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ismnotwasm

(42,436 posts)
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 07:51 PM Mar 2014

GOP candidate for governor is a registered sex offender

(In keeping with my Shi* republicans day theme--gratuitous corrections welcome)

One of four gubernatorial candidates introduced to California Republicans recently is a registered sex offender who spent more than a decade in state prison, convicted of crimes including voluntary manslaughter and assault with intent to commit rape.
Glenn Champ, 48, addressed hundreds of GOP delegates and supporters Sunday at the site of the state party's semi-annual convention. Introduced by party chairman Jim Brulte and allotted 10 minutes, Champ spoke in between the main GOP candidates, former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari and state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino County.
Champ, a little-known political neophyte from the Fresno County community of Tollhouse, did not directly mention his criminal past during his speech but said, "In my life, I've been held accountable because of my stupidity. I do not want anyone else to be enslaved because of their lack of knowledge."


Champ's rap sheet is lengthy. Court records show that in 1992, he pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed firearm. In 1993, he was convicted of two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and as a result was placed on the state's sex-offender registry.
In March 1998, he accepted a plea deal on a charge of loitering to solicit a prostitute; later that year, he pleaded no contest to a voluntary manslaughter charge after hitting a man with his vehicle, for which he was sentenced to 12 years in state prison, according to court records.

In March 1998, he accepted a plea deal on a charge of loitering to solicit a prostitute; later that year, he pleaded no contest to a voluntary manslaughter charge after hitting a man with his vehicle, for which he was sentenced to 12 years in state prison, according to court records.
In an interview Friday, Champ acknowledged his criminal record, which was reported by KMJ radio in Fresno.
Champ said the assault case "was just for picking up some underage prostitutes" and resulted in a 90-day jail sentence. He said he turned his life around after the incident.


http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-glenn-champ-20140322,0,1243785.story#ixzz2wk6M8QGY
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GOP candidate for governor is a registered sex offender (Original Post) ismnotwasm Mar 2014 OP
Glenn Champ? Doctor_J Mar 2014 #1
LoL ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #5
Rethugs never cease to amaze me SummerSnow Mar 2014 #2
A lengthy rap sheet? theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #3
Heh! ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #4
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
1. Glenn Champ?
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 08:05 PM
Mar 2014

that has to be his porn name. Probably started life as Lowell Prescott Willard Worthington von Smythe VI.

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