assault, burglary and auto theft.
Kasem, who served prison time for shooting a woman in Stockton, was subsequently detained behind bars as a "lifer" by the Immigration and Naturalization Service because he was considered a violent criminal.
Kasem, however, successfully fought his INS detention and was released.
Last night, police served search warrants at the Stockton homes where Nem and Kasem lived, but investigators declined to say what, if anything, was seized from the properties.
Investigators disclosed yesterday that they found a blue Mazda that Nem and Kasem had rented in Stockton, parked a block away from the Fang home. Inside, they found a handwritten note with Kim Fang's name and address. The suspects had used their own names to rent the car, police said.
Investigators also were able to provide a clearer picture of how the robbery attempt went awry.
Nem and Kasem were probably after jewelry or cash in the home, Lawrence said. There were no statements or demands from the two men when they rushed the house, police said.
One of the suspects was attacked with a frying pan by Fang's wife, Winnie Fang, who answered their knock on the front door. Winnie Fang, an anesthesiologist, was shot once in the chest but was expected to be released last night from Stanford Medical Center.
Her brother, Richard Law, was in the living room and came to his sister's aid when he heard her screams, struggling with the suspects before he was ordered to the floor. A nanny, Melee Jung, was pistol-whipped by one intruder.
"I think they were fighting for their lives," Lawrence said.
It was not until Kim Fang, working in an upstairs office, heard the commotion and came downstairs that the shooting started, police said. Exactly who fired first was still being sorted out yesterday, but investigators said Kim Fang mortally wounded Kasem with rounds to the head, chest and leg.
Nem, who was tied up with telephone cords by the family and held for police, is in Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley in fair condition. He is under arrest but is heavily sedated and has not yet been interviewed by police. He is expected to be charged with murder and robbery.
The Fangs' two children, ages 10 and 13, were not hurt during the attack and ran to a neighbor's home for help, Lawrence said.
Court records said the surviving suspect's nickname is "Half Dead," and family members confirmed the unusual nickname, saying it stuck after Nem -- who lived as a young child in war-torn Cambodia -- survived when a bomb he was playing with exploded. The family moved to Connecticut in 1983 to escape the Khmer Rouge.
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Walnut Creek's Bomb Squad serves entire area

