The Anatomy of Public Corruption

Christiansen, Chetcuti, Lapus and Butler - The real estate links that lead to the Seeno's

Lafayette CA:  For several decades of perhaps longer, a series of major fires, incidents and accidents have occurred in Contra Costa County and the greater Bay Area.  For this resident some incidents have been nearer than expected.

Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Taskforce (CNET or CCCNET) 
The CNET Scandal or Dirty DUI Case involving spouse being setup by Private Investigator Chris Butler stands out as the worst example of well entrenched and hidden corruption ever but where was the Council of Chief's?

17 Koala CourtWalnut Creek (Unincorporated), CA 94596

Owner:
Lapus Bing
City:
Walnut Creek (Unincorporated)
Zip:
94596
County:
Contra Costa County CA
Region:
East Bay
Neighborhood:
South Walnut Creek
Subdivision:
Somerset
Street:
Koala Court
775 is an Excellent credit score, what's yours?
Yr. Built:
1955
Builder:
Sqft (land | living):
11,200 land | 2,057 living
Bedrooms:
6
Bathrooms:
3
Property Taxes:
$8,228.52 (2015)
Stories:

Sales History

PriceTypeDateB-Buyer/S-SellerAgent
N/AResale04/09/1997B: Roozee & Christiansen IncBA: N/A
  S: Benny Chetcuti JrSA: N/A

Info & Demographics

InformationDemographics
Elementary School:N/A
Middle School:N/A
High School:Acalanes Union High School
U.S. Representative:U.S. Rep. John Garamendi (D-10)
Median Income$93,497
White: All*93.2%
White: Latin or Hispanic*2.3%
Black or African American*1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native*0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander*0.2%
Asian*6.5%
Census Tract:3430.03/Rudgear Park
*Alone or in combinationSource: U.S. Census
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The Dirty DUI - An overview of how my former Danville Cop neighbor overstepped his reach

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The Dirty DUI - An overview of how my former neighbor

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Dumpster Diving To Survive The American Programmer Using Food Stamps So Facebook Can Have More Visas

Dumpster Diving To Survive 

Walnut Creek CA:  In Fall of 2010, a series of events occurred at my now former offices at 1932 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill CA.   By the time a Lt. David Oberhoffer SFPD (ret) I was running for my safety and soon myself eating from trash bin and the to food stamps. 

The Lt. David Oberhoffer SFPD Campaign was the final straw in my fall to homelessness.  
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Gas Pipeline Explosions (CA)

Posted: April 7th 2014
Gas Pipeline Explosions (CA)  


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OBIT:Los Lomas High School Student Deaths - possible witnesses to the Walnut Creek Gas Pipeline Explosion


MATTHEW MILLER


A tragedy of unanswered questions as in where is the police report?


Quick Facts
School: Las Lomas HS
City: Walnut Creek
Location: Walnut Creek Bypass Channel

MATTHEW MILLER

Searchers on Sunday found the bodies of two Walnut Creek teens who drowned after going rafting in a rain-swollen creek Saturday. Authorities said Matthew Miller, 16, and Gavin Powell, 17, both of Walnut Creek, had been trying to negotiate the water in a two-person inflatable craft. Published in East Bay Times on Feb. 21, 2011

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Powerful East Bay family sued, accused in killing plot

Walnut Creek CA:  The Mamer Lawsuit is the best examples of SeenoVille's business tactics.  In my story they've beaten me, nearly burned me alive, and or attacked the legal system by attacking the attorneys.

Or perhaps the Greed Machine (Kinder Morgan 2004 Fire) is responsible for this fire as the discovery that this case is linked to Alicia Driscoll murder suicide was enough for me to begin shouting.

Forget Contra Costa County Law Enforcement as I'm sure after decades of failed cases - this county drinks from the Seeno Cup first then the gets around to the rest of us.



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Danville Mormon Stake - A Tall Tale about Two Mormon Sons - One Murdered - One is a Murderer?

