the defendant louis lombardi is on administrative leave. he is facing five felony charges including selling drugs, stealing drugs and possession of an assault weapon and conspiracy. he walked in the courtroom about 15 minutes wearing a dark suit, came in with three other people, presumably family members. his attorney is meeting behind closed doors with the judge. also here, michael cardoza, a lawyer for another defendant in connection with the case. his name is norman wielsch. nor man wielsch was arrested along with christopher butler accused of stealing drugs from an evidence locker. five counts against lombardi. he is expected to enter a plea. we expect it to be not guilty. we expect to talk to the attorney. one interesting sideline. i'm learning both wielsch and lombardi were part of a raid that ended up with the death of a pittsburg case. judge illston decided to review her decision to reject the law sues based on the arrest of wielsch and lombardi. a plea to be entered this morning on the felony charges facing louis lombardi. >> all r

lombardi will be back in court on may 13th to enter a plea. reporting live in martinez, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, jodi. thank you. >>> we move on to san jose now. a stabbing, a carjacking, and vandalism. anger in san jose today as the city's traditional cinco de mayo celebration once again turned rowdy and violent. some of those who caused the damage are now behind bars. but the problem may not be over. we bring you nbc bay area's kimberly tere, who joins us from downtown san jose. and kimberly, the focus is now on tonight as business owners and police get ready for what might be another whiled scene? >> reporter: it's a double-edged sword, raj. merchants want the crowds because they want the business. what they don't want is this, that is, the crime that might come along with it. some cinco de mayo partiers got out of hand last night, and police are preparing for round two, with the cinco de mayo party expected to keep going on here for days. merchants are cleaning up the mess left behind by rowdy cinco de mayo partiers

lewis lombardi was arrested this morning without incident at 9:00 a.m. at the police department. >> police say lewis lombardi has been placed on leave, he is held on $760,000 bail. here is a look at the other people involved in this scandal. normal welch, the commander, he was the first person arrested along with christopher butler. the third person is steven tanabe. all of these men pleaded not guilty. >>> it was a warm day today. temperatures were in the 80s. even though it didn't stay in the 80s long. 82 in half moon bay. 82 in san francisco. 80s for inland valleys. 88 in santa rosa. temperatures were up over what we saw yesterday. especially close to the coast line. 15 degrees warmer in hayward. 11 in san rafael and 11 in livermore. we set a couple record temperatures today. first at san francisco airport, 84. broke the old record. oakland broke the record by three degrees. is the heat going to stick with us? the answer in a bit. >>> the latest on the death of osama bin laden. tomorrow president obama will attend a special ceremony at ground zero, in

in early 2010 lombardi accused of selling 1 1200 ecstacy pills. according to prosecutors they were pills welsh initially gave to butler to sell. later 2010 lombardi charged with selling half pound of marijuana to an informant in arizona. drug that is had been seized in a c net raid. san ramone police chief is the chairman of c net this is a bad thing. i recognize this. law enforcement community does. but the bottom line is there's far too many men and women throughout that are doing the right thing. >>reporter: lombardi is the third police officer arrested in the c net scandal. >> can you say whether there might be more police officers caught up in this. >> still further investigation going on so i can't say that there are others. there's no other indication of other officers so far. >>reporter: last month in an interview with abc 7 this is what welsh told us. >> do you think that we are going to see a lot more police officers get caught up in this. >> no. >>reporter: i talked with someone very close to welsh. i'm told he's stunned by the arrest o

but lombardi and welsh are now involved in a federal civil rights case. the judge there will revisit this case again because lombardi and welsh are connected to it. reporting live, kraig death row, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this morning the defense in the murder trial argued the leader of the bakery is the victim of guilt by association. in his closing argument, the attorney said it was no secret the bakery was headed for bankruptcy. so bay had no motive for killing journalist chauncey bailey. bailey was wrighting an expose on the bakery's financial problems. it is expected to go to the jury early next week. >>> our channel 2 website ktvu.com has an extensive section on the trial and. killing the journalist chauncey bailey. just look for the tab on the homepage. >>> the teen driver charged with running down and killing a toddler while texting delayed entering a plea today. 18-year-old caitlin dunaway has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. police say she was texting and speeding when she killed two- year-old callie murray and severely inj

chief holder announced they took luis lombardi into custody when he arrived at work. lombardi faces five felony charges including grand theft and possession of stolen goods. it is connected to cnet, the contra costa county mark tikz enforcement team. they are accused selling drugs stolen from them. >> i have known him for many years. and it is a sad day for us, but we are going to get through this and in the end our department will survive. >> lombardi was booked into the martinez detention facility. his bail is set at $760,000. >>> 4 gang members are in custody charged with killing a german tourist in san francisco's theater district. they are among 7 suspects arrested for the murder of shore. she was caught in the cross fire of a gang shootout. investigators say new evidence and tips lead to these arrests. we spoke with the cabdriver who followed the suspect's get away car the night of the killing. he didn't want to be identified. listen. >> want to be able to track -- wouldn't have been able to track these guys down if i have a starting . without the starting point

