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Search warrant in spa case disputed
COOKEVILLE — Two women charged with prostitution during a police raid of a Cookeville massage parlor last year are now claiming that evidence seized in the case against them was the result of an illegal and improper search warrant. Lawyers for Mee Chung Sung, 49, Suwanee, Ga., and Miae Lim, 44, Flushing, N.Y., filed a motion in Putnam County General Sessions Court earlier this month asking to suppress all evidence seized in the September raid of the MVP/Rainbow Therapy Spa on Interstate Drive. A hearing in front of Judge John Hudson has been set for March 31.
In the motion, Shawn Fry, who is representing Lim in the case, and Wesley Thomas Bray, representing Sung, are pushing two main points — one, that the confidential source, referred to as “Vallejo” in the search warrant affidavit, did not have a proven basis of credibility, and, two, that money laundering activities allegedly occurring along with the prostitution are without fact. Vallejo, the affidavit says, has been a conf …
Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork is making it clear he’ll be unhappy if the New England uses the franchise tag to keep him. But surely he knows the reason Richard Seymour was traded to the Raiders was that one or the other had to go. Wilfork stayed, and the more he refers to being franchised as “a slap in the face,” the less likely he is to get a long-term deal.
Commissioner Roger Goodell has termed the Miami Pro Bowl experiment a “success” even though two of the AFC quarterbacks are David Garrard (Jaguars) and Vince Young (Titans). Neither made the playoffs, and they finished ninth and 10th in the conference, respectively, in passing effeciency.Philip Rivers (Chargers) and Tom Brady (Patriots) are “injured,” while Peyton Manning (Colts) is in the Super Bowl.
It’s doubtful Goodell will talk up the antics of Vikings offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, who blew off the team picture and practices on consecutive days, tweeting one night he was headed out to a strip club.
About a year ago someone asked me that infamous question: “If you could have dinner with one person, who would it be?” I didn´t even have to think about it. Kurt Warner´s announcement on Friday that he was retiring from football after 12 years in the NFL brought a tear to my eye, but not because the game´s losing one of its great quarterbacks. No, it goes much deeper than that.
The game is losing one of its last great people.
Let´s ignore numbers for a minute and just examine Kurt Warner as a human being; as a teammate and a leader. He was a bright spot, a symbol of humility in a league otherwise tainted with ego. In a world where Terrell Owens is sabotaging entire franchises with his mouth, Adam “Pac Man” Jones is beating up strippers, and Plaxico Buress is firing guns in night clubs, Kurt Warner epitomizes everything at the other end of the spectrum; the quintessential good guy—a welcome reprieve from the constant stream of controversy and negativity emanating from the sports world.
A short time later, one of the suspects walks back outside and forces a man out on the street inside — also at gunpoint. Police say the suspects figured out the man was calling 911 on his cell phone, so they pulled him in and tied him up along with the other victims. The move provides police with one more shot of his face.
“They do appear to be Hispanic. We don’t have heights and weights from a specific source, but I think one suspect is about 5′6,” 5′7,” said Tomioka.
The men were inside for about 40 minutes. They shot and killed 44-year-old Xiao “Ben” Xiong Luo and tied up seven other people. The video came from the two surveillance cameras mounted on the front of the home. Police will not officially say what was going on inside the house, but sources say they are looking into whether this was the site of a brothel.
“We’re not prepared to call it a brothel yet. This is an ongoing investigation,” said police Chief George Gascon.
See the full article from “KGO-TV”
Xiao “Ben” Xiong Luo was shot once in the chest during the holdup just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, in which two men stormed the house at 2432 Moraga St. Police suspect the house was being used as a brothel.
Nine other people inside the home were tied up but unharmed.
The photos, taken with surveillance cameras mounted outside the home, show what appear to be two men. Lt. Lyn Tomioka, a department spokeswoman, said people in the house described them as Latino, but their features are difficult to make out in the photographs.
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“We’re not prepared to call it a brothel yet,” Gascón said. He also said the department was taking pains not to identify anyone inside the home as being associated with “criminal activity.”
However, sources say police continue to believe that Luo was running a prostitution ring. Police have also expanded the investigation to consider gambling activity as well, they said.
Luo, of San Francisco, was shot at a home in the 2400 block of Moraga St. at about 5:45 p.m., according to police.
Police said two males wearing masks and armed with handguns entered the home, tied up nine other people, and shot Luo once in the chest.
Luo, who was not bound, was pronounced dead at the scene. The others were not injured.
Police released four photographs of the suspects taken from surveillance cameras mounted on the home. Two of the photographs depict a suspect walking a victim into the residence.
While police have not said what, if anything, was stolen, the photographs appear to indicate the suspects left with a bag they did not bring into the house.
Police Chief George Gascon acknowledged Friday media reports that the home may have been used for prostitution, but said, “We’re not prepared to call it a brothel yet.”
See the full article from “KTVU.com”
Xiao “Ben” Xiong Luo was shot once in the chest during the holdup just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, in which two men stormed the house at 2432 Moraga St. Police suspect the house was being used as a brothel.
Nine other people inside the home were tied up but unharmed.
The photos, taken with surveillance cameras mounted outside the home, show what appear to be two men. Lt. Lyn Tomioka, a department spokeswoman, said people in the house described them as Latino, but their features are difficult to make out in the photographs.
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“We’re not prepared to call it a brothel yet,” Gascón said. He also said the department was taking pains not to identify anyone inside the home as being associated with “criminal activity.”
However, sources say police continue to believe that Luo was running a prostitution ring. Police have also expanded the investigation to consider gambling activity as well, they said.
By all rights she should be buried in accolades for “Sweet Heart Rodeo,” however, if for nothing other than her gorgeous voice, which is eerily clear yet uncommonly natural. Her direct delivery is comfortable, unhurried and improbably captivating. This is the kind of singing that should win “American Idol,” not go unnoticed in some eclectic, alternative-music niche.
In addition to the enchantment of Landes’ vocals, “Sweet Heart Rodeo” is powerfully diverse, an ever-shifting dream with surprises at every turn — the propulsive, honking rhythm on the distorted, alt-rock “Young Girl,” the click-clack percussion and nod to Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “16 Tons” on “Romeo,” the Bontempi beat in the otherworldly “Clown.”
Beyond that, the release is lyrically provocative as Landes take a deceptively sing-songy look at prostitution on “Little Miss Holiday,” explores gender roles in “Young Girl” and, supported by atmospheric French horn, contemplates the meaning of life at the brink of death on “Money in the Bank.” Her refrains are both penetrating and infectious, which makes them almost impossible to shake (not that you’d want to).
See the full article from “Scripps News”
… 01-28) 18:03 PST SAN FRANCISCO — A 44-year-old man shot to death in an invasion-style attack at his home in San Francisco’s Sunset District is suspected of running a brothel out of the house’s basement, sources close to the case said Thursday.
Xiao “Ben” Xiong Luo was shot once by one of two masked men who burst into his home at 2432 Moraga St. just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Nine other people who were inside the home with Luo were tied up but not harmed.
The assailants fled, and no suspects have been arrested.
Police would not discuss the killers’ possible motive, but three law enforcement sources said inspectors suspect that prostitutes were working in the house. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the ongoing probe.
A police source tells ABC7 News that the basement had been renovated into small rooms. Investigators are trying to find out if the home was being used for illicit activities such as prostitution or gambling.
See the full article from “KGO-TV”