A Tall Tale Two Mormon Sons One in Heeevan , One Living in Hell, One has the Missing Sword
I Know Both Families 




Vertical Pills

Use the .nav-stacked class to vertically stack pills:
Alamo CA:  Nestled in the East Bay about 30 miles from San Francisco CA is Alamo CA basking in the Shadow of Mt. Diablo, just beyond the East Bay Hills.  A pristine enclave of beautiful sunrises, striking sunsets interwoven with the boiling fog banks arriving in summer.  These can produce those once in a lifetime pictures rivaling the Sierra's, Smokey's, Rockies or Cascade Range.  The right day with the right sunlight.  

Having lived at the base of Mt. Diablo for many years I know the hills very well from hiking in Briones, Sugarloaf, Briones or Las Trampas.  


Mormon Country ~ The Western Edge of the Mormon universe, a Western Bible Belt and sun tanned golfers and staunch members Contra Costa Republican Party who dominate Danville, San Ramon and Walnut Creek CA attend church while ignoring lynchings, arson and murders.  These same groups have control of the Contra Costa Bar Association with airtight connections to the .  

One notable case was The Pamela Vitale in Lafayette CA murder which occurred just in time to disrupt the Susan Polk Murder Trial that my personal opinion was winnable and that opinion sealed when no one returned my inquiries about the The Eiko Sugihara Murder in 2009 where the Arson/Murder Tip Line was set up to deliberately derail the investigation.  It's interested in tips, leads or information that might shed light on the Sugihara case.  

This story leads to Las Vegas, NV, Pleasanton CA, and Ornida CA to a story that I believe is distorted by several clever Mormons from Danville.  They in turn will linked to the death of Nate Greenan who was the brother in-law of Attorney Dax Craven.  

A well hidden story from me for over 20 years. 

I can only guess who is the fathered a son given up for adoption.

  • I believe that Nate might be that son.  
  • The Alamo 1st Ward is blocking my efforts
  • There is one missing person, 
  • Who set my truck on fire   
  • Who is behind the expert bacterial cases

Threading The Cases



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OBIT: ELLEN SABADUQUIA (1950-2005) Witness to the 2004 Walnut Creek Pipeline Explosion

