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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
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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.
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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. Some of the
residents were listed as owners
of property allegedly bought in
the scheme.
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