Embattled ex-California mayor arrested at airport on numerous charges

[nitpicker]

Source: Foxnews.com

Embattled ex-California mayor arrested at airport on numerous charges

A former California mayor was arrested Sunday at the San Francisco International Airport, where he arrived from a vacation in South America, his attorney said. Anthony Silva, the former mayor of Stockton, was arrested while he was returning from a trip to Colombia, his attorney, Allen Sawyer, told KCRA-TV. An arrest warrant was issued for Silva on Thursday on charges of profiteering, embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds and grand theft, among other charges. He will face the charges in San Joaquin County.

Silva left for his vacation on Wednesday, a day before FBI agents and investigators from the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office served search warrants at Silva's home and the Stockton Kids Club, which Silva used to run when it was known as the Boys and Girls Club.

The former mayor posted an image on Facebook indicating he was flying to Panama, and referencing a song by John Denver. "Apparently Stockton can manage without me for a while so I decided to go explore the world. I am leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again," he wrote.

A second post was a video in which Silva indicated he was in Colombia. Both posts have since been removed.

Sawyer said Silva's arrest is not related to the charges he faced in Amador County last year for allegedly eavesdropping during a strip poker party at a youth camp he ran.
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[Ford_Prefect]

1. Fox News citation???????? Please, This is an AP sourced story available on genuine news sites!

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/05/ex-stockton-mayor-arrested-at-san-francisco-airport/

Ex-Stockton mayor arrested on embezzlement, other charges
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
PUBLISHED: March 5, 2017 at 7:34 pm | UPDATED: March 6, 2017 at 4:09 am

At DU We don't link to Fox for anything. Do Not Feed the Monster.

Note that the Mercury News story begins with citing the AP as original source giving time and date of the AP release. It is only at the END of the Fox story that they remark the AP contibuted to their piece, as if they had done any original reportage. Fox NEVER stops the spin machine and never tells the straight truth about ANYTHING, including their own efforts.

[trc]

2. Watched the report in the link in the article,this was a fox news story.

What I noticed immediately was that the Mayors party was not given, but the mayor that took over for him was named as a democrat...hmmmm. As you might have guessed, this guy was a republican who gave the unions too much (this is fox after all and public unions must be shamed whenever possible) and over-sold bonds and based too much on the ever increasing property values in cali pre-2008. Never mentioned in the article or the video is this mayors party affiliation, so the comments section is full of libtard marxists leftist democratic thugs blah blah blah...Once it is pointed out that this guy was a republican the comments go to "his party does not matter, put him in jail". Just made me laugh.

[dalton99a]

3. Typical of how they spin the news every day

[NurseJackie]

4. He's a Republican, yes? You know if he'd been a Democrat ...

... the headline would include "Democrat" and every mention of his name would be followed with &quot D)".

[MindPilot]

5. I thought "Leaving on a Jet Plane" was a Peter Paul and Mary number.

[Scruffy1]

6. Um. "leaving on a jet plane" by john Denver?

They dumb SOB can't even get the small things tight when writing. Written by Gordon Lightfoot, made famous by Peter, Paul and Mary.

[karynnj]

8. John Denver wrote it and P,P&M made it famous

A few years later, Denver included it on his own album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_on_a_Jet_Plane

[Grins]

7. Why we should never block grant to the states.

"...profiteering, embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds and grand theft...."

And he's only a mayor.

Why we should never block grant to the states.

[vkkv]

9. He is also a member of the San Joaquin County Central Committee of the Republican Party.

Anthony Silva (American politician) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Silva_(American_politician)
Anthony Silva (American politician) Anthony Silva (born 1974, in Stockton, California) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Stockton, California from 2013 until 2017. He is also a member of the San Joaquin County Central Committee of the Republican Party.