luis lombardi made a court appearance . he did not enter a plea that he conspired with norman welch and christopher butler to obtain and sell seized drug evidence. lombardi is accused of embezzlement. >> it is a difficult situation to say the leastt, to go from the position of being on the other side of the bars and being where the officer is now. >> prosecutor said lombardi met with welch and butler to discuss how to make money in the marijuana business. he was accused of selling ecstasy pills. they were pills that welch gave to butler to sell. later he is charged with selling a half pound of marijuana to an informant in arizona. drugs that were seized in a cnet raid. the chairman of cnet ... >> i recognize it is a bade thing. the bottom line is, there is far too many men and women out there doing the right thing. >> lommbardi is the third police officer arrested in the scandal. >> you think there might be more police officers tied up in this? >> there is more investigation going on. there is no indication of other officer

whether lombardi was fired or quit. lombardi had been on administrative leave after being arrested for stealing cash, drugs and guns from police evidence lockers and selling them to police informants. police say they believe he became involved in the scheme while working for the narcotics enforcement team. the leader of the team is also facing charges along with an east bay private investigator. >>> two days and still no sign of allison bayless, the danville teen who took off on her bike and never came home. dozens of volunteers fanned out on the shadow of the bay bridge not far from where her bike was found. her family searched her computer and found directions to the bart area parking lot. they say they're worried that she planned to hurt herself. >> it's very difficult. i know the family must be feeling just horrible about the situation. so that's kind of why we're out here, see what we can do to help. >> volunteers are posting flyers and comments on a facebook group profile dedicated to finding the teen. rescue crew

lombardi is charged with conspiracy to sell drug and embezzlement. prosecutors say he illegally kept money from police investigation and he may have used the money to post his $500,000 bail. lombardi, by the way, will be in court on friday. >>> new details are emerging about an accused serial killer who's charged with the murder of four women here in northern california. we are learning that joseph kept thousands of photographs in lingerie clad and naked women who often posed to look dead. they are analyzing the foe toes along with his handwritten notebooks. they believe he snapped many of the pictures himself. the pictures include women of all ages and races. some in bondage poses. he will defend himself but still must enter a plea to the murder charges dating back to the 1970s. >> in the '70s, law enforcement didn't have dna testing to help crack those crimes but today officials are using evidence that's never been even near a crime scene to help solve cases. we are have more from santa cruz. george? >> reporter: we are talking about using dna from

lombardi is accused of selling 1200 ecstasy pills. according to prosecutors they were initially given to butler by norman wielsch. then he sold drugs to an informant in arizona. police chief scott holder is the can chair cnet. >> this is a bad thing. the bottom line is there is far too many men and women out there that are doing the right thing. >> lombardi is the third police officer arrested in the cnet scandal. >> you say there might be more police officers caught up in this? >> there is further investigation going on. i can't say there are others. there is no other indication of other officers so far. >> last month in an interview, this is what norman wielsch told us. >> do you think we're going to see a lot more police officers caught up in this? >> no. >> i'm told norman wielsch is stunned by the arrest of lombardi, his friend and former colleague. norman wielsch maintains that no other police officers were involved in his activities with butler but the d.a. told us today they are still investigating. >>> an economic news, a new

lombardi worked very closely with butler. butler was arrested in february along with narcotics team commander norman welsh on charges of stealing drug out of law enforcement evidence lockers and selling them back on the streets. and now, again, another officer is behind bars. >> this is a dark day for not only the san ramon police department, but for all of law enforcement. as chief, i'm proud of the work our officers do on a daily basis, and the actions of one should not be a reflection of the integrity of the outstanding men and women of our department. >> reporter: you may also remember that another police officer, steven tanobi was arrested back in march in connection to this whole thing, in a portion of this that's been done and been called a dirty dui scandal. now, lombardi was arrested in connection with the drug portion of this whole thing, not the dui scandal. lombardi has been booked into the contra costra county jail on a $760,000 bail. reporting live in san ramon, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> new ton

lombardi appeared in court last week, accused of selling drugs that he seized during raids. three others are accused of taking part in the scheme, including norman welch the former commander of the drug task force. >>> at least nine people are dead after storms ripped through the midwest last night and early this morning. this is video from oklahoma city. five people were killed in oklahoma after a series of tornadoes swept through the state, but that number is expected to grow as people search through the rubble this morning. the severe weather also killed two people in arkansas and two others in kansas. >>> in joplin, missouri, rescue crews continue to look for survivors of sunday's deadly tornado. one man who was trapped beneath the rubble was rescued after managing to send a text message to a friend. >> yeah, it's my friend. i just got a message from him. >> the death toll there is now 124 and more than 1500 people are still listed as missing. the national weather service is categorizing the tornado as an ef 5 making it the 8th deadliest tornado on record. more bad weath