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Meredith May, Demian Bulwa, Carrie Sturrock and Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writers
A fireball several stories high roared out of the ground near downtown Walnut Creek on Tuesday, killing two construction workers, injuring six and leaving two workers missing after a crew accidentally cut an underground jet fuel line.
The blast occurred about a quarter-mile away from the intersection of Newell Avenue and South Broadway, where two crews contracted by Mountain Cascade Inc. of Livermore were installing a large water main for the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
One group of workers was welding in a trench, and a second group was digging another trench with a backhoe that apparently broke a pipeline that carries aviation fuel from Concord to the San Jose International Airport, said EBMUD spokesman Charles Hardy and Walnut Creek police investigating the accident.
Ellen Sabaduquia, 54, of Walnut Creek was driving on Broadway at 1:30 p.m. when the inferno shot out of the ground a few feet from her Toyota minivan.
She watched in horror as two screaming men emerged from the hole, engulfed in flames.
"I thought I was in Fallujah for a moment," Sabaduquia told The Chronicle, her voice trembling. "It almost looked like slow motion from a horror movie."
Sabaduquia said she wanted to get out and pick up the workers, but the flames were too ferocious and she was forced to throw her vehicle into reverse.
The six workers who were injured were all burned -- three critically, authorities said. Those with the worst injuries were airlifted to Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo in critical condition with burns over 40 to 60 percent of their bodies, said hospital spokeswoman Paula Ferron.
Two victims were airlifted to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek with burns so severe they were transported again to a burn center at UC Davis, according to a hospital spokeswoman. There was no information available on the sixth burn victim.
Initial reports by authorities had three workers dead, but later in the evening police said that they had confirmed two fatalities and retrieved the bodies of those victims. Authorities did not disclose the names of the dead or the missing.
The accident sparked a series of underground explosions, sent a huge column of black smoke into the sky, burned one home and damaged several others on Doris Avenue, and prompted the evacuations of Las Lomas High School and Muirwood Elementary.
"This is the worst day of my life," said Bill Williams of Mountain Cascade, general contractor for EBMUD's $180 million Walnut Creek-San Ramon Valley Improvement Project to increase water flow in the area.
Williams fielded phone calls Tuesday afternoon from worried wives and scanned work rosters to try to figure out who was unaccounted for.
The explosion rattled shops at nearby Broadway Plaza and caused students to jump in their seats. The force was so intense it blew out the windows of several apartments on Creekside Drive across the street and charred the cab of an 18-wheeler parked near the construction site.
Initially, firefighters were prevented from approaching the searing hot flames, so they were forced to keep the public away and wait for the gasoline to burn out.
Firefighters capped the pipeline at cutoff valves in Concord and Alamo, and the inferno receded about 90 minutes later, said Steve Maiero, battalion chief of the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
They discovered two bodies in or near the hole, Maiero said.
The jet fuel line, owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners of Houston, was marked on maps that construction workers were using, according to Eugene Braithwaite, director of operations for the company's northern region.
Kinder Morgan is under investigation in a separate incident in which 85, 000 gallons of fuel spilled from one of its pipelines into the Suisun Marsh last April.
Braithwaite said as soon as it was safe, Kinder Morgan would assess how to clean up the Walnut Creek pipe break, possibly using vacuum pumps to remove any residual fuel.
A few Doris Avenue residents spent the night with friends or in hotels with help from the Red Cross. Among them were Enos and Leto Chabot, who lost the back half of their two-story home at 2053 Doris Ave. The fireball rose 90 feet from the construction pit, up a concrete wall and burned their entire backyard, melting the windows on their back wall.
The couple were having lunch at the Hick'ry Pit restaurant nearby when they heard the boom, and they returned home to find their neighbors evacuated to a street corner a few blocks away.
"The important thing is we're OK," said Leto Chabot. "We have insurance, but this will take months to get fixed."
At Las Lomas High, Sarah Jones, 16, said she was in her physics class when she heard what she thought was someone dropping something on the roof.
Students were instructed over the loudspeaker to stay inside, then told to evacuate to Civic Park. They could see the plume of black smoke from the parking lot.
"I don't think we were so much scared as confused," Jones said. "Because nobody told us what was going on."
The evacuation went smoothly, however, because nearly all the students had cell phones and could call their parents to come get them. Only about 50 of the school's 1,700 students made it to Civic Park, and the rest went to downtown coffee shops and juice bars to wait for their parents.
As darkness fell, authorities used a robot to shoot close-up photographs of the accident scene.

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ELLEN SABADUQUIA (1950-2005)

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX | DEATH RECORDS

SSN:
331-44-3164
Last Name:
Sabaduquia
Suffix:

First Name:
Ellen
Middle Initial:
Faye
Death Month:
12
Death Day:
25
Death Year:
2005
Death Date:
2005-12-25
Birth Month:
07
Birth Day:
08
Birth Year:
1950
Birth Date:
1950-07-08
Last Residence ZIP:
94596 (walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California)
Last Benefit ZIP:

State of SSN Issue:
Georgia
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About Ellen Sabaduquia

Ellen Sabaduquia was born on Saturday, July 8th, 1950 and died on Sunday, December 25th, 2005 at the age of 55. Ellen is a member of the Sabaduquia Family. ELLEN 's last known place of residence was 94596 (Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California) .
ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
The United States Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is often one of the main starting points for online free genealogy research. The SSDI is used by the Social Security Administration for coordinating benefits. The Social Security Act was signed in 1935, and the Social Security Board started building the infrastructure for distributing benefits. Registration began in 1936 and 30 million individuals were registered and cards distributed by 1937. These cards were distributed through employers, who had employees fill out the information, and then returned the cards to the government. The SSDI provides the names of over 70 million individuals whose deaths have been reported to the Social Security Administration. The information that you will find in the SSDI includes: an individual’s Social Security Number, birth date, death date, where the last benefit was sent, and the original application state. The SSDI can be a great starting point for your ancestry search.
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Mary Alicia Driscoll Murder Suicide?

