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… We would like to thank the collaborative law-enforcement efforts that have assisted in the investigative process to date,” read a statement issued by the family of slain security guard Michael Haines. “We have great respect for and faith in the judicial system that will take it from here.”
Sherwood; her partner, Detective J.R. Smith; and a task force of local and federal agents started searching for Konias on Feb. 28 when police found Haines, 31, of East McKeesport, shot in the head in the back of a Garda truck in the Strip District. Police said the two men made several cash pickups and deliveries that day, including a stop at the Rivers Casino on the North Shore.
Prosecutors say Konias told investigators he shot Haines outside a Home Depot in Ross when the victim tried to stop the heist.
The hunt for Konias ended on April 24 when a tip led authorities to a nondescript boarding house in a seedy part of Pompano Beach, Fla., where Konias was hiding while spending lavishly on prostitutes, strippers and drugs.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Tribune-Review”
May 17th, 2012
Biden followed his predecessor, Dick Cheney, in supporting gay marriage. Cheney has a gay daughter, which is probably why he reversed himself on the matter. Either that, or he sees marriage as akin to torture.
When Obama “evolved” on the issue, the press cheered with glee, much as they cheer the TV show Glee. When Mitt Romney changes positions, he “flip-flops,” but the media’s Messiah, Obama, of course simply “evolves.” Conservative Republicans never believed in evolution anyway, so they are torn on this.
The GOP rigidity on same-sex marriage is troubling. If you support minimal government and individual responsibility, how can you insist on legislating such personal matters?
Gays are not just Democrats; many Republicans test positive for Appletinis. There are about seven gay Republicans in Congress, but we generally do not find out who they are until Gloria Allred calls a press conference with a male prostitute client and tells us.
See the full article from “Destin Log”
May 17th, 2012
9:30 p.m.: “I Am a Ghost” — A girl, living alone in a Victorian mansion, is surprised to learn the identity of the ghost haunting the house.
REGENT SQUARE
3:30 p.m.: “Delhi in a Day” — When the life savings of a visiting Brit goes missing in a South Delhi mansion, fingers are pointed and stereotypes and class differences brought to light.
5:30 p.m.: “Dilema” — Indonesian film (which accounts for the odd spelling) set in a dark underworld of cops and criminals. Q&A with directors and producer follows.
7:30 p.m.: “Baikonur” — A young radio operator finds a beautiful French astronaut has fallen to the steppes from the Russian space station and decides to claim her as his bride
9:30 p.m.: “Lovely Man” — A devout 19-year-old Muslim discovers her long-lost father is now a womanly street prostitute.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
May 17th, 2012
The former Sports Health Spa on University Boulevard was identified by law enforcement as a brothel. Now it sits empty. What would you like to see move into this property?
See the full article from “Patch.com”
May 15th, 2012
April 30–Two former Pittsburgh police detectives accused of helping to run a prostitution ring avoided jail time by reaching plea deals on Monday.
Talib “Kevin” Ghafoor, 56, of East Liberty pleaded no contest to one count of participating in a corrupt organization. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Donna Jo McDaniel sentenced Ghafoor to nine months of house arrest and three years of probation.
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors withdrew charges of promoting prostitution, conspiracy and possession of instruments of crime.
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His former partner, Faquar “Terry” Holland, 40, of Charleroi pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution. McDaniel sentenced him to one year of probation. Prosecutors withdrew nine charges.
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Sailer pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of prostitution. Common Pleas Judge Joseph K. Williams sentenced her to 18 months of probation.
See the full article from “Officer.com”
May 1st, 2012
Former officers plead guilty in prostitution sting in Moon
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Talib Ghafoor, 56, pleaded no contest to one count of participating in corrupt activities as part of a prostitution sting in Moon.
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According to investigators, Mr. Ghafoor, who retired from the city department in 2008, was arrested in March 2011 after they said he drove a Florida prostitute to the Courtyard Marriott in Moon to meet with a customer.
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Fellow former Pittsburgh police officer Faquar “Terry” Holland, who resigned in 2007 after he was charged with forgery and unsworn falsification to authorities, pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution. He was sentenced to one year of probation.
Also pleading guilty was the woman involved in the sting. Sabina Sailer, of Venice, Fla., entered a plea to one count of prostitution and was sentenced to 18 months probation.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
May 1st, 2012
2 ex-Pittsburgh cops get probation in prostitution
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Ghafoor pleaded no contest Monday to participating in corrupt activities, and Holland pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution. Both men were arrested in a sting in which an undercover detective posing as a customer busted Ghafoor and a prostitute in the parking lot of a Moon Township hotel in March 2011. Ghafoor allegedly drove the woman to the meeting, and Holland was charged in June after his phone number and credit card were linked to online ads offering the woman’s sexual services.
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The woman in last year’s prostitution sting, Sabina Sailer, 44, of Venice, Fla., also pleaded guilty to prostitution Monday and was sentenced to 18 months’ probation. Police say the woman identified herself as Ghafoor’s fiancée when they were arrested after she offered an undercover officer sex for money.
See the full article from “Yorkdispatch.com”
April 30th, 2012
Posted: 3:26 p.m. Monday, April 30, 2012
2 ex-Pittsburgh cops get probation in prostitution sting
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Two men formerly honored as Pittsburgh police officers of the year before previous legal troubles both avoided jail for their arrests in a prostitution sting last year.
Talib Ghafoor, 56, and Faquar Holland, 40, were sentenced Monday. Ghafoor pleaded no contest to participating in corrupt activities and Holland pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution.
Both men were arrested in a sting in which an undercover detective posing as a customer busted Ghafoor and a prostitute in Moon Township in March 2011. Ghafoor allegedly drove the woman to the meeting and Holland was later linked to online ads for her services.
Ghafoor will serve nine months on house and three years’ probation. Holland will serve a year on probation.
See the full article from “WPXI Pittsburgh”
April 30th, 2012
Two former Pittsburgh Police detectives entered pleas today in connection to a 2011 prostitution sting at a Moon hotel.
District Attorney spokesman Michael Manko said Faquar Holland, 39, of Charleroi, pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution. His former partner Talib Kevin Ghafoor, 56, pleaded no contest to one count of participating in corrupt activities.
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Ghafoor, who resigned from the Pittsburgh Police department in 2008 after a 20-year career, was charged by Moon Police in connection to a Moon-area prostitution ring, according to court records. Police first arrested him in March 2011 after police said he drove his fiance to the Courtyard by Marriott to have sex with an undercover detective in exchange for money.
Holland, who was Ghafoor’s partner in the Pittsburgh Police narcotics division, was also charged with promoting prostitution last year after police said he purchased online prostitution advertisements with Ghafoor.
See the full article from “Patch.com”
April 30th, 2012
The crack drew a thumbs up from former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who was in the audience. Santorum dropped out of the presidential primary campaign earlier this month. He had called Obama a snob for encouraging young Americans to attend college.
But Obama touched on serious themes as well, remembering The New York Times’ Anthony Shadid and Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times of London who died while covering the uprising in Syria.
“Never forget that our country depends on you to help protect our freedom, our democracy and our way of life,” Obama said.
Then he returned to the lighter side: “I have to get the Secret Service home in time for their new curfew.”
Kimmel, the night’s featured entertainer, picked up on the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia, saying he told the Secret Service that for $800 he wouldn’t joke about them, “but they only offered 30.”
See the full article from “Press News”
April 29th, 2012
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