lombardi faces five felony charges, including stolen goods. the investigation into the contracosta team. the former investigator christopher butler, was arrested on charges that they conspired to sell drugs stolen from the police evidence locks. lombardi was this for years. >> i've known him for many years, and it's a sad day for us, but we're going to get through this. and in the end, our department will survive. >> lombardi was booked into the martinez detention facility with his bail at $750,000. >>> now to the death of osama bin laden. there are several new developments tonight. senator dianne feinstein said american commandos feared that bin laden was reaching for a nearby we. his 13-year-old daughter watched it happen. and with tape measure, laid down to obama's corpse, he was 6-4. >> he was the most feared terrorist in the world. but there he was, huddled in a 3rd floor room with his youngest wife, listening to the burst of it gunfire of the approaching navy seals for nearly 40 minutes. he was trapped. abc news has learned that sewn int

this is lewis lombardi. today he went before a judge in martinez. prosecutors say he was helping his boss commandser norman wielsch sell confiscated drugs back on the street. investigators are also looking into how much he knew about the house of prostitution. who ran the brothel in this pleasant hills store front and who made the money? depends who you ask. >> norman wielsch was very involved. >> reporter: the attorney says it was a joint venture between his client, private investigator chris buttler and norman wielsch of cnet. butler says he leased the space in his own name, bought the furniture, hired the prostitutes and collected the money they earned. but he says it was norman wielsch's idea in the first place. that it was norman wielsch that eventually got all the cash and that the commandser busted other houses of prostitution masking as massage parlors. >> busting or attempting to. and there were other activities that were along those lines i really at this point don't want to get into. >> was he part owner? >> he didn't have a formal partne

the police chief says officer lewis lombardi was booked this morning. lombardi was a member of the contra costa narcotics enforcement team. he is accused of stealing drugs and setting up dui stings. >>> turning out to the death of osama bin laden. today sources said weapons including assault rifles were found in the room or bin laden died and that he had money and two phone numbers sewn into his close. the white house as gruesome photos were not be released. we get more now from our reporter in the field. >> reporter: they have decided not to release the photos of osama bin laden. the pressure may have eased but that is one reaction came flooding in from congressional leaders on both sides of the debate. >> i think to put down the conspiracy theories it would have been better to release them. >> i share the president's view. i am not sure about releasing the picture of someone who has been killed. >> reporter: the president's decision came down to the graphic nature of the photos and the reaction they could trigger. >> it is important to make sure that

that officer louis lombardi faces charges including conspiracy, grand theft and remember this is all about the drug enforcement team of former commander of that team another officer a private investigator have already been charged in connection with that scandal. now yet another officer under rest. more news coming up after the break. >>pam: 1 retired couple is ready to start over, bob and nancy have received the first permit to rebuilding home in that sample in a neighborhood. bob is a retired san bruno fire fighter. they are in their '70's and they're anxious to get back into a home they can call their own. >> on wanted to come back, all wasn't sure i wanted to see it first. if i was at a time when it happened. i wanted to see what it looked like. i couldn't believe it. it's still hard for me to believe i keep thinking it's a dream or nightmare. first off it we need a permit, and it was new to some of the people at city hall, a new codes to set a goal, to get back as soon as i can. i will devote my time to it. it just worked out that we ended up first. >>pam: expect about 20 of the

spoke with 38-year-old lewis lombardi over the weekend. he as arrested that he sold drugs to informants. bomb lombardi was a member of county narcotics enforcement team headed by norman wielsch. he is charged with conspiracy to sell drugs. >> budget cuts may force the oakland police department to consider a sweeping organization of the main crime fighting unit. right he now they have three sprit units. under the proposal officers would work at all three categories, not just one. the head of the police union warns without specialized investigators property crimes would get lower priority because the focus would history sthoist violent crimes. no decision is expected until june. >> contra costa supervisors will consider an ordinance that will crack down on pet owners that can't control their animals. it would require microchipping of all stray dogs and cats. second time they are picked up they would have to be spayed or neutered before returned to their owners. >> caltrans is going to work on the bridge, it will affect eastbound traffic righ

