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\ ^GGIE Uf[ battalia n J alif. Gov. Davis asks Simon to withdraw from governor’s race , Jake illy vie of the year, 'ter, Justine, to , can relate to, ob and a dead- > department in e believes tote the drug store, >pens Justine's : to escape tk d with her pot- len cannot hart- land him. In a ' obsessed will not have been LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican candidate Bill Simon on Wednesday conceded lhat his allegation that Gov. Gray Davis illegally accepted a campaign check inside the state Gapitol “is now in question,” and Davis called on him to drop out of the governor’s race. Simon still defended himself [or making the claim, which m based on now-discredited Jotographs released by a law enforcement group that is a key Simon ally and a complaint the group made to a state watchdog world around Tk in and ask that could for- a monotom ood Girl also inner struggle, her attempt to . In one suck her affair r co-workers to u stine’s plan is vho are also at ; husband, who y beats a I Bible and feels ibilities extend pleasantly sw ale in a way no laal offsets her ely worth it. ilizabeth Mb its tan I save 1 nqliis in aJvai I HATION tHE battalion 5A Thursday, October 10, 2002 You have to check your facts in this business. — Gray Davis Governor of California agency. had no reason to question the California Organization of Police and Sheriffs’ good faith belief in their charge against the governor,” Simon said in a statement. “They were reporting the charge directly to the govern ment enforcement agency, and claimed that they had doc umented proof of their charge,” he said. Simon made the accusation Monday after the first guberna torial debate and said he had evidence. The evidence turned out to he two photos COPS released Tuesday that the group claimed showed then-Lt. Gov. Davis accepting a check in his Capitol office during his first run for governor in 1998. It’s a viola tion of state law to give or receive campaign contributions in state buildings. Reporters and the Davis campaign determined the pho tos were not taken in Davis’ office. Simon did not back com pletely off his allegation. “The location where the governor received this cam paign contribution is now in question.” his statement said. “However, even if the specific claims made by the California Organization of Police and Sheriffs are not sustained, this outcome should not deter the Fair Political Practices Commission, other law enforce ment agencies and the media from investigating Gray Davis’ aggressive and shady fund-rais ing practices.” Davis, meanwhile, called on Simon to withdraw from the race for making the allegation. “This whole sorry episode has backfired in Mr. Simon’s face ... as a former prosecutor, he should certainly be embar rassed. and if he had any sense of honor, he would drop out of the race,” the governor said on KGO-AM. ‘‘You have to check your facts in this business.” Davis said his campaign would consider suing COPS. The photos show Davis standing in an office next to A1 Angele, then executive director of COPS. Both men are smiling and holding a corner of a $10,000 check COPS gave Davis. Monty Holden, current exec utive director of COPS, which broke ‘bitterly with Davis to back Simon, told reporters Tuesday that Angele and Davis were in the lieutenant gover nor’s office. However, the office pictured in the photographs bore no resemblance to the lieutenant governor's office. Man charged with selling, stealing confiscated drugs -> I DETROIT (AP) —A civilian police department employee Was charged with stealing seized narcotics and selling them on we street, according to an indict ment unsealed Wednesday. John Earl Cole Sr., 50, was c arged with conspiring to e mbezzle 222 pounds of ooeatne. If convicted, he faces u P t0 life in prison. . Cole’s job involved transport- ln § evidence to the property ™oni at police headquarters. The a ictment also charged retired lc er D° n ald q Hynes and ^ tate Police officer niestD.Myatt Sr. with conspir- y and obstruction of justice. e three men laundered re than $1 million made from selling cocaine stolen from a property room at police head quarters, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins said. He called the alleged conduct “a slap in the face” to other police officers. Hynes pleaded innocent Wednesday and was released on bond. “The facts will unfold, and if you’re watching you’ll see what will happen,” said his attorney, Brian Dailey. Attorneys for Cole and Myatt did not return calls for comment. Six city residents also were charged with conspiracy and money laundering. 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