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 10/26/2013

Reposted to Protect My Sons


Walnut Creek's Bomb Squad serves entire area

By Lou Fancher
Correspondent




WALNUT CREEK -- Dressed in a $20,000 Explosive Ordinance Disposal suit, Jay Hill is a bulky, green, crime-fighting machine.
But in reality, Hill is less Amazing Hulk than Bruce Wayne.
Accompanied by the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad's four-foot-tall, 400-pound Andros F-6A -- a remotely controlled robot whose disrupter platform, cameras, microphones and speakers can maneuver through tight spaces and even mount stairs -- the 16-year veteran of the Walnut Creek Police Department takes on superhero capabilities.
As the sole bomb squad in Contra Costa -- a "shared resource throughout the county," police lieutenant Hill says -- the Walnut Creek unit gets called out once a week on average. Most calls involve known incendiary devices or suspicious packages. The team also provides tactical support for other departments' SWAT teams, as in the case of a suspect who had barricaded himself in a Pleasant Hill home in November 2011. In that incident, the squad's Talon -- a smaller, more portable robot that Hill says can be out of the truck and rolling in five minutes -- was able to enter the house, locate the suspect and communicate conditions to distant officers.
Naturally, maintaining a distance is vital.
"The objective is to put a robot in harm's way instead of a person," Hill says. "Better to blow up a garage, or even a $200,000 robot, than an officer."
Hill said former Walnut Creek police officer Dick Grossman (My former Roommate's girl friend) had a particular interest in bringing a bomb squad to the local department, and led that effort in the late 1990s. "He wrote all the grants, did all the legwork," Hill says.
Funded almost entirely by the State Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Areas Security Initiative, the city's only costs are the regular salaries of the six technicians and one assistant who work part time on the squad.
"We don't employ extra officers or get hazard or specialty pay," Hill emphasizes.
With experience on the departments's SWAT team, where he learned tactical skills like using shields and making dynamic entries into buildings, Hill was promoted to a supervisory position in 2006, and had been the Bomb Squad's supervisor until his recent promotion to lieutenant. He remains a bomb squad technician.
Earning a technician's position on the squad requires a six-week session at Alabama's Redstone Arsenal, a hazardous devices training center that is a joint operation of the U.S. Army and the FBI.
"There are about 3,000 certified bomb technicians in the country," Hill says. "There's a waiting list to get in; more and more, they're asking departments to justify their squads."
On a typical call, the robots take X-rays and check for radiological or biological agents. Paramedics are summoned and given instructions in bomb suit removal. "It weighs 80 pounds and they have to know how to rip it off pretty quickly," Hill says.
Occasionally, a Percussion Actuated Neutralizer -- more commonly known as a "water cannon" -- is used to render a device inoperative.
"We don't like to move things unless we have to. We don't like to blow things up. We have a containment vehicle that can withstand a substantial detonation, and I know it has been used, but I've never had to use it in my six years," Hill reports.
The squad also has an official truck -- a far cry from the early days.
"We didn't have any robots, just a bomb suit and a converted bread truck, painted black, with 'Bomb Squad' on the side," Hill laughs.
His grin turns to growl when he talks about consequences for the almost-exclusively-male, often-narcotic-offending suspects who build bombs.
How come six months earlier Hill was arresting a Debra Cole 40 year old homeless woman with five pipe bombs with Commander Norman Wielsch now serving 14 years in Federal Prison who was arrested two weeks after finding a homeless woman with five pipe bombs?  Talk about weird?    

"The most common types are pipe bombs and homemade M80s or M1000s," Hill says.
Pyrotechnic explosive devices -- cardboard tubes filled with explosive powder and a fuse -- are commonly made by kids or people fascinated by fire. More dangerous pipe bombs tend to involve "devious people, like methamphetamine users," according to Hill.
"But all of these are felonies," he warns. "Making explosives, even for fun, or to blow up in a field ... kids don't realize the danger and that they are committing a felony."
Hill appreciates the specialized training he has received and plans to continue increasing officer safety through interagency demonstrations and presentations through out the county.
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Ex-cop charged in drug thefts also sought to sell military-grade explosives

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 10/22/2013


Ex-cop charged in drug thefts also sought to sell military-grade explosives, records show

UPDATED:   03/01/2011 10:37:36 AM PST


MARTINEZ -- A Concord private investigator tried to find a buyer for two bricks of a military-grade explosive in the days before he and a drug task force leader were charged with selling and conspiring to sell large quantities of drugs, according to a search warrant affidavit.

Norman Wielsch, the head of the state-run Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team, or CNET, and private investigator Christopher Butler are expected to enter a plea Wednesday to 28 felony charges that allege the longtime friends sold marijuana, methamphetamine and steroids that had been seized by CNET.

Butler allegedly told a confidential informant in the case that Wielsch was looking to make extra money before his retirement. The informant said that Butler was being audited by the IRS.

The pair was selling drugs, an informant told the Department of Justice, which oversees the now-suspended task force, on Jan. 21, three days after the informant saw Wielsch speak to the media about a pipe bomb investigation at a Pacheco storage locker, the affidavit says.

DOJ had begun audio and video surveillance on Feb. 2 when the informant gave Butler money for marijuana and steroids that Butler had obtained from Wielsch, according to the affidavit. Butler then asked if the informant could find a buyer for two bricks of the explosive C-4. The informant said that was unlikely.
"Butler tells the (informant) that if it can't be sold, he would 'give it to uncle (Wielsch)' so that he could 'say he found it in a search warrant,' " an investigator wrote.

That much C-4 could cause serious structural damage to a home but would not be enough to destroy a large office building, said Sgt. Jay Hill of the Walnut Creek Police Department bomb squad.

It appears from the affidavit that Wielsch and Butler conspired to sell drugs that either were about to be destroyed or had been newly seized.

