San Ramon Officer Accused In Drug Probe Appears In Court

May 6, 2011 4:19 PM

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SAN RAMON (CBS 5) – The third police officer charged in a widening police scandal in Contra Costa County made his first court appearance Friday.

38-year-old Louis Lombardi of the San Ramon Police Department appeared before judge Nancy Davis Stark just after 1:30 Friday afternoon.

The charges Lombardi is accused of include grand theft, possession of stolen property, felony possession of an SKS rifle, felony embezzlement, receiving stolen property and conspiracy.

Bail for Lombardi is set at $500,000.

Lombardi was an officer attached to CNET; a drug task force in Contra Costa County. His CNET commander, Norman Wielsch, was arrested in February. Wielsch and his friend Christopher Butler, a private investigator and former Antioch cop, are accused of stealing confiscated drugs and reselling them.

Officer Stephen Tanabe of the Danville Police Department was arrested in March, accused of taking part in so-called “Dirty DUI” stings with Butler. Prosecutors say Tanabe was involved in scams to get drivers drunk and then have on-duty officers arrest them once they started driving.

Prosecutor Jun Hernandez asked the judge for an even higher bail. That decision will be discussed at the next hearing on Friday, May 13th.

San Ramon Officer Accused In Drug Probe Appears In Court

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Scott

As a career cop, I have never believed in laws that gave (us) police officers more protection than the average citizen. But I do believe in laws that give harsher punishment to those who are sworn to protect and commit crimes. We should and shall be held to a higher standard. When you pin on “the badge, ” you have pinned on privileges that should be respected. When you disrespect those privileges you shall suffer the consequences.
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Sick Of Antioch P.D in California

What about former Antioch Police Officer Santiago E. Martinez Jr. he was a pro on lying on Police reports and making false arrests. I got to the point that the City Of Antioch had to make an out of court settlement to covery up for this dirty Officers actions. An there is strong audio taped evidence to back up this claim. Just ask Sgt Tammery Brooks of the Antioch Police Departments Internal Affairs Unit he was part of the cover up too. Internal Affairs is a joke……..!Internal Affairs is a internal iUnit that tries to put on spin on Citizen Complaints and Officer misconduct issues.