A federal building manager from Lakeside has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, theft of government property, and filing a false tax return.
Timothy Francis Cashman faces up to eight years in federal prison when he is sentenced Aug. 7 before U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel. He is free on $30,000 bond.
A federal building manager from Lakeside has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, theft of government property, and filing a false tax return.
Timothy Francis Cashman faces up to eight years in federal prison when he is sentenced Aug. 7 before U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel. He is free on $30,000 bond.
Cashman was a building manager with the federal General Services Administration and was responsible for managing a number of GSA facilities in the county including the border port of entries. Court documents say he demanded a company paint his home and replace his windows free of charge in 2007 in exchange for assistance on GSA contracts.
Cashman received $42,000 unlawfully in 2008 and 2009 for awarding a large contract for the Otay Mesa port of entry. The false income tax return charge says he never declared the kickbacks as income.
Cashman also sold government property. He is expected to be ordered to pay restitution at sentencing.
East County burglar to stand trial
Richard Taylor Fox, 20, was ordered May 7 to stand trial on charges of burglarizing four homes in Lemon Grove and Spring Valley, and one in San Diego.
Fox, of San Diego, was also ordered to stand trial for three attempted robberies in the Little Italy area where two victims were shot by a woman who was committed May 4 to a state mental hospital because she was found to be mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Several burglary victims testified in the preliminary hearing, as did the women who were shot. San Diego Superior Court Judge Ken So ordered Fox to next appear in court on May 21 to set a trial date. Judge Peter Deddeh committed Deanna Rodriguez, 29, to Patton State Hospital.
DNA and fingerprint evidence linked them to the crimes. Fox has pleaded not guilty and remains in the South Bay Detention Facility on $350,000 bail.
Man sentenced to seven years for evading police and reckless driving
Hector Miranda, 35, has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to evading El Cajon Police officers with reckless driving when he struck two vehicles.
El Cajon Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein imposed six years for evading officers and one year consecutively for his robbery conviction from 2008. He was credited with 288 days in jail and fined $2,324 on April 15.
Miranda was wanted on auto theft and assault charges and was seen leaving an El Cajon library on Nov. 19, 2014. He refused to pull over in a police traffic stop. Miranda side-swiped one car and hit another parked car before police blocked him from entering state Route 52 from N. Magnolia. A woman in his car was injured and taken to a hospital, but she was not charged.
Santee man released from jail
Kevin John Cave, 25, of Santee, has been released from jail after receiving credit for 321 days for aiding and abetting a robbery of a young man outside the Walmart store in Santee.
Cave was placed on three years probation and fined $563 by El Cajon Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein on April 29. Robert Johnson, 20, was stabbed and robbed of his backpack on Nov. 9, 2014.
Two brothers, Randy Ray Briley, 24, and Roady Douglas Briley, 29, were previously sentenced to three years and three years and eight months in prison respectively after they pleaded guilty to robbery. Roady Briley stabbed Johnson five times in the back, according to court records.
