Posted on 07/22/2006 4:18:08 PM PDT by TommyDale
DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials say they are investigating an alleged assault involving Durham police officers outside a Raleigh bar.
(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...
With all that "tax free" income she claims in her interviews, she should have paid that back long ago!
NEW INFORMATION! PING!
Durham Police To Hold Press Conference In Response To Alleged Assault
http://www.wral.com/news/9563976/detail.html
I was just getting ready to post that, but I was distracted momentarily. I have WRAL on right now, no sign of press conference.
Why doesn't someone call the agency and make an appointment? You know, any good reporter could do this and ambush her in a motel room. Where are the tabloids when we need them?!
"Escort service raid may not lead to prostitution charges", by Steve Swindell, N&O March 30, 1996.
The nationwide Internal Revenue Service sting that led to searches of five Triangle residences this week describes a thriving prostitution business under the guise of escort services, but the operation might not lead to charges other than money laundering.
The sting, however, did uncover some interesting details of how escort services operate.
Although undercover IRS agents met or talked by phone with the five Triangle people named in an affidavit that led to the searches, took bags of trash from each location and collected mountains of banking, phone, credit card and delivery records, none of it may lead to local prosecution.
Prostitution is a local, not a federal, offense. The IRS set up the sting to uncover violations of federal laws concerning money laundering and racketeering.
"It's too early to speculate what will come of this," said Mike Quinn, public information officer for the IRS in the Carolinas.
Prosecutors probably will present the case to a federal grand jury in two to four months, but no local agencies were involved in the sting, he said.
"They never called us - before, during or after the fact," said Lt. M.R. Teem of the Raleigh police vice investigation unit. There are no plans to follow up on the IRS sting at this time, he said.
Neither Wake County Sheriff John Baker nor Hillsborough Police Chief Larry C. Biggs, whose jurisdictions include the searched residences, were informed of the IRS investigation, they said Friday night. Arrests on prostitution-related charges were filed in other cities elsewhere in the country.
Named in the Triangle affidavit are Curtis D. Peeples of 5115 Clearview St., Donna M. Barber of 5230 Trestlewood Lane and Tonia Marie Lavigne of 7301-C Leesville Road, all in Raleigh; Suzanne (Chelsea) L. Mulligan of 8700 Kildee Court in Apex; and Lisa M. Moore of 300 W. Hill Ave. in Hillsborough.
Peeples was linked to the largest share of the $102,000 worth of Triangle credit card business that the IRS says was handled by its own bogus money laundering operation in Dallas, which was set up as part of the sting. Peeples allegedly had almost $82,000 laundered; amounts for the others ranged between $1,400 and $8,000.
Among the local escort services named in the affidavit were AAA Action, Absolute Class, CDR Associates, Class Act, Girls Girls Girls and Professional Escorts
Peeples, who told IRS agents that he had more than 60 phone lines in operation, allegedly helped Moore and Mulligan set up their own escort businesses.
Discussions with Peeples also led to surprising details in the two-year IRS operation known as "Operation Out Call." Peeples told one agent that a third of the women who work for him are married, and some of their husbands don't know they are working, the affidavit said.
When Peeples received complaints from customers that one of his workers would not perform oral sex, he "instructed her to buy mint-flavored condoms," the affidavit said.
Snared in the sting nationwide were 1,000 escort services and more than 200 pimps and madams in 75 cities in 42 states, the affidavit said. More than $2.3 million worth of Visa, Mastercard and American Express charges was laundered by undercover IRS agents; such charges are laundered because the credit-card companies refuse to honor charges from escort services.
Boston, with close to $1 million in charges, led all cities, with only Dallas, Manhattan and Houston also having more activity than the Triangle.
Most of the 7,000 customers involved in the operation were "out of town businessmen in their hotel rooms," the affidavit said. The rest were locals.
Becoming a customer of an escort service is not easy, according to the affidavit. After calling for an "escort," the customer typically must answer a return call, show a photo identification and present a business card, airline ticket or car rental invoice to prove that he is not a law enforcement officer.
Unless they pay in cash, they must fill out a "credit verification form," which includes name, work and residence addresses and telephone numbers.
The escort service calls for verification from the credit-card company, and the "escort" imprints the card on an invoice with a portable imprinting machine
Copyright 1996 by The News & Observer Pub. Co.
Record Number: RNOB96089130
Centerfold's address is a phone company building.
As I understand it, "assault" is a credible threat to kick someone's @ss. "Battery" is actually doing it. That's why CF was convicted of assault but not battery.
"Hearing Against Second Dancer In Duke Lacrosse Case Delayed Until September"
Who was the judge in this? Or was there a judge?
Remember, Durham judges, things are different now; you're no longer operating in the dark recesses of a Southern town with only your cronies for witneses. As of now,
"The Whole World is Watching".
"As I understand it, "assault" is a credible threat to kick someone's @ss. "Battery" is actually doing it. That's why CF was convicted of assault but not battery."
Right. And "assault" carries with it a $500 fine, 30 days' suspended sentence, 6 months' probation, curfew, alcohol restrictions, etc.
Killing another student with a drunken punch is "battery" (as in the Shick case, also in Georgetown) and gets you assigned to write a ten-page paper.
That's the difference.
You don't even have to threaten in North Carolina. All a victim needs to say is that they "felt" threatened or in fear. That constitutes SIMPLE assault, a criminal misdemeanor charge. Once a hand touches a victim (in this case, a finger was poked into the victim's shoulder) it is now CRIMINAL assault, a felony. I know this because someone I know was set up here in Raleigh on a very similar circumstance as Finnerty up in DC.
Kim's trial continued until September.....
Ooooops! Beaten to the post....
Two? I'm impressed! (I've had one deleted so far on the CTV boards.) What did you say to get two posts deleted by Melanie on the N&O blog?
The case has certainly shown how much the Internet has changed things. News outlets providing slanted, incomplete, and downright wrong coverage can't get away with it. They are confronted immediately. I love it!
Thanks for that dose of reality...
"A" judge ... there's some reporting .../sarc.
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/463809.html
A judge this morning agreed to postpone a probation violation hearing for a woman who was hired to dance at a Duke University lacrosse team party that ended with another woman's claiming she was raped.
Kim Roberts, also known as Kim Pittman, appeared in court with her attorney Mark Simeon. Roberts is on probation for embezzlement. Simeon told the judge that the state wants more time to review her restitution record.
Roberts had been convicted in 2001 for embezzling $25,000 from a Durham photofinishing company, where she worked in the payroll department. Her probation officer issued a warrant for Roberts' arrest in September after she failed to pay restitution and missed several appointments.
"... but I was distracted momentarily."
Again?!?
Here's my post that she deleted presumably for being off topic.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670637/posts?page=381#381
Why don't they review her earnings for the past several months? For example, there was a paid interview with Vanity Fair. What are these people thinking?
Speaking of "A" judge...Last night, during the WTVD interview, the reporter used the term "the guys" (DPD assailants) at least 6 times if not more. Journalists?
Hey, things happen! ;-)
There's a cure for that, ya' know.
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