lombardi and former contra costa narcotics task force commander norman welsh. >> just happened here today is the matter was put over to june 23. so that all four named people in the second amended complaint can appear at that date. >> welsh, lombardi and accused coconspirator chris are in a complaint to possess illegal weapons and embezzle money. two are charged with setting men up for dirty dui arrest. in a 40-page statement that butler gave investigators he claims he conspired to run a brothel out of a pleasant hill massage parlor. they have not charged the defendants with any crime related to the brothel allegation. >> there is not a charge in terms of that issue. anytime soon that i know of. >> michael cardoza acknowledged that the f.b.i. is involved in the cnet investigation. >> now the f.b.i. is involved and i assume the corruption unit is involved to see what is going on in this case and see if it is more for a reaching in this county. >> cardoza went on the say he has not been contacted by the f.b.i. but if and if he is he will not allow his client welsh to speak with federal inve

lombardi worked at the narcotics enforcement team or cnet. christopher butler faces charges of taking drugs from a evidence locker. lombardi is in jail. >> and a toxicology confirmed chavez tells abc7 it is a mild flew season but 54 children have died. 354 severe cases have been reported. >>> an american airlines flight from miami to san francisco made a safe landing in veg vegg - las vegas this morning after the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. you can see the boeing 757 land without incident. american booked those passengers on other airlines to finish their trip. the plane is out of service while mechanics try to find out where the smoke came. >> today was a furlough day in the mt. diablo school district. the students organized a teach in concord mt. diablo high, because they are angry about the furlough days forced on the instructors. parents and teachers were on hand. students want to learn and not take a day off. >> i am a student. if i stayed home no body would do anything for me. no one would talk and speak out for what we believe

whether lombardi was fired or quit. lombardi had been on administrative leave after being arrested for stealing cash, drugs and guns from police evidence lockers and selling them to police informants. police say they believe lombardi became involved in the scheme while working for the contra costa narcotics enforcement team. the leader of that team is also facing drug charges, along with an east bay private investigator. >>> this morning the attorney and mother of the suspect accused of beating giants fan bryan stow say police have the wrong guy. marla tellez is live with an update on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, the question this morning is did lapd arrest the wrong guy in the brutal beating of bryan stow? now, before that day in march, this is where the 42-year-old father of two worked as a paramedic. we are live this morning at american medical response, amr services in san jose. bryan stow does remain in critical condition at sf general and the suspect in this case being held for

he is lewis lombardi. his arrest is related to the ongoing drug scandal involving the former member of the contra costa narcotics team, involving welsh and butler, accused of stealing seized drugs. we're told that lombardi worked under welsh and was friends with butler. police didn't say the role that he played in the case, but we do know the charges. >> he was booked into the facility on the following charges. accessory, aiding and abetting. conspiracy, grand theft, possession of stolen property. possession of an illegal assault rifle. and his bail has been set at $500,000. >>> and this just in, we now learned that lombardi's bail has been enhanced to $760,000 in the past few minutes. police chief holder has not ruled out arrest s in the case as well. >>> and hundreds of drunk driver cases could be dismissed, but not because of faulty police work. more on the issue here. >> reporter: gasia mikaelian, this is what the san jose police officers are carrying with them as they look for drunk driving suspects.

lombardi was arrested last week and arraigned today. prosecutors say he worked with wielsch to resell drugs confiscated in police raids. so now you have two attorneys, one for wielsch, one for butler, saying two different things. wielsch's attorney says he knew nothing about this. butler's attorney is giving great detail about it. allen, the bottom line will come down to corroborating evidence -- that is, what evidence investigators will have and eventually uncover that will show wielsch was or was not linked to this brothel. >>> oakland police are doing spring cleaning. over the past few weeks they have started arresting violent drug offenders. christin ayers reports, neighbors are still skeptical. >> reporter: and oakland police are facing a dramatic jump in violence and they are trying a new tactic targeting dealers who they say aren't just pushing drugs but also the city's soaring murder rate. they call it dogtown, a swath of west oakland plagued by a persistent crime problem. neighbors say for years, it's been no secret that drug d

lewis lombardi is an officer with the san ramon police. he now faces drug and weapons charges and is currently being held on $760,000 bail. now investigators started looking at lombardi after the former commander of the drug team, welsh, was arrested and accused of stealing and selling drugs seized in raids. a private investigator and a danville police officer have also been arrested on related charges. >>> right now nurses at children's hospital in oakland are preparing to go on strike. about 800 nurses at children's hospital -- 800 nurses work there but hospital management says it has hired replacement. some elected surgeries have been canceled today. but the emergency room will remain open during the strike. the nurses say they'll walk the picket lines for five days starting today. the new -- the two sides cannot agree on medical coverage for the nurses and their families. >>> san jose police expect big crowds tonight even though a official festivities are canceled. tonight parking will be temporarily banned in downtown san jose. police

