Man arrested has $50,000 in duffle bag

Charged for money laundering, third-degree felony

Updated: Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 11:48 AM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 6:54 AM MDT

Pamela Cosel

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police stopped a man for a traffic violation on Thursday, and when he did not produce a driver's license nor proof that he owned the vehicle, events led officers to find a duffle bag with more than $50,000 in it.

Christopher Emanu Carbujal, 22, was driving a Ford Taurus that police later found was being rented for $100 a day from a woman in Dallas who never expected the car to leave the Dallas area.

During the traffic stop, the officer smelled marijuana, and police conducted a narcotics search with a trained police dog. That's when cash was found in the car's trunk, in a shoe box inside a duffle bag. Police found no luggage nor changes of clothing.

According to the affidavit, Carbujal told police the money was an inheritance from his deceased father's estate. He said he was an unemployed brick layer and that he bought the car but hadn't had the title transferred yet since he had no driver's license.

When police asked Carbujal to produce a paper trail on the inheritance and the purchase of the vehicle, he could not, according to the report. He allegedly told police he kept his money out of banks and in his backyard, since he did not handle money well nor trusted banks.

He told police there was $75,000 in the bag, when police found only $50,125. He also told police he was en route to Mexico to invest the cash with his aunt in Michoacan, who owned a grocery store.

Once jailed, he allegedly told police he dealt in small amounts of hydromarijuana.

The affidavit states police believe due to the amount of cash and the way Carbujal was using a car that belonged to someone else, along with his statements and the circumstances, that he is likely a courier for drugs and/or drug money into Mexico.

Based on probable cause, Carbujal was charged with money laundering, a third-degree felony. Bond was set at $50,000.

'Portrait of a Girl,' the missing painting worth $1.35 million.

Lombard for NewsKristyn Trudgeon is suing over the loss of her painting.

A Manhattan man is being sued for losing a $1.35 million painting.

He blames the booze - saying the Jean Baptiste Camille Corot masterpiece, "Portrait of a Girl," vanished following a bender at The Mark hotel.

The artwork's co-owner, Kristyn Trudgeon, isn't buying James Haggerty's tale.

"I think he's a complete fumbling idiot," a visibly annoyed Trudgeon said outside her West Side apartment. "He's just a complete a--hole."

Trudgeon and Tom Doyle, who co-own the painting, had hired Haggerty, an old pal, to assist with a possible sale of "Portrait of a Girl" to London gallery owner Offer Waterman.

A July 28 afternoon appointment in Doyle's Empire State Building office fell apart when the Brit wanted a closer look at the painting.

The men agreed to meet later at midtown bistro Rue 57 with Doyle,who then ordered Haggerty to take the painting to The Mark, which is on the upper East Side, for further inspection by Waterman.

What happened next remains a boozy blur.

The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, says hotel security footage at 10:54 p.m. shows Haggerty sitting at a table with the painting. Six minutes later, he left the painting at the hotel's front desk and entered its bar with Waterman, who yesterday told the Daily News he was annoyed that Haggerty showed up without an appointment.

"That struck me as wrong," he said in a phone interview from London.

At 11:30 p.m., the two men left the bar, retrieved the painting and had a conversation in the hotel lobby, court papers say.

"Something just didn't feel right and I didn't want to be involved," Waterman said. "So I said no, and I said goodbye."

Haggerty went back to the hotel bar at 11:34 p.m. and once more deposited the painting at the front desk. He resurfaced 90 minutes later, the suit says, when he stumbled out with the painting and a doorman asked if he needed a taxi. "No," Haggerty allegedly slurred. "I have a car."

At 2:30 a.m., he finally returned home to his Trump Place apartment, minus the painting. Later that morning, the suit says, he informed Doyle that he couldn't recall its whereabouts because of his boozy blowout.

"We're skeptical as to the explanation," said Max DiFabio, a lawyer for Trudgeon.

The painting was part of a collection that made the rounds of museums in Paris, Beijing, San Francisco, Tokyo and Buffalo. Doyle, an executive with Imperial Jets, did not return calls, and Haggerty, who also works at the company, was missing in action at his homes in Manhattan and Long Island.

"Until we are able to account for that one hour and 40 minutes, we suspect anything," DiFabio said.

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   September 1^st people are tough, and able to handle the difficulties fate has in store for them. They tend to be pragmatic, practical yet charming, with an approach to life that is straightforward and direct.    Those born on this day often have quite spectacular fantasies but demonstrate a knack for bringing such dreams down to the practical level, which can earn them a good financial return on their ideas.

     September 1^st people do not fool around at all when it comes to their work. They resent any attempt to make light of what they do or to undercut their efforts, they are, however, capable of listening to constructive criticism-always interested in knowing how they can do something better.

   Those born on the 1^st of the month are ruled by the number 1. Often people born on the 1^st like to be first. Generally, those ruled by the number 1 are highly individualistic and opinionated, and eager to rise to the top, particularly those born on September 1^st.

