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Friday, July 08, 2011
DISTRICT ATTORNEY PAUL GALLEGOS AND CAL EMA... 2 DIFFERENT STORIES UPDATED
◼ DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND CAL EMA... 2 DIFFERENT STORIES - VIDEO/NEWSCAST - KIEM
KIEM/Kelly Mays says: "It’s a story we first broke last week… the District Attorney’s office is being investigated for allegedly not filing some paperwork concerining hundreds of thousands dollars in grant monies.
We've heard both sides of the story… but they’re not matching up. District Attorney Paul Gallegos claims these grants are not on hold, but the state says they are. Its complicated so instead of trying to explain it ourselves… here’s the arguments straight from the sources:
Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos (on camera): We're not in danger of losing any grants. No grants have been stopped."
Brad Alexander, Cal EMA (Emergency Management Agency) Office of Public Information: (told) multiple times that they are.
Ch. 3: (reporter asks Alexander) "The three grants that are in question?"
CalEMA: (responds) "There's actually like six or seven, and you should have individual names and titles for each of those."
Ch. 3: Those grants in question totaling over $847,000, some of that has already been settled between the two parties but it's the difference, some $334,000 that's been put on hold by the state.
Ch. 3: "Are the grants on hold? Are they stayed? Or are they fine?"
CalEMA: Currently everything is on pause except for the funds that have already been distributed."
Ch. 3: This grant money is dedicated to programs like victims of crime, violence against women, anti-drug abuse, victim witnesses, and unserviced populations for local Native American tribes.
The CalEMA says the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office asked about the grants in November, saying they weren't aware of some of the funds. This sparked the investigation into the District Attorney Office.
Paul Gallegos: "There's a per-sonn-el issue that we asked for an investigation to be done... ummmmm... part of that investigation, that investigator contacted CalEMA to ask for specific questions related to the personnel matter..."
Ch. 3: (asks) "If it's just a personnel issue, what happens?"
CalEMA: (answers) "Then they simply replace the person that we were handling with."
Ch.3: Gallegos says he took the initiative when he first learned about this situation.
Paul Gallegos: "It's an investigation into a PERSONNEL matter by our office or at the request of our office to bring in a 3rd party investigation."
CalEMA: "My understanding is that the office of risk management at the County level hired a private investigator."
Ch.3: The fact of the matter is, right now, according to CalEMA, over $334,000 is NOT available to Humboldt County, and at this point, we don't know if it will ever be.
CalEMA: "So, there was not a regular line of communication that typically exists between CalEMA and the grantee. They weren't returning phone calls and they weren't returning emails, that's why staff had to go up there in November/December last year to get one on one face to face with the staff at the District Attorney's office."
Paul Gallegos: "Truth is our grants are fine. If you talk to CalEMA, you'll find out they're fine..."
Back to reporters, Kelly Mays: Ch. 3: So, it's obviously a big complicated mess at this point and we are in contact with both offices. But we continue to hear different things, we'll keep looking for the truth.
Betsy Lambert: Yes, this is something that all of our newsroom has been looking into - just trying to get the truth, down to the bottom of this matter.
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◼ Update: Submitted by Kelly May on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 12:02 in News Stories - KIEM
So - there's more to the story yet.
KIEM says: "It’s a story we first broke last week… the District Attorney’s office is being investigated for allegedly not filing some paperwork concerining hundreds of thousands dollars in grant monies.KIEM REPORT (transcribed from the link)
We've heard both sides of the story… but they’re not matching up. District Attorney Paul Gallegos claims these grants are not on hold, but the state says they are. its complicated so instead of trying to explain it ourselves… here’s the arguments straight from the sources." Submitted by Betsy Lambert on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 17:44
KIEM/Kelly Mays says: "It’s a story we first broke last week… the District Attorney’s office is being investigated for allegedly not filing some paperwork concerining hundreds of thousands dollars in grant monies.