Was Alicia Driscoll Murdered

Found murdered in Sonoma July 2005


Alicia Driscoll

Met her in December 2004. She contacted me via classified ad for my sons play structure. The reason it was being sold leads to Contra Costa Taskforce Scandal but years later discovered my world came unglued over persons attacking me, my business and family.

Homeless Homicides


Homeless Homicides

I'd been tracking the deaths of homeless I'd met ever since loosing my servers, equipment, offices and property plus all my assets.  The common thread was certain groups were targeted.  There was a meeting in at Walnut Creek City Hall about downtown projects and then their EIR Map appeared that matched incidents near me. Just a few blocks away the brakes to my explorer were sabotaged while I was in jail where deputies tried to kill over there. 


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McNamara Law Firm



Walnut Creek

Kaitlyn Brittany Strand
Oct. 24, 1988 - May 11, 2013
Resident of Martinez - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/obituary.aspx?pid=164831064#sthash.hHLvlAfB.dpuf
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OBIT: Kaitlyn Brittany Strand (Oct. 24, 1988 - May 11, 2013)

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The Fate of Kaitlyn Strand

A Number of Faked or Confusing Stories

The Fate of her Grandfather Bat Chief John Riley

She often shared the story on the loss of her grandfather in the Oakland fire. I shared how my friends barely escaped the buildings exploding behind him at the Condos by the Caldecott Tunnel.

Other Students

Kaitlyn Brittany Strand


Oct. 24, 1988 - May 11, 2013
Resident of Martinez

Employer: McNamara Law , Walnut Creek CA
Story #1

Killed in Hit and Run-Oakland, CA (UPDATE) her friends were trying to redirect me, she died from an unknown overdose. Like many cases nothing happens, like Tony it was some elaborate unusual incident.

Story #2

Through a mutual friend was able to speak to her mother. Story #1 was pushed at me at various open-mics in the East Day

She had a wonderful and was a musician:

Performed at Ray's Lounge and other open mic

She Was New Mother:

Four months old, was beautiful baby

Handle:

The Black Rose


A former law clerk at the McNamara Law Firm former assistant to the Harbor Master at the Martinez Marina, & former childcare worker for the City of Concord; she was studying to become a paralegal & longed to become an attorney. But her true passion was her new baby girl & her music. She was an amazing mother, writer, musician & poet, possessing a loving heart & flamboyant spirit. Her sense of humor, kindness & fierce devotion to her loved ones, will be greatly missed. She is predeceased by her grandfather, former Battalion Chief, James Riley, killed during the Oakland Fire in 1991, & grandmother, Marilyn Lawnicki of Louisiana, in 1988. She is survived by her 4 month old daughter, Persephone Walsh, soul mate John Walsh, mother Catherine Riley, father Rick Strand, beloved brother Andrew Strand, grandmother Christine Riley, & a host of uncles, aunts, cousins & friends. Services on Sat. May 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1601 Mary Dr, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the, Kaitlyn B. Strand Memorial Fund, for her daughter, Persephone. Donations can be mailed to Wells Fargo Bank, 1978 Contra Costa Blvd., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/obituary.aspx?pid=164831064#sthash.TExcNPdO.dpuf


Fire Firefighters down

James M. Riley Jr.

