OWI Driver Crashed Into Off-duty Milwaukee Police Officer

An off-duty Milwaukee police officer was injured with non-life threatening injuries after a 29-year-old OWI driver crashed into him on southbound I-43 on early Tuesday.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 30, 2015

Milwaukee, WI – On Tuesday, Juan Pintor, 29, was taken into custody after crashing into an off-duty Milwaukee police officer near the West National Ave exit and I-43 around 1:30 p.m., according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). Pintor had an strong odor of alcohol when questioned about the crash and told Sheriff’s deputies that he had been drinking earlier.
He was cited for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and unsafe lane deviation and charges are pending. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment for slight injuries and was released to the custody of the MCSO. A 23-year-old passenger in Pintor’s vehicle was not injured.
The 49-year-old off-duty Milwaukee police officer was hospitalized for injuries to his chest and leg, but is expected to survive.
Court records show, Pintor had a West Allis municipal open warrant for his arrest for resisting an officer.

Kosciuszko Park Lagoon Drowning Victim Identified As Alejandro Rodriguez Estrella

Police reported that two men were pulled from the Kosciuszko Park lagoon, one had drowned on Saturday evening and the second man died on Monday afternoon.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 29, 2015
(Updated)

Milwaukee, WI – On Monday, Milwaukee police identified the Kosciuszko Park lagoon drowning victim as Alejandro Rodriguez-Estrella, 54. The second victim, Victor Concepción-Resto, 53, died on Monday afternoon.
Last Saturday, police and fire rescue personnel responded to an emergency call around 7:15 p.m. when Rodriguez-Estrella and Concepción-Resto were in the Kosciuszko Park lagoon and got into trouble in the deep water.
Several man, Emanuel Vazquez and his brother Mike jumped into the lagoon to help the men, but couldn’t locate them while more than 50 people looked on. Then, Aaron Leija and Melissa Freytes jumped into the water and were able to locate Concepción-Resto in the lagoon and pulled him to shore. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital.
At least three officers were able to go into the lagoon as well and located Rodriguez-Estrella who was taken out of the lagoon, but died at the scene.
One officer who jumped into the lagoon was also hospitalized, according to police.
The victims were riding bicycles with child carriers and police found empty cans of beers and liquor.

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Four Murdered And Two Missing Women Could Be Connected To Ohio Serial Killer

The Ross County Sheriff’s Office is seeking any information connected to four murdered women and two missing women in Ohio.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 29, 2015

Chillicothe, Ohio – Police in Chillicothe and the Ross County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) is seeking the assistance of the public to provide any information that could solve the murder of four local women and two missing women. The RCSO hasn’t confirmed that the murdered and missing women are connected to a serial killer or killers yet.
Lieutenant Mike Preston from the RCSO says, that the ongoing investigation and autopsies of some of the murdered women indicated drug use and might have been involved in prostitution to support their addiction.
The RCSO began to receive missing women reports since 2014 and have found four of the women dead and autopsy reports indicated they had been murdered.

The four murdered women were identified as:

● Tameka Lynch, 30, reported missing in May 2014

● Shasta Himelrick, 20, reported missing in December 2014

● Timberly Claytor, 38, found dead in May 2015 with three gunshot wounds to the head.

● Tiffany D. Sayre, 26, went missing on May 11, 2015

The two missing women were identified as:

● Charlette E. Trego, 28, last seen on May 3, 2014

● Wanda J. Lemmons, 38, was last seen on October 3, 2014

A $2,500 reward is being offered for any information about the murdered women and missing women, according to the Chillicothe Police Department in Ohio.

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Mexican Feds Seized Nearly Three Tons Of Methamphetamine At Tres Guerras Messenger Service In Yucatán

Tip led to federal authorities to seize nearly three tons of methamphetamine at a Mérida packaging and messenger service in the state of Yucatán.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 28, 2015

Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico – Mexican federal authorities on June 22 seized a drug shipment of nearly three tons of methamphetamine at the Tres Guerras packaging and messenger service in the city of Mérida in the state of Yucatan. Authorities say, that an anonymous tip led to the discovery of 384 plastic bags of methamphetamine pills in 192 boxes.
The drug originated from the state of Quintana Roo and was destine to an address in Puebla, Puebla, according to authorities. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made in the drug bust.
Mexican authorities say, it’s the fifth largest bust this year.

Two Men Found In Kosciuszko Lagoon, One Drowns

Police reported that two men were pulled from the Kosciuszko Park lagoon and one had drowned.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 28, 2015

Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, police and fire rescue personnel responded to an emergency call around 7:15 p.m. when two men were in the Kosciuszko Park lagoon swimming and got into trouble. The two men were taken out of the lagoon by police officers and several citizens who jumped into the water to get the men out. A man and woman who jumped into the water were able to get one of the victims out of the lagoon alive. The second victim drowned.
The victim that survived was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment. One officer who jumped into the lagoon was also hospitalized, according to police.