The pair allegedly discussed in wiretapped phone calls when other CNET members would be out of the office for training, the most opportune times to steal drugs.

Wielsch and Butler also were allegedly recorded planning to sell a pound of crystal methamphetamine for $10,000 -- the most lucrative sale detailed in the affidavit -- before the drug was scheduled for disposal.
"What if we just went in there and swapped one out with flour? No one is going to test it, and then we can just take the flour to the dump," an agent wrote that Butler told Wielsch.

"Well, the problem is, that it's at the Sheriff's department "... that means I have to go get it, and it looks pretty weird if I go get just that one," Wielsch reportedly responded.

"(Special Agent Supervisor) Wielsch continues by explaining that if he goes on Tuesday with a court order, he can take all of it as if he were going to destroy it, and adds 'no one is going to take a second look,' " an investigator wrote.

Butler's attorney, Bill Gagen, declined to comment on the affidavit. Gagen is expected to argue on Wednesday that a judge should lower Butler's bail. Butler, a 49-year-old Concord man, has been held in lieu of $900,000 bail since he and Wielsch were arrested Feb. 16. Wielsch, a 49-year-old Antioch resident, posted $400,000 bail on Feb. 18.

"I am not willing at this point to make any statements about discovery, which may take weeks," Gagen said. "There's a lot being looked at way beyond Chris Butler."
Wielsch's attorney, Michael Cardoza, said Monday that he hopes that he can reach an agreement with prosecutors to avoid a trial for Wielsch.
"It doesn't make sense to try this with a jury. The evidence we would have to face is daunting, and on the other side, the entire (CNET) task force will be splayed on the news," Cardoza said. " If we can resolve this, it would serve us all much better."

Cardoza said his client was strained by the physical tolls of a 20-year career in law enforcement and the rising cost of caring for his ailing daughter.

"That's not by way of an excuse, but an explanation," Cardoza said. "It's not like he was a bad guy all these years. This thing just started a couple of months ago and the amount of money involved was peanuts. At the logical and rational level, this makes no sense."

Contact Malaika Fraley at mfraley@bayareanewsgroup.com. Contact Robert Salonga atrsalonga@bayareanewsgroup.com or 925-943-8013.

 
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Walnut Creek Targeted Person

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 06/13/2013


I wanted to post this map so that Walnut Creek City Council, The San Francisco FBI, The State Investigators and Walnut Creek Police might perhaps wonder how a person who walks everywhere, keeps to himself could possibly have his roommate attacked, beaten, a friend killed by police, had his truck towed, brakes vandalized, friend murdered (John Newman) the night he was in jail, had his attorney beaten in Walnut Creek, his other attorney offices burned down (FBI SA Ken K investigated in 2001), knows numerous homeless run over by cars, suspect his attorneys brother in-law (Nate Greenan), or his bouncer @ Round Up killed 20 minutes after they spoke, only to be killed right on top of Nate, or that his car was totaled in Lafayette in 2011.  

In fact it was Lt. Hill of the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad that knows the CNET Squad, the Bomb Squad, Chances are he knows Eric Bergen who was the Pittsburg Cop that murdered Cynthia Kempf in 1998 and there is another cold-case in Walnut Creek, actually there are two but they named suspects who are likely dead.  Just a hunch. 

You got my family but you're not going to kill my sons - 

The PG&E San Bruno Fire was not just an accident - it was hit with explosives or it was arson of opportunity, there is a thrill kill team that I suspect is connected to Hunsacker Canyon Road, and Castlewood and there is an image of sword online in the hands of someone that is now dead that knows the people stalking me.  

Stolen Laptop ~ Last summer someone took my laptop from Safeway at 9:00AM, trust me I was upset and left the area I was quite mad, then I get a call from Officer Kolhmiester who says it's been recovered! Wow I never got a police report, and never got a good idea where it was.  

Achilles Heel
Oh Oh Here She Comes, She's A Man Eater (Google)
To learn more about why this data is so important I'm about to move portions of this blog to my site.  