Advice: Learn to quit, when to walk away, even when to run away. You may not be quite as powerful as you think you are. Be guarded in dispensing advice. Try to cultivate a less serious aspect. Actively seek out and learn from others.

Strengths: Conscientious, physical and fearless.

Weaknesses:  Insistent, grim and unyielding.

Born On This Day: Rocky Marciano, Lily Thomlin, Ann Richards, and Barry Gibbs

This Day In History:   Atlanta falls to Union forces

On this day in 1864, Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman lays siege to Atlanta, Georgia, a critical Confederate hub, shelling civilians and cutting off supply lines. The Confederates retreated, destroying the city's munitions as they went. On November 15 of that year, Sherman's troops burned much of the city before continuing their march through the South. Sherman's Atlanta campaign was one of the most decisive victories of the Civil War.

Famous Inventions:     1486 the first known copyright was granted in Venice.

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Memo: The Washington Times could be sold for $1

KATHLEEN MILLER

Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  

(08-31) 16:45 PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) --

The company that owns The Washington Times said the newspaper could be sold for $1 to a Unification Church-affiliated buyer, according to in a memo released to the media Tuesday.

Editorial adviser Michael Marshall's memo said the preliminary agreement would essentially transfer the paper from a company controlled by Preston Moon, the son of Unification Church leader and newspaper founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon, to a firm headed by Doug Joo, one of the elder Moon's allies.

Joo had been the publication's chairman, but was ousted in November 2009 along with Thomas P. McDevitt, the paper's president and publisher; and Keith Cooperrider, the chief financial officer. Joo did not immediately return a voicemail message left at his home phone number Tuesday.

News World Communications, the company controlled by Preston Moon, is also asking Joo's Delaware-based News World Media Development to assume the paper's financial and legal obligations to its employees and creditors in the tentative deal, according to the memo. The proposed deal is subject to a 30-day due diligence period.

The conservative newspaper has struggled financially. It cut roughly 40 percent of its staff this year and eliminated its sports section.

Sam Dealey, the newspaper's executive editor, confirmed the tentative deal to transfer ownership last week but declined to comment on Marshall's memo on Tuesday. Don Meyer, a spokesman for the newspaper, also declined to comment.

Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 7:26 PM

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Brandon/APSarah Palin at Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally.

John McCain shocked voters and pundits alike by picking Sarah Palin as a running mate in 2008, and McCain's daughter reveals the choice caused plenty of behind-the-scenes drama too.

In her new book "Dirty Sexy Politics," Meghan McCain says Palin brought "stress, drama, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty" to the campaign.

"She was not just an overnight success or even a political Cinderella story," McCain writes in an excerpt obtained by ABC News. "She was a sudden, freakishly huge, full-fledged phenomenon. It seemed too much. And it seemed too easy."

Speaking out about the former Alaska Gov. for the first time, McCain admits she once wondered if her father's loss "was Sarah Palin's fault."

She ultimately decided Palin wasn't responsible for John McCain's failure to win the presidency.

"I do clearly state at the end that we did not lose because of her, and I'm speaking out now because I do have conflicting feelings about her," McCain said Tuesday on ABC's Good Morning America. "She brought so much momentum and enthusiasm to the campaign."

McCain, who writes for her website McCainBlogette.com and is a columnist for The Daily Beast, describes herself as a moderate voter.

She told ABC that in the last two years she has developed a respect for Palin as a "Republican feminist," even though, "It's no secret that I'm so unlike her."

At the time, McCain says she was just as surprised as the rest of the country by her father's selection to have Palin join him on the 2008 ticket.

"In my heart of hearts, I'd always hoped my father would pick Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate," she writes, though she remembers going to sleep the night before the announcement assuming her father would name then-Gov. of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney.

McCain also says she predicted problems on the campaign trail even before Palin joined the team.

"Drama was inevitable on a campaign and created almost out of thin air. Tempers were always flying, and feelings were always being hurt. There was no question that a running mate would add to the confusion and upset," she writes. "But I couldn't have predicted just how serious it was going to get."

One memorable stumbling block were Palin's botched interviews with CBS Anchor Katie Couric.

"Katie Couric's interview with her before the vice presidential debate had been disastrous," McCain writes. "Unhappy with her performance, Palin seemed to blame the interview on the campaign. And she continued to blame other poor interviews and snafus on the campaign too.

"Sarah Palin. She was turning out to be somebody who leaves a wake of confusion and chaos - to the point of dizziness - wherever she went."

Though McCain now says there are a lot of things she does like about Palin, she stayed cagey on where her vote would lie if the former VP candidate runs for president in 2012.

"I really don't like these hypothetical questions...It depends on the situation," McCain told ABC. "It's going to be a very interesting election, no matter what happens."

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Facebook post gets Detroit-area juror in hot water

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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A judge removed a juror from a trial in suburban Detroit after the young woman wrote on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over.

Hadley Jons, of Warren just north of Detroit, could be found in contempt when she returns to the Macomb County circuit court Thursday.