We've heard both sides of the story… but they’re not matching up. District Attorney Paul Gallegos claims these grants are not on hold, but the state says they are. Its complicated so instead of trying to explain it ourselves… here’s the arguments straight from the sources:
Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos (on camera): We're not in danger of losing any grants. No grants have been stopped."
Brad Alexander, Cal EMA (Emergency Management Agency) Office of Public Information: (told) multiple times that they are.
Ch. 3: (reporter asks Alexander) "The three grants that are in question?"
CalEMA: (responds) "There's actually like six or seven, and you should have individual names and titles for each of those."
Ch. 3: Those grants in question totaling over $847,000, some of that has already been settled between the two parties but it's the difference, some $334,000 that's been put on hold by the state.
Ch. 3: "Are the grants on hold? Are they stayed? Or are they fine?"
CalEMA: Currently everything is on pause except for the funds that have already been distributed."
Ch. 3: This grant money is dedicated to programs like victims of crime, violence against women, anti-drug abuse, victim witnesses, and unserviced populations for local Native American tribes.
The CalEMA says the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office asked about the grants in November, saying they weren't aware of some of the funds. This sparked the investigation into the District Attorney Office.
Paul Gallegos: "There's a per-sonn-el issue that we asked for an investigation to be done... ummmmm... part of that investigation, that investigator contacted CalEMA to ask for specific questions related to the personnel matter..."
Ch. 3: (asks) "If it's just a personnel issue, what happens?"
CalEMA: (answers) "Then they simply replace the person that we were handling with."
Ch.3: Gallegos says he took the initiative when he first learned about this situation.
Paul Gallegos: "It's an investigation into a PERSONNEL matter by our office or at the request of our office to bring in a 3rd party investigation."
CalEMA: "My understanding is that the office of risk management at the County level hired a private investigator."
Ch.3: The fact of the matter is, right now, according to CalEMA, over $334,000 is NOT available to Humboldt County, and at this point, we don't know if it will ever be.
CalEMA: "So, there was not a regular line of communication that typically exists between CalEMA and the grantee. They weren't returning phone calls and they weren't returning emails, that's why staff had to go up there in November/December last year to get one on one face to face with the staff at the District Attorney's office."
Paul Gallegos: "Truth is our grants are fine. If you talk to CalEMA, you'll find out they're fine..."
Back to reporters, Kelly Mays: Ch. 3: So, it's obviously a big complicated mess at this point and we are in contact with both offices. But we continue to hear different things, we'll keep looking for the truth.
Betsy Lambert: Yes, this is something that all of our newsroom has been looking into - just trying to get the truth, down to the bottom of this matter.
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◼ Update: Submitted by Kelly May on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 12:02 in News Stories - KIEM
Cal EMA has admitted to a miscommunication within their organization that lead to reporting misinformation to both News Channel 3 and the Humboldt County District Attorney's office regarding hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant monies. Brad Alexander, spokesperson for Cal EMA, admits that a miscommunication did exist between the grants branch at Cal EMA and the Office of Public Information, causing inaccurate information to be released regarding the investigation into Humboldt County District Attorney's office. District Attorney Paul Gallegos told News Channel 3 in a meeting this morning that local funders had put a hold on grant funds available to the D.A.'s office. At the request of the District Attorney's office and to reassure local funders that the grant funds are available, Cal EMA says they will issue and official statement aknowledging the miscommunication and misinformation that was reported.
So - there's more to the story yet.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Garberville man charged with attempted murder; victim escapes uninjured
◼ Garberville man charged with attempted murder; victim escapes uninjured
A Garberville man was arrested Saturday after allegedly firing two gunshots at his stepdaughter during a heated argument, the Times-Standard learned Sunday.
Hugh Bradley Henson, 39, remains in custody after officers with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol responded to a 911 call on the 600 block of Locust Street in Garberville, according to a press release. Multiple witnesses at the scene reported yelling between Henson and his 23-year-old stepdaughter, Niccole Marian Lang, who arrived at the house to pick up some clothes late Saturday morning, said sheriff's deputy Bob Hamilton.