Search Pete Bennett


I know where they work, their schools and their families (the suspects).  When someone gets close to their game they simply kill them.  They've hacked security cameras where needed specifically Walnut Creek McDonalds and Safeway. 

Perfect Example:  On 09/28/2013 I made purchases at Safeway with my last $2 of cash at 2:00 AM, then got in a minor scuffle with a drunk at Safeway who was being belligerent with the clerk which then spilled outside.  This time I called 911 who heard a car fly by me at 60 through the intersection (oops-Crosswalk) but like many incidents about 30 minutes of arriving at Safeway someone tries to run me over as I walk home.  

And you want me to believe after last years Safeway Parking Lot incident that there is not a connection between using my Safeway Stalking Card as this month I decided to let my EBT card go regardless and just find food.  

I informed Safeway Via Email - from my experience as a database programmer that its theoretically possible that one of several scenarios exist, A) The cards have been breached and the system is being used to steal from unsuspecting customers, B) Given the recent announcement of a potential takeover could be in play requiring the deadly deal killing poison pill tactic of deluding the stock by printing some paper (Poke at the U.S. Treasury) or this is good ole harrassment by persons from within the Walnut Creek Police Department that have something big to hide like Benny Chetcuti Teflon Investments - as in give to me (25 M) but don't expect the money to stick around.  

  1. Plans to disrupt the success of their card program by making a card carrying members like myself a Targeted Persons Social Networking fiasco.   
  2. The number of suicides, murders, or shootings within a tight statistical pattern similar to stalking me is far too near their stores to be a coincidence is alarming  
  3. The Banta, Nordstroms, Treat Blvd, Kaiser WC (2) and there are the fires e.g. Piedmont, La Virage, Happy Nails, Cigarettes Cheaper, believe it not the many fires in Danville near my old neighborhood in Danville known as Cameo Acres but two perfectly timed is hard to ignore.  When you have two total (or near total) losses side by side the begs for asking.  Did anyone notice these other fires and perhaps recategorizing my 2004 fire as arson that originated in Cameo Acres but more important why didn't my fire appear on the books. 




 


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The FBI letter to Foray Technologies

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 09/27/2013

Walnut Creek CA: Earlier this year around June an important connection was made regarding this endless CNET nightmare.  When I learned that James Greenan's son Nate was killed on April 18th 2012 but became more concerned as by then Dino Ghilloti, Loretta Hale, Roma Bhatia, Catherine Perata, Ian Scott, Peter Haas, Peter Branagh all died of unusual cause.

Nate Greenan's fatal accident occurred on April 18th on WB 24 but oin Orinda CA (map link)  in the same stretch of HWY 24 my other friend 


Patch Articles 

http://lamorinda.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/pleasant-hill-man-dies-in-highway-24-crash
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David Schafer was killed at 2 AM on August 3rd 2012 nearly a year to the date of my July 20th 2011 hit and run accident.  


http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_21217630/motorcycle-crash-near-orinda-leaves-rider-dead


David Schafer, 22, of Oakland, was headed westbound on Highway 24 near the Orinda exit when he crashed around 1:30 a.m. Preliminary reports suggested he was then run over, a dispatcher said


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CNET: Debra Cole Case Analysis

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 09/27/2013


This is one case where I'm seeing more to gather more information on.   

Investigation Milestones: 
November 2010 - Contra Costa DA reveals investigation starting point
February  2010 - State Agents (BATF) and CAL DOJ arrest Wielsch
Investigation reveals Butler and Wielsch seeking to sell high grade explosives likely discovered during wiretaps - 

Joke; So how how many wiretaps does it take to catch an illegal wiretapper? 

Weilsch Arrests Suspect: 

Commander Wielsch (Federal Prison, 14 yrs) who was under surveillance from at least November 2010 (CAL DOJ) and his PI Chris Butler (Federal Prison, 7 yrs) are floating they have military grade explosives for sale are simultaneously arresting a female pipe bomber in Pacheco - this is another intelligence coup with Superman's XRAY Vision


Latent Discovery: ▲ March 2013 - 

March 2012: Researching my Litigation History - I realized that two persons in my court history have been murdered - then piece together that my Attorney Don Moats offices were burned down in 2001 - I begin requesting dates and times: 

Information Blockades   September 2013 to June 2013
Jurisdiction: Consolidated Fire District
Their Game Changing Mistake: They concealed facts forcing to find other sources which produced a long running Ponzi Scheme with over 100 victims to research with lawsuits leading to people I've known for decades. 