  • Battalion Chief
  • Oakland Fire Department
  • California
  • Year of Death: 1991

Submitted by his daughter
Battalion Chief James Riley served twenty-five years and seventeen days as a firefighter in the Oakland‚ CA‚ Fire Department. Driven by an unseen force‚ he became the youngest Battalion Chief in the history of the Oakland Fire Department‚ at the age of just 36 years old. He served as a mentor and roll model to many in the department‚ who refer to him as ‘The Man Who Wrote the Book’ on firefighting.
Chief Riley served as the hill fire coordinator for the City of Oakland. Many of his theories have been‚ incorporated into firefighter training throughout the world. The Alameda County Disaster Center‚ named the Grubensky-Riley Building‚ was built in honor of him‚ and Oakland Police Officer‚ John Grubensky‚ who also died during the great Oakland Hills Firestorm. In addition‚ a state of the art firehouse‚ made entirely of brick‚ was built in the Oakland Hills‚ in his memory.
Twenty-five people died during the Oakland Hills Firestorm‚ and over three-thousand homes were lost. It is marked as one of the biggest residential fires in U.S. history.
Battalion Chief James M. Riley‚ Jr.‚ is survived by his wife Christine of 30 years‚ his son James‚ his daughter Catherine‚ grandsons James and Andrew‚ granddaughters Amanda and Kaitlyn‚ his mother Evelyn‚ his sisters Patricia‚ Alice and Lowana‚ his best friend Neal Smither‚ and his brother and sister firefighters of the Oakland Fire Department.
For an in-depth view into Battalion Chief James Riley’s life‚ please read an excerpt from the autobiographical‚ work-in-progress‚ The Battalion Chief’s Daughter‚ & Grieving a Superhero‚ by author‚ Catherine Jean Riley. Samples of her work can be found by accessing: http://wittyvixen.writing.com
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Benny Chetcuti Jr. Walnut Creek Real Estate Investor Indicted For Fraud

Walnut Creek Real Estate Investor Indicted For Fraud

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 28, 2014



OAKLAND – A federal grand jury in Oakland yesterday returned a two-count indictment charging Benny Chetcuti, Jr. with wire fraud, stemming from Chetcuti’s Walnut Creek, Calif., based real estate investment business, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
According to the Indictment, as early as Oct. 2002 and continuing through June 2010, Chetcuti allegedly defrauded private investors who loaned money to him and his business, Chetcuti & Associates. Chetcuti started Chetcuti & Associates in 1998 for the purpose of purchasing homes, renovating them, and selling them within a short time period. Chetcuti financed his business, in part, by obtaining loans from private investors in exchange for promissory notes that were supposed to be secured by interests in real properties. The Indictment alleges that Chetcuti defrauded investors by misrepresenting how much debt was already secured by the properties, falsely promising to record deeds of trust that would have secured the investors’ interests in the properties, directing others to impersonate lenders or title company officers in telephone calls, and forging letters purportedly written by lenders and title company officers.







A summons was issued upon filing of the Indictment. Chetcuti is scheduled to make his initial appearance on April 2, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. before the Honorable Kandis A. Westmore, United States Magistrate Court Judge in Oakland.

The maximum statutory penalty for each count of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 is 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000, or twice the gross loss or gain resulting from the offenses, plus restitution and forfeiture, if appropriate. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.




Andrew S. Huang is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Vanessa Quant. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Please note, an Indictment contains only allegations against a defendant and, as with all defendants, Benny Chetcuti, Jr. must be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/can/news/2014/2014_03_28_chetcuti.indicted.press.html



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CNET Incident Tracker and Article Index

CNET Incident Tracker and Article Index
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OBIT: Analysis of Charles Silverman, San Bruno Fire and the Chetcuti Family


Walnut Creek CA: During summer 2013 a break came via a brief conversation with someone who was the Decoy Featured on 48 Hours segment called "Soccer Moms Confidential" and that link connects the Torres Incidents and Butler's wife Rosemarie Chetcuti Butler and her brother Benny Chetcuti Jr. to a Ponzi scheme that should have been nixed more than years ago.

