Former San Angelo Police Chief indicted - radio related

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I’m not sure about all this speculation. He was searchable and was at FCI Seagoville and they knew he was former LE then.

I looked up Derek Chauvin and he’s listed. I’d think someone with his history would certainly be hidden, but he isn’t. Hmm….
 

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Witness Protection
Back in day they would throw vip types into witness protection in homes scattered anywhere. Essentially in home prison type life living normal though not allowed to leave property with baby sitter if they weren't a risk or danger. Wouldn't surprise me if he got the vip treatment claiming jaurez style fear being in jail. Seen cops do it before and their attorney cry mercy for years of good service etc.
 

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Psychiatric, feigning mental illness for easier ride?

In TDCJ-ID, we placed "pigs" in with other "punks", safekeeping. I don't know if he was charged with federal and state charges. If so, he could be completing one of these sentences before landing in the other.

What a worm!
 

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Well, he was a nut case, then he was segregated in a special unit, then he was in witness protection but apparently we just had to let the paperwork catch up with him.
 

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Well, he was a nut case, then he was segregated in a special unit, then he was in witness protection but apparently we just had to let the paperwork catch up with him.

I’m guessing when you get transferred you disappear from the inmate search. Anyway, he’s now in a medium security facility as opposed to low security where he used to be.
 

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NEW ORLEANS, LA — Former San Angelo Police Chief Tim Vasquez is slated to have his appeal heard in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. in New Orleans. Vasquez is appealing his conviction on one count of bribery and three counts of honest services mail fraud concerning a $5.7 million public safety radio system commissioned by the City of San Angelo in 2015. He received a sentence of 15.5 years in a federal penitentiary in August 2022.
 

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Best part of the above article...

Mickelsen noted in a counter argument that the case significantly lacks any testimony from a co-conspirator or any form of documentation regarding the intentions of Daily & Wells, and Vasquez. Furthermore, despite Vasquez’s conviction and sentencing, Richard Wells of Dailey and Wells has yet to face any charges. During his closing arguments, Prosecutor Haag highlighted Mr. Wells' recurring method of bribing a pivotal government official to secure contracts, a modus operandi that has apparently reaped contracts far larger than the one in San Angelo.
 

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Article states : Vasquez claims to have declined a plea deal offered prior to his trial, which required turning state’s evidence against Wells.

Might as well have committed suicide, because he was a dead man if he took the deal.
 

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Article states : Vasquez claims to have declined a plea deal offered prior to his trial, which required turning state’s evidence against Wells.

Might as well have committed suicide, because he was a dead man if he took the deal.
Would that have thrown a bunch of systems into review...

City of San Antonio
City of Abilene
City of Lubbock
Kaufman County
City of Wichita Falls
Bell County
etc.
 

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San Antonio was 100+ Million, I'm sure it cost more in bribes than what Funky Monkey was charging... Richard Wells has about as many shell LLC's as Hunter & Joe, so i'm sure it takes a while to forensically navigate all of those, and i'm sure the smart recipients are using serial shell LLC's as well
 

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Don't forget Rockwall, as well as Hunt & Van Zandt counties.

Hunt county tried to get Greenville to sign on as well, but the city elected to go for their own Motorola system.

Canton, in Van Zandt County, uses their own Motorola system. For that matter, TxWARN P25 has coverage in Van Zandt County, but apparently they (both city & county) elected not to join it..
 

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As best I have found is DW has had nothing to do with the VZC rfp.
It appears it is direct with L3Harris.
 

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So who is worse, the one taking the bribe or the one offering it?
When I was a naive young punk I had a rule in my head that if my employer ever wanted me to be a "Bag Man" on such a deal, me and "the bag of money" would disappear into the night.

Later in my career, I did find myself in the middle of one contentious deal (no bribery that I was aware of, lots of chicanery, even by the client, which later turned out to be another sordid story of the City Purchasing Director caught taking bribes on other deals) and on the day I had to give a deposition, my rental car was burglarized in broad daylight at City Hall, everything taken. Oddly the lawyer that was supposedly "on my side" had called me instructing not to bring so much as a breifcase into the deposition. Coincidence ? Or not? I was pretty sure by this point, due to goings on, that nobody was on my side.
 
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SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Former San Angelo Police Chief Timothy Vasquez attempted to appeal his federal conviction for bribery and mail fraud but was denied by the United States District Court – here are the details.

 

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Yet the co felon briber is still free as a bird. I sure as hell hope they are digging deep into the $110M San Antonio contract. That system cost more than a third rate band performance.
 
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