Donald J. Trump Piñatas From Mexico To Invade The U.S.

Mexican piñata makers have jumped into the Trump for President 2016 crazed by creating a Donald J. Trump piñata in response to his anti-Mexican immigrant stand in the U.S.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 27, 2015

Mexico – Thousands of piñatas made in Mexico depicting presidential GOP candidate Donald J. Trump are expected to invade the U.S. border, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE will monitor the piñata invasion and keep track how many piñatas legally get imported.
The Trump piñata crazed comes days after GOP Presidential Trump announced his bid for the GOP nomination for President and claimed that Mexico and Latin America, including the middle east send drugs, rapists and criminals to the U.S.
Trump also said he would built a wall between the U.S. and Mexican border and have Mexico pay for it, if he would get elected. His anti-Mexican immigrant statement’s have backfired and the piñata depicting Trump was created to mock his eccentric way of thinking.

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Rolando Reyes, Waco Biker On Bail Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke

Reyes was among the 177 bikers unjustly taken into custody by Waco police on May 17 at the Twin Peaks Restaurant.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 26, 2015

Killeen, Texas – On Thursday, Rolando Reyes, 40, a member of the Caballeros M.C. in Texas was admitted to the Metroplex Hospital in Killeen after suffering a stroke (mild heart attack), according to a posting in the Free Our Bikers Facebook account. L.C. Henry posted on Free Our Bikers, “Brothers and sisters and friends and familys I want to let everyone know that our Brother Rolo was admitted to Metroplex hospital yesterday with a mild heart attack. All the stress and aggravation from being held hostage and wrongly accused put too much stress on him. He will have an angiogram this morning and I will keep everyone updated on his condition as I know more. Please keep Brother Rolo and his wonderful family in your thoughts and prayers.”
Reyes was diagnosed with 95% blockage and required a stent and is recovering from a mild stroke.
Reyes was arrested among 177 bikers at the Twin Peaks Restaurant on May 17 and was released on a $25K after being held for more than three weeks on a $1M bond for a frivolous felony charge by the Waco police and the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office for engaging in organized crime.
Last Monday, the Waco Police Department responded to criticism and allegations claiming that the department and the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office are corrupt and illegally detained without due process and falsely charged 177 bikers with one felony count each for engaging in organized crime and had illegally set $1M bonds for everyone arrested. Since, the bikers arrests, some of the bonds have been reduced. Few bikers still unjustly remained in jail unable to post bonds for more than a month.
Nine bikers were killed by police and 20 were wounded by SWAT and Texas Rangers involved in the melee.
Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman and McLennan County D.A. Abel Reyna have not released any video from the Twin Peaks biker brawl between the Cossacks, Scimitars and Bandidos M.C.s, including police. The Bandidos have not made a public statement until Monday, when they alleged that the Waco police has lied about what actually happened at the Twin Peaks on May 17 and are refusing to release video evidence from the Don Carlos Restaurant that would exonerate bikers and implicate Waco police in the murders of nine bikers.
Sergeant Patrick Swanton, spokesman for the Waco Police Department (WPD) released the following statement after the Bandidos M.C. alleged that the police department had continuously lied and are refusing to released video evidence and autopsy reports because it would taint an ongoing investigation and a jury pool for trials. The Bandidos M.C. dispute Sgt. Swanton’s reasoning.
Sgt. Swanton’s statement posted on the WPD Facebook account said, “I have begun to realize there is a group of individuals who regardless of what we say will have a tainted picture of what actually happened at Twin Peaks…Obviously what I release has to be approved by PD administration, investigating detectives and the District Attorney as this case will need to be tried in court, not on Facebook.
“I said from the very first day we have several videos that captured the scene at Twin Peaks. That fact stands and is undeniable. The FBI is in possession of those videos to assist us in the investigation. It is not up to me as to when that gets released but rest assured it will. Unedited, unaltered and will show exactly what was started by bikers and how it led to officers having to use deadly force to stop their violence towards each other and Law Enforcement.
“We have been and will maintain to be truthful, as transparent as possible without jeopardizing the case investigation and will reveal every aspect of this case in time. Some think we can release everything at this point but that is simply not the truth. This is real life and not a made for TV movie.
In the early hours of the incident we put out as much as possible in a very fluid situation to inform our public. We immediately corrected any information if need be as we learned more during the investigation. That is not any indication we misled anyone. It was simply an attempt to share what we believed had occurred during the start of the incident.
Thank you for your concern and as we can, information will be shared with all in as timely a manner as I can,” Sgt. Swanton stated.
Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs released a statement from the Bandidos M.C. on Monday alleging the WPD has lied and fed misinformation to the mainstream media. The Bandidos full statement says, “The Bandidos Motorcycle Club (hereafter, “Bandidos”) is saddened by the incident that took place at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas on May 17, 2015. The violence was senseless, completely unnecessary, and wrong.
“From the beginning, the Waco Police Department has freely spoken to the press and said many things that have since been proven untrue. This false narrative is damaging to everyone involved. Still, the Waco Police department continues to feed false information to the public, and at the same time is refusing to disclose important information/evidence (such as video evidence and autopsy reports) that would independently prove what really occurred. The Waco Police Department refuses to speak beyond their planned narrative, claiming that they do not want to “influence a potential jury pool” or “interfere with the investigation.” However, this is nonsense as nothing in the video and/or autopsy reports will alter or change any part of their investigation. The release of the video and/or autopsy reports would simply clear up rampant misinformation. If the Waco Police Department didn’t want to interfere with the investigation or influence a potential jury pool, it should not have released its false narrative in the first place and instead should have stayed silent during the entirety of the investigation. They did not, and now, after the false information has been widely reported, the Waco Police Department is content to feed the false narrative and allow the public to believe falsehoods. Therefore, the Bandidos demand that all video evidence and autopsy reports be released immediately to clear up the damaging misinformation that is running wild.