The Timeline Fits 
She knows Butler, Tanabe and Wielsch via Butler Investigations
She appeared on CBS 48 Hours "Soccer Moms Confidential"

She knows Charles (Chuck) Silverman  (Deceased 2012)
She probably knows Nate Greenan (Deceased April 2012)
She probably knows Michael McNulty (Deceased 2012)
She's a Butler Decoy and Butler knows Alamo Residents, Danville Cops, Walnut Creek, Concord, Pleasant Hill, and surrounding towns and cities.  



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Walnut Creek Police Department Resident Witness Intimidation Model

Walnut Creek CA:

I've spoken at the Walnut Creek City Council Meetings on several occasions.  For years I've been targeted by Police Officers who know my truck was blown up in 2004, they know about the muggings and know about the murders of my clients, friends and acquaintances.

Witness Intimidation

Tickets 

Tows 

Excessive Police Force or Civil Rights Violation
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CNET Timeline of a Scandal

Timeline of a Scandal

The still-unfolding saga of a drug and conspiracy case involving East Bay police officers, a Contra Costa County drug task force commander, a Concord private eye and several nasty divorce cases has multiple twists and turns.
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If your head is spinning over the recent news involving a Contra Costa County drug force commander, a Concord private eye, various other local law enforcement officers and drugs and conspiracy charges, it's understandable.
Here's a timeline summarizing who, according to court records, is involved and what happened when.
Key players:
  • Norm Wielsh, 49, former Antioch police officer, former head of a Contra Costa drug task force, friend of Christopher Butler. Free on $400,000 bail on conspiracy and drug dealing charges. 
  • Christopher Butler, 49, former Antioch police officer, Concord private investigator, developer of reality TV show about female private eyes. Currently out on $900,000 bail on conspiracy and drug dealing charges.
  • Stephen Tanabe, 47, former Antioch police officer, former Danville police officer, Alamo resident. Free on bail for drug and weapon charges. 
  • Louis Lombardi, 38, a San Ramon Police officer, charged with five felony counts in connection with the case. Free on bail.
  • Now-retired Concord police officer Don Lawson, a former identity theft consultant for Butler; currently is a Clayton-based identity theft consultant.
  • Mary Nolan, a San Ramon divorce attorney who handled Butler's divorce from his wife of 17 years; often referred female clients to Butler.
  • "Confidential informant," or "CI," an employee at Butler's private investigations firm whose initial Jan. 21 contact with state  Justice Department sets the whole case in motion. The CI, whose gender is obscured in court records, told agents that Butler wanted to sell marijuana in order to help his longtime friend Norm Wielsch make some extra money. 
Key places: The Taylor Boulevard headquarters in Pleasant Hill for the Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team; the Concord office of Butler and Associates; The Vine, a Danville wine bar; Clayton Club Saloon, Clayton;  E.J. Phair's, Concord; Ed's Mudville Grill, Clayton; Old Spaghetti Factory, Concord; the Tice Valley Boulevard parking lot for the Rossmoor Safeway in Walnut Creek; the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department's evidence storage facility in Concord; the county landfill in Martinez. 
What happened and when: 
  • July 2007: A Clayton man, now 46, going through a divorce, is arrested by Lawson after drinking with a woman at two local bars. He believes he has been set up and tells his story to the San Francisco Chronicle in an article published March 13. His ex-wife's attorney was Mary Nolan. (She later withdrew from the case, according to court records.) 
  • Sept. 4, 2008: A judgement for dissolution of marriage and a seemingly amicable settlement is entered in Contra Costa County Superior Court for Christopher Butler and his former wife of 17 years. The attorney representing Butler is Mary Nolan, and the settlement lets both husband and wife divide up joint assets and keep assets they each acquired before and after their marriage and separation. 
  • Dec. 12, 2008: A Concord man, then 46, has drinks with a woman at the Old Spaghetti Factory. That night he is arrested on DUI charges by Lawson. He later tells the San Francisco Chronicle he saw a show featuring Butler and his female private investigators and recognizes the woman he had drinks with the night he was arrested.