During an argument in which Henson's wife Penny Marie Krautheim, 47, tried to separate the two, Lang ran out of the house on foot. Henson then fired two shots at her with a .38-caliber revolver, said Hamilton, missing both times.
...During a subsequent search of the home officers reported finding approximately five ounces of concentrated cannabis and more than six pounds of processed marijuana, believed to be in preparation for the production of concentrated cannabis, or hash. Hamilton said that the marijuana is not believed to be related to the shooting in any way.
...Henson, who also had a pair of outstanding misdemeanor warrants for traffic violations, was charged with attempted murder, possession of marijuana for sale, possession of concentrated cannabis, maintaining a place for the purpose of selling/distributing a controlled substance and felony child endangerment likely to produce great bodily injury or death.
With prior felony drug-related offenses, Henson was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.
Krautheim, who also goes by the last names Lang and Henson, was charged with knowingly renting a place for storage of a controlled substance, felony child endangerment and possession of concentrated cannabis.
Henson is being held on $500,000 bail, and Krautheim is being held on $50,000 bail. Both are expected to be arraigned on the charges this week.
A Garberville man was arrested Saturday after allegedly firing two gunshots at his stepdaughter during a heated argument, the Times-Standard learned Sunday.
Hugh Bradley Henson, 39, remains in custody after officers with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol responded to a 911 call on the 600 block of Locust Street in Garberville, according to a press release. Multiple witnesses at the scene reported yelling between Henson and his 23-year-old stepdaughter, Niccole Marian Lang, who arrived at the house to pick up some clothes late Saturday morning, said sheriff's deputy Bob Hamilton.
During an argument in which Henson's wife Penny Marie Krautheim, 47, tried to separate the two, Lang ran out of the house on foot. Henson then fired two shots at her with a .38-caliber revolver, said Hamilton, missing both times.
...During a subsequent search of the home officers reported finding approximately five ounces of concentrated cannabis and more than six pounds of processed marijuana, believed to be in preparation for the production of concentrated cannabis, or hash. Hamilton said that the marijuana is not believed to be related to the shooting in any way.
...Henson, who also had a pair of outstanding misdemeanor warrants for traffic violations, was charged with attempted murder, possession of marijuana for sale, possession of concentrated cannabis, maintaining a place for the purpose of selling/distributing a controlled substance and felony child endangerment likely to produce great bodily injury or death.
With prior felony drug-related offenses, Henson was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.
Krautheim, who also goes by the last names Lang and Henson, was charged with knowingly renting a place for storage of a controlled substance, felony child endangerment and possession of concentrated cannabis.
Henson is being held on $500,000 bail, and Krautheim is being held on $50,000 bail. Both are expected to be arraigned on the charges this week.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
THE TROUBLE WITH LIES
Is that they catch up to you -
BOARD AGENDA ITEM c-12
May 17, 2002 for Meeting of June 4, 2002
Terry Farmer District Attorney
SIGNED BY: TERRY FARMER'S WIFE, SUPERVISOR BONNIE NEELY
SUBJECT: DISTRICT ATTORNEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERTICAL PROSECUTION GRANT APPLICATION FOR 7.1.02 - 6.30.03
DISCUSSION!
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR ITS FIFTH YEAR OF FUNDING FOR ITS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERTICAL PROSECUTION UNIT...
◼ http://co.humboldt.ca.us/board/agenda/questys/mg123052/as123055/as123069/ai123147/do123148/bosagendaitem.pdf
C'mon Osborn, here's one for your whopper file...
BOARD AGENDA ITEM c-12
May 17, 2002 for Meeting of June 4, 2002
Terry Farmer District Attorney
SIGNED BY: TERRY FARMER'S WIFE, SUPERVISOR BONNIE NEELY
SUBJECT: DISTRICT ATTORNEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERTICAL PROSECUTION GRANT APPLICATION FOR 7.1.02 - 6.30.03
DISCUSSION!
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR ITS FIFTH YEAR OF FUNDING FOR ITS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERTICAL PROSECUTION UNIT...