. >> luis lombardi enfrenta cargos relacionados con la unidad de narcóticos. >> tras presuntamente vender drogas. >> el gobernador de eligor dijo que no obligaría a reportar a inmigración a todos los indocumentados detenidos. >> este informó esta desición, dice que no se debe deportar a quién no ha cometido un delito grave. >> hoy en busca de las leyes de inmigración. >> continuan las investigaciones de la compañia chipote. >> se visitó a varios restaurantes para entrevistar a los gerentes. >> esto se realizó cómo parte de un programa de investigación. >> además esta compañia esta comprometida para cooperar con la investigación. >> se trató de averiguar si se recibió a los agentes. >> la aduana dijo que no se emitirán comentarios con respecto a estas investigaciones que aún se están realizando. >> según informó roiters chipote despidió a mas de 200 empleados despues de una auditoria. >> una estudiante indocumentada logró que su deportación fuera detenida al menos temporalmente. >> fué detenida por obstruir el tráfico y luego la detuvieron por conducir sin papeles

"contra costa times" reporting it's not known whether lombardi resigned or if he was fired. >>> drunk driving charges will not be filed against the intrim mayor of san carlos. andy klein was arrested may 12 after a breathalyzer suggested his blood alcohol level was .08. that's the minimum of a dui charge. but san mateo county d.a.'s office says the actual blood test was .07. just the night before klein took himself out of the running for a long-term appointment for that mayoral seat. >>> the city of san jose is not in a fiscal emergency at least for the time being. but the city council voted yesterday to keep the possibility alive as it looks for solutions to its budget deficit. councilmembers wanted more time to consider ways of reforming the pension system for city employees. >> i think the budget process itself will be pretty good evidence of the crisis that we face and the need for very difficult action. >> the city council is expected to vote june 21 on whether to declare a fiscal emergency and whether to put a pension reform measure on the november ballot. the city faces a budge

police became suspicious of lombardi after appeared right here on nbc bay area in a news exclusive we did back in march. in video of an undercover infidelity stick, he poses as a cheating boyfriend. the sting is a fake, just a publicity stunt staged by butler's mommy p.i. firm. tonight san ramon police officials are reeling. >> this chief, proud of the work that our officers do on a daily basis. the actions of one should not be a reflection of the outstanding men and women of our department. >> but her was arrested, you may recall, i know what the command order charges of stealing drugs out of evidence lockers and then selling them back on the streets. >>> it is the eve of cinco de mayo. tomorrow, a dave celebration will be met with police presence in the south bay. high school students and american flag, and a lawsuit that has divided a tight-knit community. we bring in now nbc bay area who joins us. it has been one year since morgan hill made national headlines. what should we expect tomorrow? >> reporter: it has been one year. the mood around campus appears to be calm. the expectat

lombardi and former contra costa narcotics task force commander norman welsh. >> just happened here today is the matter was put over to june 23. so that all four named people in the second amended complaint can appear at that date. >> welsh, lombardi and accused coconspirator chris are in a complaint to possess illegal weapons and embezzle money. two are charged with setting men up for dirty dui arrest. in a 40-page statement that butler gave investigators he claims he conspired to run a brothel out of a pleasant hill massage parlor. they have not charged the defendants with any crime related to the brothel allegation. >> there is not a charge in terms of that issue. anytime soon that i know of. >> michael cardoza acknowledged that the f.b.i. is involved in the cnet investigation. >> now the f.b.i. is involved and i assume the corruption unit is involved to see what is going on in this case and see if it is more for a reaching in this county. >> cardoza went on the say he has not been contacted by the f.b.i. but if and if he is he will not allow his client welsh to speak with federal inve

in court documents obtained by nbc bay area, the prosecutor says lombardi has made illegal threats to several people and that he may be a danger to the public. the prosecutor also claims lombardi illegally kept money seized from police investigations and that he may have used that money to post his $500,000 bail. lombardi, by the way, will be back in court on friday. >>> teachers up and down california are cutting class to carry out a week-long protest at the state capitol. reporter kevin riggs has more from our nbc station in sacramento. >> they say cut back, we say fight back. >> reporter: they circled the capitol to dramatize what the california teachers association has dubbed a state of emergency, hoping to head off deep cuts in state spending. >> we discovered that being cordial and polite hasn't worked, so now we're going to ratchet it up a bit. >> reporter: educators are alarmed by governor brown's failure to reach an agreement with republicans to place tax extensions on a statewide ballot. they are paying for classroom substitutes to allow teachers to come to the capitol. >> t