  • Nov. 2, 2010: An off-duty Tanabe calls Danville police officer Thomas Henderson to report a man who was about to leave a Danville wine bar and drive drunk. The man, a 47-year-old Oakland resident, is arrested by Henderson and another Danville police officer on DUI charges. 
  • On or about Nov. 19, 2010: Butler approaches one of his employees at his private investigations firm and tells the employee he wants to help his friend "Norm," who is nearing retirement, make some extra money. Butler shows this employee (whose gender is deliberately obscured in a search warrant affidavit) a black plastic case containing what appears to be one pound of marijuana, saying it came from "Norm" and that it is worth about $3,000 per pound. Butler asks the employee to sell it and says they can all share the proceeds, with half going to Norm. The lowest amount for which the drugs should be sold, Butler says, is $1,500. This employee later becomes a "confidential informant" (CI) who helps state agents build a case against Wielsch and Butler.
  • Dec. 16, 2010: The employee never sells the marijuana but on this day the employee gives Butler $1,100. The employee had been feeling pressured by Butler to sell the drugs and so obtained the money by other means. 
  • Dec. 17, 2010: Butler gives his employee a second package containing a pound of marijuana to sell. The employee takes it but never sells it. 
  • Jan. 9: A Martinez man, 44, is arrested by Tanabe on a DUI charge. The arrest has been linked to Butler. 
  • Jan. 14: Reserve Contra Costa Sheriff’s Deputy William Howard is on patrol with Tanabe. Tanabe receives multiple calls on a personal cell phone from someone he calls his "PI friend." It appears to Howard that Tanabe is getting information about a possible drunken man at The Vine wine bar. Tanabe ultimately arrests the man, a Livermore resident, on drunken driving charges and tells Howard, according to an affidavit, that it was a "dirty DUI" stop to damage the reputation of the man, who is involved in a divorce case. 
  • Jan. 19: Wielsch appears on local TV news, describing how members of the Central Contra Costa Narcotic Enforcement Team located pipe bombs in a unit in a Pacheco storage business. The discovery of the pipe bombs require Interstate 680 to be shut down while members of the Walnut Creek police bomb squad disarm them. 
  • Jan. 21: The Butler employee contacts special agents with the California Justice Department. This employee recognized Wielsch on TV talking about the pipe bombs and tells the agents about the marijuana and how Butler wants to sell it to help Wielsch make some extra money. 
  • Jan. 25: Butler's employee, now a "confidential informant" for an internal investigation of Butler and Wielsch, calls Butler's cell phone in the presence of state agents and agrees to meet Butler in the parking lot of the Rossmoor Safeway in Walnut Creek. There, the employee will give Butler money for the marijuana and claim to be able to sell more drugs. 
  • Jan. 26: Butler and the CI meet at the Safeway parking lot on Tice Valley Boulevard. Butler pulls up in his gray Hummer. During this meeting, the CI gives Butler $3,400 in state funds while Butler gives the CI three packages, each containing a pound of marijuana. 
  • Jan. 27: On his time card for this date, Wielsch notes he and his team seized 50 pounds of marijuana. 
  • Jan 30: Wielsch and Butler, according to investigators, go to the CNET offices on Taylor Boulevard in Pleasant Hill and steal 12 pounds of the marijuana, out of the 50 pounds Wielsch said he seized three days earlier. 
  • Feb. 1: The CI, wearing a wire to capture video and audio recordings, meets Butler at his Concord office, gives him money and obtains a bag that contains marijuana, ephedrine tablets and steroids. During this meeting, Butler explains that he and his "source" took 12 pounds of marijuana from a 50-pound seizure. The CI also hears Butler talking to another employee, a woman, about selling marijuana. 
  • Feb. 2: Agents begin a surveillance at the UFC Gym in Concord, where Butler and his employees work out. Agents also examine Butler's cell phone records and note a sharp increase in calls between Butler's phone and Wielsch's since they started using their CI to make drug purchases for the two men. On this day, the CI once again meets Butler at his office and gives him $1,850. Butler says "1,250 goes to Norm."  Butler and the CI talk about Butler providing steroids for the employee to sell. 