The following is true and correct:

1) The Bandidos were at the Twin Peaks restaurant to attend an organized political meeting and nothing else. A regional meeting for the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents (a bona fide political organization centered on Constitutional rights) was scheduled, and a prominent member of the Bandidos was the key-note speaker at the meeting. This Bandido key-note speaker was to report on the National Coalition of Motorcyclist event that occurred weeks earlier. Because COCI members from across the state were expected to attend this special meeting, it was purposefully scheduled in Waco, TX, a central city between Austin and Dallas.

2) The Bandidos have no knowledge of any other meeting. The Bandidos are aware that members of other motorcycle clubs are claiming that there were plans to meet with the Bandidos in Waco, TX on May 17, 2015. This claim is not true.

3) All weapons in possession of members the Bandidos were legally owned and carried.

4) Members of the Bandidos were not aggressors, did not start the altercation, did not strike first, were not the first to pull weapons, and were not the first to use weapons. The majority of the Bandidos took cover, and all involvement in the altercation by members of the Bandidos was in self-defense. Texas law allows people to defend themselves with the same amount of force that is exerted against them, and a few members of the Bandidos acted in accordance with these laws. In fact, members of the Bandidos involved in the incident did not even have time or opportunity to get off of their motorcycles before police came in,” the Bandidos stated.
So far, it seems the WPD and the McLennan County District Attorney Reyna have sealed the video surveillance recording taken from the Don Carlos Restaurant and won’t release it to media, which according to the latest information by Waco police indicates that the FBI has the video in question and is reviewing it. Autopsy reports of the nine bikers killed and other relevant evidence hasn’t been released by police in an attempt to cover-up a Waco police massacre at the Twin Peaks, according to eye witnesses and bikers who were arrested. Police have cited that they don’t want to jeopardize the ongoing investigation, so the information won’t be released, which has cast doubt about the investigation itself, according to attorneys representing some of the bikers arrested and bonded.
Waco Police Chief Stroman nor McLennan County D.A. Reyna haven’t admitted that the initial criminal affidavit warrants by Waco Police Detective Manuel Chavez were illegally served due to a lack of due process and individual probable cause hearings for each biker when the warrants were illegally signed by Justice of the Peace Walter H. Peterson who unlawfully set $1M bonds for some of the bikers arrested in May. Peterson is prohibited by Texas law to preside over felony cases involving jail terms and to set bonds.
A complaint has been filed against Justice of the Peace Peterson with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct claiming that Peterson illegally signed warrants without individual probable cause hearings, was bias and set excessive bonds for bikers violating his limited authority under state statues.