Jons, 20, was a juror in a case of resisting arrest. On Aug. 11, a day off from the trial and before the prosecution finished its case, she wrote on Facebook that it was "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty."

The post was discovered by defense lawyer Saleema Sheikh's son.

Circuit Judge Diane Druzinski confronted Jons the next day and replaced her with an alternate.

"You don't know how disturbing this is," Druzinski said, according to The Macomb Daily.

A message seeking comment was left for Jons on Monday.

"I would like to see her get some jail time, nothing major, a few hours or overnight," Sheikh said. "This is the jury system. People need to know how important it is."

Sheikh's son, Jaxon Goodman, discovered the comment while checking jurors' names on the Internet. He works in his mother's law office.

"I'm really proud of him," Sheikh said.

Without Jons, the jury convicted Sheikh's client of a felony but couldn't agree on a separate misdemeanor charge.

Hadley Jons

     Those born on August 31^st are very much concerned with being in the public eye themselves and/or helping others to make their way in society. Those born on this day are usually people who find themselves deeply involved with events occurring around them.  Not only are they inevitably drawn in to the main currents of life, but they are also fated to stand out, sometimes in a quiet way, from those around them.   Some August 31 people are entertaining, simply fun to be around. Others are more serious and concerned with improving the lot of those around them.  The more entertaining type loves to perform and lift the spirits of his/her family and friends.  The more serious type is more interested in educating others, whether through example or by actively promoting principles and/or knowledge.   Regardless of how they express themselves socially, those born on this day are most often found working in the service of their fellow human beings, trying to improve the general state of things through their efforts.

   August 31 people know what makes others tick.  Whether as parents, performers, bosses or teachers, they are psychologically astute, able to understand and influence the thoughts and moods of others, and perhaps enlighten them.

     August 31^st people have an attractive air about them which most people like.  They have a kind of quiet and solid charm that invariably attracts others to them.  Therefore, although they are good team members, their lot is often to become leaders.  Such a position of leadership suits their talents-organizational skills and decision-making ability, to name two-but on the other hand, may be stressful for their personality.  Generally August 31 people display an aversion to ostentation.

     Generally, August 31^st people do not have difficulty finding their way in the world.  Their great struggle, however, will be reconciling their public commitments and their private wishes and needs.  Having a getaway to escape to, a cherished hobby or a secret role which they play far from the public eye is often essential to their psychological well-being.

   Those born on the 31^st day of any month are ruled by the number 4 (3+1=4).  Since only 7 months have a 31st day it is a bit of an unusual number for a birthday, and the people born on these days are equally unusual and hard to fathom.  Those ruled by the number 4 can be difficult or argumentative, since they so often see things differently from others.  They also take rejection very hard.

Advice:    Seek inner guidance. Spend more time alone with yourself and lessen your need for approval or attention.  Find a good balance between fun and responsibility.

Strengths:  Dynamic, influential and fun

Negatives:   Frazzled, socially dependent and caustic

Born on This Day:  Maria Montessori, Edwin Moses, Frank Robinson and Richard Gere

This Day In History:      Aug 31, 1997  Princess Diana dies

Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris' Pitie-Salpetiere Hospital after suffering massive chest injuries in an early morning car accident. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, was killed instantly in the 12:25 a.m. crash, as was driver Henri Paul, who was drunk and lost control of the Mercedes in a highway underpass. He was driving at excessive speeds in a reckless attempt to escape paparazzi photographers. Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees Jones, escaped with serious but nonfatal injuries. He was the only one wearing his seat belt. The death of Diana, beloved by millions for her beauty and good nature, plunged the world into mourning.

Famous Inventions:  1897 Thomas Edison patented a kinetographic camera.

Monday, August 30th 2010, 3:00 PM

Martin/APSarah Palin at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington.

Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned with, but the majority of Americans don’t think she’d make an effective President.

A new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released Monday found that despite her star status, 59% of Americans don't think Palin would be a hit in the White House.

Even among Republicans, just 40% said the former vice presidential candidate would make an effective President.

Since she broke onto the national stage in 2008, Palin has leveraged her political past into multi-million dollar book deals, high-profile speeches, and a Midas touch when it comes to endorsing Republican candidates for the House and Senate, but she hasn't convinced voters she'd be a success as President.

Results showed 75% of Democrats and 63% of independents did not feel she would be effective in office.

Only 26% of those surveyed said they felt confident she would be a successful President, including 47% of Republicans, 12% of Democrats, and 21% of independents.

Though voters may not feel ready for a Palin 2012 ticket yet, the former Alaska governor has managed to maintain her star power.

At least 80,000 people came to see her speak on Saturday at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" event in Washington, D.C.

And out of 19 primary races in which Palin endorsed a candidate before the election, 11 won.

Despite the rumors that Palin intends to challenge Obama in the next presidential election, the Wasilla native has not confirmed her intention to run for office.

"I’ve never committed to running for President,” she told Fox News earlier this month. "That’s not where my focus is."

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