Hearing to discuss foreign impact on border agents’ case
The U.S. House’s Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight scheduled a hearing Tuesday to look into alleged foreign influence in the prosecution of two imprisoned El Paso Border Patrol agents, officials with U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.
The hearing, to take place at 2 p.m. in Washington, D.C., is titled “The Case of Ramos and Compean: The Across Border Context.”
Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean are serving 11 and 12 years in prison respectively for violating the civil rights of a drug smuggler they shot in the buttocks near Fabens in 2005 and for tampering with evidence. . .
Barry Bonds bashers won’t be caught looking
Daniel Kramer could be in the middle of pandemonium at Dodger Stadium tonight, but he won’t see it coming.
Every time Barry Bonds heads to the plate looking to tie Hank Aaron’s major league home-run record of 755, Kramer and about 103 of his cohorts will shield their eyes with their “Bond-folds” blindfolds and proudly display their BoycottBarry.com T-shirts.
Kramer is a co-founder of the group BoycottBarry.com that has traveled to baseball parks from coast to coast. Its mission is to show displeasure about Bonds’ home-run chase, which has allegedly been aided by steroids use. . .
Former L.A. priest accused of sex abuse eying plea deal
LOS ANGELES – A man who claims his life was ruined when he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest raised his middle fingers in court Monday during a hearing where a judge said a plea deal was being discussed for the now-defrocked defendant in a separate case.
Superior Court Commissioner James Bianco acknowledged the talks and ordered both sides to return to court on Sept. 7 to disclose whether a deal was near for Michael Stephen Baker.
Baker, 60, has pleaded not guilty to one count each of oral copulation of a minor and sexual penetration of an unconscious person with a foreign object, and three counts of sodomy of a minor. . .
ALISO VIEJO - Lenand and Carol Henderson moved into their four-bedroom home impressed with the manicured lawns, the maintained slopes and the overall neatness of the planned community.
Now the elderly couple, both 82, are looking for a way out. Family members said they are stuck with a $1,400 “parking ticket” from their homeowner association, a lawsuit, and a lien preventing them from selling or refinancing their home.
“I’ve never lived in an association,” Carol Henderson said. “They don’t deal with common sense. They just decide what the law is. . .
