Contra Costa: Dirty DUI investigation uncovers crooked cops
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Posted on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 
At least 20 DUI and vice cases have been dismissed in Contra Costa county as a sordid and shocking tale of corruption involving three local police departments unravels. Christopher Butler, a former police officer and private detective was at the center of an elaborate entrapment scam that discredited men going through divorce trials.
Butler would hire an attractive woman to go to a bar where she could approach the man who was in the process of getting a divorce from one of Butler’s clients. After starting a conversation, flirting, and sharing drinks, the woman would suggest that the target follow her in his car to her place.
On the way, he would be intercepted by police officers on the take from Butler, who would claim the man had been swerving and charge him with a DUI.
The DUI arrest gave Butler’s clients leverage in the court room, in one instance a woman successfully used it to prove that her ex-husband was unfit to see their children without supervision.
That, of course, is entrapment. And a particularly cruel form of it that shames its victims with the social stigma of a DUI while also taking away access to the victim’s children—all the victim’s lowest point.
In order to make it work, Butler enlisted the support of the San Ramon and Danville police departments and the state narcotics task force. Charges also allege that Butler sold drugs for law enforcement officers and assisted them in opening and operating a brothel.
In all his foul deeds, Butler managed not only to fool local courts, but the national media. His business, which touted its “gumshoe housewives” was highlighted in People magazine and on Dr. Phil.
Butler believed he was protected because any improprieties would be investigated by the state narcotics task force, a divisions in which Butler had high ranking friends. But when the FBI got involved in early 2011, things quickly fell apart.
Still, the matter of the DUIs remain. These victims, despite the circumstances, were drinking and driving. And though one could easily argue they learned through their ordeals, should they really have the charges dismissed?
The answer is yes, according to a rarely cited 19th century law that makes it a felony to conspire to subject another person to arrest.
The charges may be dropped, but the divorce verdicts, many of which favored victims now ex-wives, stand. Divorce proceedings are personal and can turn bitter, opening up old wounds with this new information, is unlikely to make anyone feel they’ve received justice, at least in the short term.
Photo Credit: Alex E. Proimos
Contra Costa: Dirty DUI investigation uncovers crooked cops
AppId is over the quota
Posted on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 At least 20 DUI and vice cases have been dismissed in Contra Costa county as a sordid and shocking tale of corruption involving three local police departments unravels. Christopher Butler, a former police officer and private detective was at the center of an elaborate entrapment scam that discredited men going through divorce trials.
Butler would hire an attractive woman to go to a bar where she could approach the man who was in the process of getting a divorce from one of Butler’s clients. After starting a conversation, flirting, and sharing drinks, the woman would suggest that the target follow her in his car to her place.
On the way, he would be intercepted by police officers on the take from Butler, who would claim the man had been swerving and charge him with a DUI.
The DUI arrest gave Butler’s clients leverage in the court room, in one instance a woman successfully used it to prove that her ex-husband was unfit to see their children without supervision.
That, of course, is entrapment. And a particularly cruel form of it that shames its victims with the social stigma of a DUI while also taking away access to the victim’s children—all the victim’s lowest point.
In order to make it work, Butler enlisted the support of the San Ramon and Danville police departments and the state narcotics task force. Charges also allege that Butler sold drugs for law enforcement officers and assisted them in opening and operating a brothel.
In all his foul deeds, Butler managed not only to fool local courts, but the national media. His business, which touted its “gumshoe housewives” was highlighted in People magazine and on Dr. Phil.
Butler believed he was protected because any improprieties would be investigated by the state narcotics task force, a divisions in which Butler had high ranking friends. But when the FBI got involved in early 2011, things quickly fell apart.
Still, the matter of the DUIs remain. These victims, despite the circumstances, were drinking and driving. And though one could easily argue they learned through their ordeals, should they really have the charges dismissed?
The answer is yes, according to a rarely cited 19th century law that makes it a felony to conspire to subject another person to arrest.
The charges may be dropped, but the divorce verdicts, many of which favored victims now ex-wives, stand. Divorce proceedings are personal and can turn bitter, opening up old wounds with this new information, is unlikely to make anyone feel they’ve received justice, at least in the short term.
Photo Credit: Alex E. Proimos
Fatal motorcycle accident under investigation
Jabrel Warren, 36, from Jamesburg, was dead at the scene in a motorcycle accident on Saturday, said the July 12. The crash occurred around 11:40 am at the intersection of cranberry South River Road and deans Rhode Hall Road.
Warren's motorcycle crashed in a 2003 Honda Civic killed this evening itself and an unnamed woman that pond was thrown from the vehicle and a retention critically injured his passenger,. She remains in critical condition at the University Hospital of Robert Wood Johnson.
The driver of the civic transport two unnamed passengers was and remains unidentified. All three occupants of the car were brought in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with minor injuries.
We offer our condolences to the family of Mr. Warren. We would like to offer motorcycle also a speedy recovery of the other victims of the crash.
Motorcycles in the night
Riding a motorcycle in the dark is much more dangerous than during daylight hours operation. Motorcyclists are already notoriously difficult to see, and without daylight, see, how it is even more difficult. Cyclists can even stay safe by practicing some safety tips:
Wear light colors at night. Bright colors and reflective surfaces are important for visibility in the dark, in particular for motorcycle operators.Maintain a safe distance. Especially during the night, it is important for cyclists enough space between their bike and other cars to leave. Cars brakes very much slower than motorcycles. An accident can occur when a car needs to stop suddenly, or suddenly stops a motorcycle and a car too close behind follows.Get in touch with a personal injury law firm. Motorcycle operators can often be liable for an accident. You can ensure that you are protected, by a motorcycle accident lawyer call, if you happen, to be in a crash.Their New Jersey motorcycle accident lawyer
Motorcyclists can for a long, hard struggle after an accident in be. By using insurance to paying medical bills there are many issues involved after a crash. If you have violated, contact motorcycle accident lawyer in the console & Hollawell a New Jersey.
If the man from operating table...Hospital says it "carry out an investigation is"
Max DeVries was a routine procedure when he of the rolled the operating table and struck his head on the ground. He hit his head in the place where a doctors had removed part of his skull due to Brain swelling. Apparently the Velcro straps, which had secured 300-pound man could.
Mr de Vries died later. To protect, has a complaint by his family, stating that proper procedures and equipment used the hospital, Mr. DeVries was filed. According to the process, the case was that "direct cause for, or contributed to the" his death.
What have the hospital to say?
According to the Minnesota Star Tribune has the hospital in a statement to say, "St. Joseph's Hospital and Healthsite branch care system this situation and this family concerns very seriously." We extend sincere condolences to the family of Max DeVries. St. Joseph's Hospital and Healthsite branch care system have a strong commitment to patient safety and providing the highest quality patient care at the national level have been identified. "If patient safety concerns, we have always a thorough internal examination to ensure that our processes comply with strict standards for safety and implementing improvements, we believe that security will continue."
It is carry out a study months after the accident such as the hospital may?
This is an event that should never happen. Put it there with other "never should happen" events, such as wrong site surgery.
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