Phone Calls:  sorry no fires on Ygancio Valley Road, then I go back and do more research, then discover 

The Chettcuti Ponzi Scheme:  The Fifty Million Dollar financial fraud network -
Jurisdiction: Walnut Creek Police 
Time Window  2000 to Present 
Department of Corporations: Cease and Desist Letter - 2003 
Victim Profile: Elderly Rossmoor Residents - Current Avg over 55 to 90 




Benny Checuti - he's got his suspect, he's got the bomber red handed, he's got the Sheriff, he's got the Bomb Squad ready to blow up the pipe bombs and these guys really like to blow things up it's not a stretch to my analysis of the PG&E Pipeline Project wasn't connected to these same explosives especially when a former San Francisco Cop just happens to know the CNET cops and he showed my his "scoop" on the Piedmont Lumber Fire 
The Ponzi Scheme Discovery: ▲ June 2013 - 
Bomb Squad In The News: 


Female bombers are the rarest breed around but she's homeless because the same officers now in prison likely rigged my truck for arson in 2004 - they are willing to kill - clearly willing to burn me alive then they're willing to frame this person.  


Research pending




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Debra Cole (left) is accused of is accused of possessing five pipe bombs that were discovered at a storage facility in Pacheco on January 18, 2011. On the right, one of the pipe bombs found at the facility. (Contra Costa County Sheriff)
Debra Cole (left) is accused of is accused of possessing five pipe bombs that were discovered at a storage facility in Pacheco on January 18, 2011. On the right, one of the pipe bombs found at the facility. (Contra Costa County Sheriff)
PACHECO (BCN) — A homeless woman who was arrested in connection with a pipe bomb incident in Pacheco earlier this month has been charged with 10 felonies for allegedly possessing explosive devices.
Debra Cole, 40, has been charged with five counts of wrongful possession of an explosive device with the intent to injure someone or destroy property and five counts of possessing an explosive device near a public place, according to court records.
If convicted of all the charges, Cole could face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
Cole was arrested Jan. 11 at a public storage facility in Pacheco after the Central Contra Costa County Narcotic Enforcement Team received a tip from a citizen, enforcement team Cmdr. Norm Wielsch said.
Officers from the team called a Contra Costa County sheriff’s patrol deputy who works in the area. The deputy found Cole at a storage facility at 95 First Avenue North in Pacheco.
When agents from the enforcement team arrived, they searched Cole’s locker and allegedly found five pipe bombs along with evidence they said linked Cole to the devices, Wielsch said.

Agents evacuated the area and called in the Walnut Creek bomb squad, which used a remote-controlled robot to detonate the bombs.
Air traffic at Buchanan Field Airport was restricted and the California Highway Patrol stopped southbound traffic on Interstate 680 while the devices were detonated, Wielsch said.
Investigators later determined that at least one of the bombs contained shards of broken glass, which agents believe indicates that they were intended to be used to hurt people, Wielsch said.
Agents were still trying to determine the purpose of the pipe bombs Tuesday. Wielsch said he couldn’t comment further on the case because it is still under investigation.
Cole was arraigned in Contra Costa County Superior Court on Friday, but did not enter a plea. She is scheduled to return to court Jan. 31 to be assigned an attorney and enter a plea.
In the meantime, she is being held at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond on $5 million bail.
The narcotic enforcement team is managed by the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and is made up of agents from the Pleasant Hill, Martinez, San Ramon, Danville, Walnut Creek, Pittsburg and Clayton police departments as well as the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, the CHP, the FBI and the Contra Costa County Probation Department.
(© 2011 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Bay City News contributed to this report.)
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