  • Feb. 11: Agents listen in on a series of phone conversations throughout the day between Butler and Wielsch. They say they hear the two discuss selling steroids and ways of taking drug evidence from the CNET offices in Pleasant Hill and pretending to destroy it, even substituting in "flour" as they allow a witness to see them destroying the substance. Agents also hear Wielsch repeatedly express wariness about the drug buyer and fears about the transactions the two are involved in. According to Wielsch, "this is on a whole other level" and could lead to prison time. In response, Butler repeatedly reassures him that the buyer is OK, "a family member," and says he "feels really good about it."
    Specifically, Wielsch talks about using Butler's Hummer to take drug evidence to the dump to be destroyed. The two also discuss selling "the crystal stuff" and prices for other drugs. When Wielsch asks Butler if he knows anything about the person buying the drugs, Butler, who is with the CI in his Concord office, replies "All I know is he showed up with the biggest f------ wad of cash I have ever seen in my life." A wary Wielsch replies, "Yeah, but cops do that, so be careful." 
  • Feb. 15: Butler's Hummer is seen driving to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department evidence storage facility in Concord. Agents witness Butler load a white box into the back of the Hummer and drive, with Wielsch in the vehicle, to the county landfill in Martinez. After being seen "tampering" with whatever is in the box and then disposing of it, Butler and Wielsch drive to Butler's Concord office where they meet with the CI. They receive cash in exchange for one pound of methamphetamine. 
  • Feb. 16: Wielsh and Butler are arrested on 28 counts of conspiracy and drug charges. 
  • Feb. 16, 8 p.m.: Tanabe calls Howard at home and asks if he can come over. He asks if Howard knows about Wielsh's arrest and says he's worried his cell phone was “bugged” because of his personal relationship with Butler. Tanabe confirmed that his “PI friend” was Butler and he was worried he was going to be investigated because of his “dirty DUIs.” Tanabe gives Howard a black plastic bag and asks him to put it in his attic. Howard says he did not look in the bag. A week later, Howard contacts the Contra Costa Sheriff's office and gives the bag to them. It's later determined that inside the bag was a Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle.  The rifle was not registered to Tanabe. 
  • Feb. 28: Charges are filed against Wielsch and Butler. The 28 counts include conspiracy; selling methamphetamine, marijuana and steroids, and possessing methamphetamine, marijuana and steroids for sale.
  • March 4:  Contra Costa County sheriff's Detective Sgt. Jason Vorhauer files an affidavit stating that Howard approached him and reported that he had been on patrol with Tanabe in Danville during the Jan. 14 DUI stop.
  • March 4: Tanabe is arrested.
  • March 9: In an open letter to Danville residents about the investigation, Danville Town Manager Joe Calabrigo writes: "We are shocked and dismayed by these developments and the understandable concern that this could generate with our community."
  • March 10: Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston announces that Tanabe has resigned, but an administrative investigation is continuing along with a multi-agency criminal investigation.
  • March 15: Jimmy Lee, Contra Costa County sheriff's director of public affairs, writes an e-mail to Patch confirming that: "Deputy Sheriff Tom Henderson is no longer working in Danville. He is currently assigned to patrol." 
  • March 16: The Contra Costa District Attorney's office says it is going to review all of the cases involving Wielsch and Tanabe. 
  • April 8: Prosecutors dismissed 15 pending criminal cases and declined to file charges in five more cases involving so-called "dirty DUI" arrests.
  • May 4: A third police officer, Louis Lombardi of the San Ramon Police Department, is arrested on charges of selling drugs in connection with the overall case.
  • May 14: Butler accuses Wielsch of helping him with aprostitution ring.
Sources: Alameda County and Contra Costa County court records, court proceedings and individual interviews.
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