◼ http://co.humboldt.ca.us/board/agenda/questys/mg123052/as123055/as123069/ai123147/do123148/bosagendaitem.pdf
C'mon Osborn, here's one for your whopper file...
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Round table discussion between the two DA candidates, Paul Gallegos and Allison Jackson
◼ http://khum.com/node/896
On Monday September 27th The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council held a round table discussion between the two DA candidates, Paul Gallegos and Allison Jackson at The Eureka Inn. KHUM broadcast it live. If you missed it - you can download it or listen to it at the link.
On Monday September 27th The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council held a round table discussion between the two DA candidates, Paul Gallegos and Allison Jackson at The Eureka Inn. KHUM broadcast it live. If you missed it - you can download it or listen to it at the link.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Some innovation
◼ Eureka Police Department teams with domestic violence advocates in first project of its kind on North Coast
Dawn Watkins, program director at Humboldt Domestic Violence Services, said the seed for the program was planted about a decade ago, but only began to sprout recently. She said the idea started through the Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee, a subcommittee of the Domestic Violence Council. She said her agency and EPD started a collaboration several years back where officers would call out advocates to crimes scenes to talk to victims. Things were going fine, Watkins said, but she felt the agency could do more.
”I didn't feel like we were reaching the people we needed to reach,” she said, adding that the program seemed to start and stall, and just never really took off.
Watkins said she finally approached Nielsen with the idea of having her advocates go on patrol with his officers, with the idea that “having a non-police person involved in a police situation can be a big help.”
Nielsen, Watkins said, got back to her the next day, saying simply, “Let's do it.”
Dawn Watkins, program director at Humboldt Domestic Violence Services, said the seed for the program was planted about a decade ago, but only began to sprout recently. She said the idea started through the Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee, a subcommittee of the Domestic Violence Council. She said her agency and EPD started a collaboration several years back where officers would call out advocates to crimes scenes to talk to victims. Things were going fine, Watkins said, but she felt the agency could do more.
”I didn't feel like we were reaching the people we needed to reach,” she said, adding that the program seemed to start and stall, and just never really took off.
Watkins said she finally approached Nielsen with the idea of having her advocates go on patrol with his officers, with the idea that “having a non-police person involved in a police situation can be a big help.”
Nielsen, Watkins said, got back to her the next day, saying simply, “Let's do it.”
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Man gets 9 years, 8 months for domestic abuse
☛ ER Man gets 9 years, 8 months for domestic abuse
A man who pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges in connection to a week-long assault on his girlfriend was sentenced Thursday to nine years and eight months in prison.
Anthony Ryan Workman, who was 20 when arrested, pleaded guilty in June to inflicting corporal injury on a co-habitant resulting in traumatic condition, making threats to commit a crime that would result in death or great bodily injury (a strike) and probation violation. He also pleaded guilty to a special allegation of personally inflicting great bodily injury, which makes the inflicting corporal injury on a co-habitant charge a strike. Judge Dale Reinholtsen handed down the sentence.
Workman was suspected of beating his girlfriend over the course of a week, which resulted in a broken jaw and fractured eye socket. Deputy District Attorney Ben McLaughlin, in a previous interview, said Workman beat his girlfriend and allegedly hit her multiple times in the face because he believed she’d been unfaithful.
A man who pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges in connection to a week-long assault on his girlfriend was sentenced Thursday to nine years and eight months in prison.
Anthony Ryan Workman, who was 20 when arrested, pleaded guilty in June to inflicting corporal injury on a co-habitant resulting in traumatic condition, making threats to commit a crime that would result in death or great bodily injury (a strike) and probation violation. He also pleaded guilty to a special allegation of personally inflicting great bodily injury, which makes the inflicting corporal injury on a co-habitant charge a strike. Judge Dale Reinholtsen handed down the sentence.
Workman was suspected of beating his girlfriend over the course of a week, which resulted in a broken jaw and fractured eye socket. Deputy District Attorney Ben McLaughlin, in a previous interview, said Workman beat his girlfriend and allegedly hit her multiple times in the face because he believed she’d been unfaithful.
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