Update: Cover-up?: City of Waco attempts to block Twin Peaks video after subpoena filed by biker’s lawyer http://bit.ly/1KgjM1y

City of Waco file motion to block Twin Peaks Franchise from releasing surveillance video (PDF): http://alturl.com/eg8wv

Attorney for biker Matthew Clendennen files response to City of Waco’s attempt to block surveillance video (PDF) http://alturl.com/iejsx

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Eastside Mafiosos Heroin Trafficking Ring Leader Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

Charles Ortiz Sr. one of the leaders of the Milwaukee Eastside Mafiosos was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his connection to a heroin operation in Milwaukee and surrounding counties.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 25, 2015

Milwaukee, WI – Charles Ortiz Sr., 48, pleaded guilty to one felony count for possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to deliver and was sentenced by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Johnathan D. Watts to 30 years in prison with mandatory confinement of 15 years and 15 years extended supervision, according to court records.
Ortiz Sr. was considered one of the main leaders of the Eastside Mafiosos who smuggled marijuana, cocaine and heroin into Wisconsin via Chicago. The Mafiosos distributed marijuana, cocaine and heroin in Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha and Milwaukee.
The Mafiosos under the leadership of Ortiz Sr. sold at least $4,000 of heroin and cocaine per day totaling more than $1.4M a year from his Milwaukee Eastside operation, according to the criminal complaint.
48 suspects were arrested and 17 were charged for heroin and cocaine trafficking in November 2014. Most of the other petty suspects were released with the condition to seek rehab treatment for heroin and cocaine addiction, according to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.

Leandre T. Edu-White Pleaded Guilty For Beating 14-year-old Teenager

19-year-old bully has pleaded guilty in the beating of a 14-year-old teenager in 2014.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 24, 2015

Milwaukee, WI – Leandre T. Edu-White, 19, pleaded guilty to two felony counts for child abuse and intentionally causing harm for the May of 2014 brutal beating of Tayveon Keaton, then 14. Keaton ended in the hospital and went through several surgeries due to severe head injuries.
Edu-White is facing up to six years in prison and $10K in fines on each count. Edu-White was facing up to 46 years in prison on both charges, but pled guilty after the stiffer charge was revised from 40 to 6 years penalty upon a conviction.
Edu-White will be back in court for sentencing on August 3.
In May 2014, Tayveon after school saw Edu-White of Milwaukee bullying several other teens and intervene, but Edu-White turned on Tayveon and severely beat him, which resulted in several surgeries for head trauma that saved his life.
Edu-White also beat a 13-year-old boy, according to the criminal complaint.
Edu-White was also charged in March of 2014 with misdeamenor battery and was out on a $250 signature bond pending a final pre-trial on August 4, but the case was adjourned for August 11. On August 11, 2014, the witness failed to appear and the case against Edu-White was dismissed.

El Fuego And Beso Restaurants Facing Closure After Feds Indicted Owners For Tax Evasion

A federal indictment charged the owners and operators of the El Fuego, El Beso and Omega Burger restaurants for tax evasion, filing false personal tax returns, not reporting actual revenues generated and paying employees cash to evade paying payroll taxes.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

June 24, 2015

Milwaukee, WI – An unsealed federal indictment charged the owners and operators of three local restaurants with tax evasion. Paul Bouraxis, 65, was charged with 10 counts of tax evasion for personal tax return in 2010, including for not withholding payroll tax returns for the Omega Burger and bank fraud as well for defaulting $4M in loans, if convicted, he is facing up to 85 years in prison and fines up to $3.75M; Freida Bouraxis, 60, is facing up to 5 years in prison and fines up to $250K; their son, Andreas Bouraxis, 38, is charged with 18 counts of tax evasion for personal tax return in 2010, including not withholding payroll tax returns for El Fuego and El Beso Restaurants, if convicted he is facing 19 years in prison and fines up to $4.75M and Reiad “Ray” Awadalla, 44, is charged for filing personal false tax returns for 2009 to 2011, if convicted he is facing 14 years in prison and fines up to $1M. Their tax evasion operation netted them millions, but the defendants under reported their overall restaurant earnings and failed to withhold payroll taxes and paid employees cash.
Paul defrauded Associated bank for $4M in loans and later defaulted. The IRS criminal investigation agents confiscated $1.7M in cash including 33 100-ounce bars (ingots) of silver, jewelry and gold. The Bouraxis family had bank accounts in Greece worth more than $2M, according to the federal indictment.
The restaurants include El Fuego in Milwaukee, El Beso in Greenfield and Omega Burger in Franklin. The Omega Burger has closed and the two other restaurants will face the same fate.
The Bouraxis accountant from Sheboygan, Scott Sherman, 45, pled guilty in a plea agreement for not reporting more than $48K of earned income in tax personal returns between 2007 to 2011. He agreed to pay at least $93K in restitution and cooperate with the investigation in the tax evasion federal cases against the Bouraxis family.
In a separate indictment, Gus Kuotromanos, 68, owner of Omega on Twenty Seven was charged with two counts for tax evasion for 2011. He is co-owner of Omega on S. 27th Street. According to the indictment, Kuotromanos paid his employees $350K in cash and failed to deduct payroll taxes. If convicted, Kuotromanos is facing up to 10 years in prison and $500K in fines.