"contra costa times" reports it's not known whether lombardi resigned or if he was fired. >>> san jose not quite ready to declare a fiscal emergency but the city council voting yesterday to keep the possibility alive as it keeps looking for solutions to the budget deficit. councilmembers wanted more time to consider ways of reforming the pension system for city employees. >> i think the budget process itself will be pretty good evidence of the crisis we face and the need for very difficult action. >> the city council is expected to vote june 21 on whether to declare a fiscal emergency and whether to put a pension reform measure on the november ballot. that city faces a budget deficit of $115 million. they are not alone. san francisco's deficit almost three times that size and oakland has a $58 million shortfall. >>> coming up, hundreds already killed and the death toll rising by the hour. we have a live report on the latest rounds of violent storms that hit the midwest. >> and it could be the only way to keep granny standing. the pricey new plan to save that 300-year-old peninsula oak

lombardi worked with welsh at cnet. he also faces charges of possessing an illegal assault rifle. >> can you say whether there might be more police officers caught up in this? >> there's still further investigation going on so i can't say that there are others and there's never been any other indication of other officers so far. > >> prosecutors say lombardi met with welsh and butler to talk about how to make money in the marijuana business. a new government jobs report shows american businesses have gone on a hiring spree. private employers added 268,000 jobs last month. that's the biggest monthly total in more than five years. however, 24,000 people lost their government jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up to 9%. those national numbers are mirrored to some degree in the bay area. here's abc 7's terry mcsweeney with a snapshot of the jobs picture and a student at st. mary's college pursuing his passion for a tech job. >> want us to proceed with your candidacy. >> dennis has a job in accounting but his thing is hig

san ramon's police chief says 38-year-old lewis lombardi is no longer a city employee but did not say whether he was fired or quit. lombardi had been on administrative leave after being arrested for stealing cash, drugs and guns from police evidence lockers and selling them to police informants. police say they believe lombardi became involved in the scheme while working for the contra costa narcotics enforcement team. the leader of that team is also facing drug charges along with an east bay private investigator. >>> another line of severe storms, including tornados, pounded the central u.s. last night killing at least 13 people. the toll in oklahoma is 8. two people died in kansas, three in arkansas. it comes just two days after a deadly tornado ravaged joplin, missouri. jay is in joplin with how people are coping there. >> reporter: well, laura, the situation continues to be pretty grim here in joplin. the destruction still very apparent as we get into day three here. i'm going to let you see some of what we're seeing right now as the daylight comes up. still just a very dire situa

lombardi was a member of cnet. county narcotics enforcement team headed by norm an wielsch. wielsch and chris butler face charges of trying to sell confiscated drugs. >> sad news, tonight. a baby falcon died. the bird hatched on the 18th floor ledge. the chick that died was apparently lunging for food when it fell to its death. it was unable to fly and struck the rotunda. two prevous chicks at city hall met similar fates. >> new at 6:30. the landing of a shark that went terribly wrong. >> the fighting shark stops fighting, completely. the shark doesn't look too good. >> the shark named junior and the controversy on the golden gate. >> we have to do a different way to do the research. >> should it >> good evening once again. managers was a federal marine sanctuary are grappling with a controversial issue. should they renew the permit for researcher to grab white sharks off of the golden gate? dan and carolyn. it is important to keep in mind all pictures that you are about to see are right off our coasts. great whites are protected under federal law and the fair lawn sanctuary

police arrested 38-year-old louis lombardi may 6th. prosecutors say he then sold some of the drugs he stole to confidential informants. he's free at $500,000 bail and is on administrative leave from his job. coincidentally at least as a legal matter right now lombardi worked with welsh at c net or the central contra costa county enforcement team. that is a state agency. he was in charge until earlier this year when he was arrested on charges of stealing drugs from the evidence locker and selling to users. they are accused of conspiring on that operation. those two used to work together on the antioch police force. coming up we're going to try to get hold of lombardi's attorney what defense he'll be offering and what plea he'll give this morning. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the prosecution in the chauncey bailey murder trial is expected to wrap up closing arguments. yusef bey iv and mackey accused of killing bailey, an oakland journalist, and two other men in 2007. bey wassed former leader of your black muslim bakery. prosecut

it is very complicated. 38-year-old louis lombardi's charges stem from an ongoing investigation to a state run law enforcement agency. the arraignment hearing is supposed to take place right here at superior court in walnut creek. he postponed the arraignment he had for last week so he could have time to hire a lawyer. a fellow officer was arrested earlier this month. he's facing five felonies. stealing guns, stealing drus, imbusiness limit. he's now free on $500,000 bond and on add morive leave from his job. he stole money from three seizures and also said back in 2007 san ramon cops listed to steal money from a building where lombardi had conducted a legal search. back then he was working with the central contra costa county narcotics enforcement team. the leader of that team norman welsh. he, welsh and a third man, butler devised the plan in a meeting to make money from selling drugs and guns. he stole drugs from evidence lockers and passed them onto his close friend butler. a concord private investigator. butler is also accused of stealing and selling drugs on separate charges th

