Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating a person they believe is responsible for the murder of a mentally-disabled man in Modesto.
Modesto Police say they’ve obtained a $1 million arrest warrant for 30-year-old Samuel Esequel Esquibel who they believe murdered 37-year-old Ernie Hernandez, Jr. outside Humprhey’s College in Modest on August 14th.
Police say Esquibel has several tattoos that will aid in identifying him, including a drawing ofa “Huelga Bird” on the back of his neck, his name “Esquibel” on his back and the words “San Jose” on his stomach.
Esquibel is described as having short black hair, brown eyes, standing 5’8” tall and weighing around 210 pounds.
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Police Name Suspect In Murder Of Mentally-Disabled Man
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Soldier Who Appeared In “Collateral Murder” War Video Supports Leak To Wikileaks
A former US Army soldier who appeared in a video showing American troops killing 12 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including two Reuters photographers, says he supports the leaking of that video by whistleblower website Wikileaks.
In an interview on KGO Radio’s “Lettieri & Poole Show” Saturday, former US Army soldier Ethan McCord said the video allegedly leaked by PFC Bradley Manning offers a portrayal of combat operations in Iraq that the general public otherwise wouldn’t get to see.
“As far as the video being released by Wikileaks from the very beginning was a good thing,” McCord said. “It gives people a chance to actually see what happens on a daily basis in Iraq.”
The half-hour long video, entitled “Collateral Murder,” was released by Stockholm-based Wikileaks.org in April. The video shows US troops firing on unarmed Iraqi civilians, killing 12 including two photojournalists working with the Reuters news agency. -
Attorney General Jerry Brown Sues TV Tax Lady Roni Deutch
The Tax Lady’s next commercial may go something like this: “Hi, I’m Roni Deutch and I’m being sued by the Attorney General.”
Attorney General Jerry Brown announced a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the self-described “Tax Lady” for “orchestrating a heartless scheme that swindled thousands of people facing serious and expensive tax collection problems with the IRS.”
The Attorney General claims Deutch, who claims through late-night television advertisements that her firm can eliminate or reduce tax debts, can occasionally be the cause behind clients owing more to the IRS before seeking out her services.
“Sales agents claim Deutch’s success rate in dealing with the IRS is as high as 99 percent,” a press release distributed by the Attorney General’s office read Monday. “But the percentage of clients whose tax bills Deutch actually reduces is a mere 10 percent.” -
Local Hacker: Military Whistleblower Couldn’t Have Acted Alone In Afghanistan War Leak
A former hacker says he believes a 91,000-page dossier depicting the Afghanistan war between 2004 and 2009 was stored on the same system manipulated by a soldier arrested weeks ago for leaking a war video from Afghanistan.
In May, Adrian Lamo of Carmichael turned in US Army PFC Brad Manning after learning the soldier was responsible for leaking classified information, including a video shot from a helicopter that appears to show American troops firing on unarmed civilians.
Now, Lamo says he believes a 91,000 page dossier depicting civilian and coalition casualties between 2004 and 2009 in Afghanistan came from the same system Manning had access to during his time as a soldier.
“The stolen files came from a battlefield ground intelligence system that was put in place, much like the netcentric diplomacy program at State, post [September 11th, 2001] to help ensure that similar intelligence failures would not reoccur,” Lamo said in an online conversation with FOX40 News Monday morning.“I believe Manning misused that system, and in so doing, reduced our overall intelligence-sharing propensity and left us as a country less able to extend the trust that we need to properly share the information needed to prosecute the war on terror.”
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New Black Panther Party Accuses FOX News Of Fueling Racial Tensions, Fear
The chairman of the New Black Panther Party is alleging coverage by national media outlet FOX News is contributing to racial tension and fears in America by covering claims that President Barack Obama and US Attorney General Eric Holder — both of whom are African-American — dropped voter intimidation charges against the group stemming from a 2008 incident.
Charges were pending against two individuals of the New Black Panther Party who were captured on amateur video shouting racial insults, including “white devil” and “you’re about to be ruled by the white man, cracker” at voters who were casting ballots at a polling center in Philadelphia in 2008.
Despite the video, charges were dropped by the Justice Department due to a “lack of evidence,” which triggered claims by whistleblower and former DOJ employee J. Christian Adams that the department was creating a “systematic one-way approach in which only minorities are protected,” the Associated Press reports.
The justice department disputed these claims earlier this month, adding that the department works with law enforcement agencies to prevent voter intimidation. -
Matt Garcia’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit On His 24th Birthday
Instead of celebrating her son’s birthday on Wednesday, Teresa Courtemanche was in court, filing a $16 million wrongful death lawsuit against the two men convicted of his murder, and the woman who drove the getaway car the night of the killing.
“Today, would have been Matt’s 24th birthday. So it was important for me to file that today,” she said.
Garcia was a Fairfield City Councilman, who was shot to death in a case of mistaken identity on a Cordelia street on Sept. 1, 2008.
Nicole Stewart, who drove the getaway car, was never charged in Matt’s death. She instead testified against the gunman, Henry Williams, who also fathered her child.
