It has been over a month since enforcement of San Diego’s public camping ban started. What impact is it having on homelessness in the region? Plus, there’s a new twist in the Fat Leonard scandal, the largest corruption case in U.S. Navy history.
people stranded in puerto rico as we have been showing you. government working with religious groups, nonprofit and others raving landslides thick mud and broken asphalt to try to provide food water and medicine for people in need. about 850,000 people in puerto rico still have no electricity. more than 400,000 customers are still without water tonight a malaysian defense contractor who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandal in u.s. military history has been arrested in venezuela. the u.s. marshal service says leonard glen francis, also known as fat leonard, was arrested tuesday as he was about to board a plane in caracas. francis under home arrest in san diego when he cut off his g.p.s. ankle bracelet and escaped in early september prompting an international manhunt. russian and ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire today as both sides refused to exceed
allegedly supplied the lavish gifts and parties was this man, leonard glen francis, also known as fat leonard, a wealthy, flamboyant executive who ran a marine contracting agency which provided dockside services to u.s. navy ships. fat leonard francis has pleaded guilty in the case and is awaiting sentencing. but until now, many of the details of what happened were not public. in may 2008, according to prosecutors, francis allegedly paid for admiral loveless and five other navy men to stay at the shangri-la hotel in manila. in the indictment, prosecutors write francis hosted a raging multiday party with a rotating carousel of prost 2002s in attendance during which the conspirators drank all the dom perignon available at the hotel to the tune of $250,000. for some officers in 2006 there was a dinner in singapore with roasted chilean sea bass with expensive drinks and cohiba cigars, $2,000 per box.
in exchange, prosecutors say they provided him with classified information that defense contractor has pleaded guilty to using that information to defraud the u.s. navy of tens of millions of dollars. prosecutors say navy officials took bribes, took bribes including $25,000 watches, $2,000 boxes of cigars, luxury hotel rooms and prostitutes. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. what more can you tell us about fat leonard? shep, you can t make this up. he s lured to san diego and arrested 3 1/2 years ago. this case has been unfolding for years. tuesday, federal agents fanned out across six states to arrest eight naval officers charged in the growing bribery scandal. it s the largest in navy history. navy officers that were assigned to the pacific seventh fleet allegedly shared with leonard glen francis, a 6 3 , 350-point