luis lombardi made a brief court appearance. he did not enter a plea in the charges related to the cnet scandal. butler implicates lombardi as having knowledge of the brothel. >> we are separating fact from fiction . >> now, about the brothel, norman wielsch's wife said does butler want the public to believe that when his name was not on that. norm takes responsibility for what he had done. but he was not involved in this whatsoever. the gal behind me said one day she saw chris butler moving things out of the office and asked them what kind of business they were running. butler said it was part of a detective agency and a sting operation of sorts designed or targeted for men who were looking for illegal sex. in pleasant hill, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> thank you, laur a. oakland police are trying to stop a violent spike in crime. they are doing a sweet sweeping operation that will lock up dozens of people. heather ishimaru is live in east oakland where a take back our streets type walk in oakland is about to begin. >> this is

officer lombardi was arrested when he came to work this morn held in a martinez jail on 760,000 bail. the police chief said the investigation is been under way since march 15th. they are only saying that it is connected to a narcotic's scandal with the rest of the team's commander norman welch . he is accused . prosecutor say welch stole drugs from law enforcement evidence locker butler arranged the to sale. the officer had been on the team for 12 years and welch was his supervisor. he faces crime charges of grand theft and conspiracy and aiding and abetting and possession of stolen goods. >> he used to be the chairman of the narcotics team and called it a dark day for the department. >> we thought it would only be welch and butler and at this point we are not lookking for other officers and our investigation is continuing to put it to rest. and the scandal resulted in a dismissal of drugs and charges. it is related to dirty arrest in the area where butler, the private investigator is using decoys . it is the third officer to be arrested in the scandal. lombardi was a officer for that

lombardi was a member of that team for nearly four years. he is being held in a detention facility on $760,000 bail. >> they will take a vote on a pg&e rate hike plan that some say unfairly punishes people who try to conserve. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco to tell us more. >> reporter: right now, if you conserve you get a break. the idea is to motivate you to save energy but there is a new idea on the table. this one would shift the break for those that use the most power. people that use a lot of power could see their bills go down 20% next year. those that conserve could face a new customer fee. some critics says it sounds like pg&e will stealing from certain customers and they say the heavy users are carrying more of the burden so they want to even it out. what do you think about this? go on my facebook page, amy hollyfield facebook page and i would like to hear what you think as we lead up to the big vote. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >> 5:35. registered nurses at children's hospital oakland is set to be

do you guys know vince lombardi, the late vince lombardi, who he was? probably not? he does. >> yeah. great coach. >> charlie: the packers. >> there we go, the packers. >> there is a bit of vince lombardi in roger penske. >> that's an honor for you to say that -- just a terrific leader. we've got some great young talent on the race team, and i think they present themselves as professionals. they represent our sponsors, which is very important. and inside our company, you don't win every race, but i think it's the integrity and it's that teamwork which we call every single day so important for the leadership in the company. >> charlie: good luck, guys. >> thank you. >> charlie: may the best man win, we might say. thank you, roger. may 29, the penske team will be there, others will be there, the indy 500. an american classic. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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he also ordered welsh, lombardi and two others back to court next month to answer charges that have now attracted the attention of the fbi. >> the federal government is involved, i assume their corruption unit is involved with this to see what is going on in this particular case and i imagine to see if it is more far reaching than this county. >> welsh, lombardi and private investigator christopher butler are accused of stealing and selling drug evidence, possession of illegal weapons and embezzling money. butler also claims he conspired with welsh to run a brothel at a pleasant hill massage parlor. >> there is not going be any type of charges in terms of that issue any time soon that i know of. >> also, butler and former danville officer are charged with setting up several men on drunk driving charges. >>> defense attorneys for former members of oakland's black muslim bakery made their final arguments in the chauncey bailey murder trial. here is abc 7's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the leader of your black muslim bakery had no reason to order chauncey bailey's assassination, that was the

committed a justifiable act of homicide but then norman welsh, the narcotics team commander ramonuis lombardi, a san ro officer were rested in a growing scandal. the same judge reversed her decision and reul ruled the cie can now move forward because of the arrests. burris says the officers credibility is severely damage. >> this was a potential operation where you get drugs from a big-time dope dealer and ultimately get the drugs back and make the money from them. where the drug enforcers become the dealers. >> well, they made a habit of stealing and reselling drugs seized during busts. >> we understand that his credibility will be at issue. >> attorney cardoza admits his client was wrong on one front not on this one. >> it doesn't make any sense to me at all. these officers didn't go out and commit crime in every piece of law enforcement work they did. >> my issue is and always has been that we did not ever have the real story about how this young man was killed. >> calls to lombardi's lawyer and to the head of the now suspended c net team went unreturned today. as for the civil case, both

federal agents arrested lewis lombardi over the weekend. he was arrested on selling drugs to an informant. bomb bar did i was a member of the narcotics enforcement team headed by norman wielsch. he and chris butler face numerous charges including conspiracy to sell drugs. >> los angeles police will give an update on the descriptions of two suspects suspected of beating bryan stow. 300 billboards are going up in southern california show the suspects. there is also a $100,000 reward. snow was trance fender to january general yesterday. stow remains in critical condition. >>> we have a warning for anybody planning to cross the memorial bay bridge. fill up your gas tank and be patient because there will are a detour. due to continuing work on the eastern span of the bay bridge tlesmt call it the oakland detour. >> the oakland raiders skeochg a touchdown all with having to touching down at the toll plaza on the oakland side of this entire project. you can check it out online before it happens in reality. i'll tell you about that in a minute. tak

lewis lombardi is facing a number of charges including aiding and abeding in conspiracy of grant theft. he appeared in an nbc exclusive tape. it's a sting with butler. he poses as a cheating boyfriend. this was a fake, a publicity stunt staged by his pr firm. the police officers are reeling. >> this chief, i'm proud of the work our officers do on a daily basis and the actions of one should not be a reflection of the integrity of the outstanding men and women of our department. charges of stealing drugs out of evidence. >>> a meth bust related to a drug sting. harris says operation red reach resulted in 35 arrests, the siezure of more than 135 pounds of meth and $86,000 in cash. we are told joseph is among those arrested in contra kos ta county. an official with the california department of justice says gangs are their main focus. >> a number of highly financed, well organized gangs are in california and perpetrating serious and violent crimes against people of the state. >> operation red reach seized six vehicles including two assault rifles. >>> school officials and parents are outrag

federal agents arrested lewis lombardi over the weekend. he was arrested on selling drugs to an informant. bomb bar did i was a member of the narcotics enforcement team headed by norman wielsch. he and chris butler face numerous charges including conspiracy to sell drugs. >> los angeles police will give an update on the descriptions of two suspects suspected of beating bryan stow. 300 billboards are going up in southern california show the suspects. there is also a $100,000 reward. snow was trance fender to january general yesterday. stow remains in critical condition. >>> we have a warning for anybody planning to cross the memorial bay bridge. fill up your gas tank and be patient because there will are a detour. due to continuing work on the eastern span of the bay bridge tlesmt call it the oakland detour. >> the oakland raiders skeochg a touchdown all with having to touching down at the toll plaza on the oakland side of this entire project. you can check it out online before it happens in reality. i'll tell you about that in a minute. tak

they report lewis lombardy was let go from his job yesterday. it's not clear yet if he resigned or was fired. lombrdi appear northside court last week. the former commander of the drug task force. lombardi welsh and two others accused of selling drugs that they seized during raids and other crimes. >>> the san jose city council will study several ideas for reducing the city's retirement benefits republic employees for take consider before taking a final vote. he wants the council to declare state of emergency and put a pension reforme measure ton the ballot in november. in its meeting yesterday, the council vote today wait until june 21st, to make a decision on the mayor's -- mayor's request. city workers spoke out proposal at meeting. now in san francisco, mayor ed lee -- to rain in pension cost there as well. mayor lee came up with his proposal in talks with labor and business leaders. now, the mayor's proposal boosts most workers health care and pension contributions, puts a cap on pension benefits and raises a retirement age for most city wo

louis lombardi charged with several felonies including conspiracy to sell drugs, possession of the legal assault rifle. he is an officer in the san ramon police department who is currently on administrative leave. a scare for passengers on a flight bound for san francisco. this was after it was forced to make an emergency landing a loss vegas. kron 4 is a sfo, tonight passengers are finally beginning to come home. >>reporter: those passengers, some of them are finally arriving here a sfo. they landed about 40 minutes ago and i can tell you the very happy and relieved to be here in san francisco finally. let's show you video of the emergency landing that happened in lost vegas. the flight originally took off from miami and was supposed to arrive at sfo but halfway through the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. that forced the emergency landing in lost vegas. american airlines flight 431 landed safely with about 165 passengers and crew members on board. that landing happened at about 11:00 a.m.. some of them are now slowly coming here to sfo, i spoke to a few of them. >> several hours in

since then commander norman wielsch and lombardi have been accused of drug dealing in the growing scandal. >> i just all along felt something was rotten. that there are some things that have been covered up that will come to light. >> kristen: in the civil suit for timothy mitchell's death. they will hear arguments from both sides and decide if the case will go to trial. >> eric: campbell police have located a missing three-year-old girl that they believe was abused by the mother and mother's boyfriend. they found the girl with her mother. the mother jane marin was taken into custody. >> it's an area where we have information she may have had some friends in that area. so they developed some leads that she would possibly going to this particular parking lot. they set up on the parking lot and located them. >> the girl was taken to a hospital and is now with child protective service. the mother's former boyfriend george rodriguez is also wanted for child abuse. they searched for her after getting a lead that the toddler was the victim of severe child abuse. while at the house on the border