Hayward: Bail kept at $420,000 for ex-cop accused of scamming mentally ill woman
Daily Review (Hayward, CA)Apr 25, 2015
Prosecutors say that Beal, who retired from the
She also provided "sexual favors" to Beal in his police car while he was on duty over a period of several years, according to court documents. The two used the code name "power bar" to describe the sexual favors the woman performed on Beal, the documents read.
"The victim is particularly vulnerable," said Judge
Beal told the woman, identified in court documents as
Beal never did buy a house with Joe's money. She reported the scam to police in February when she called the police department and learned that Beal had retired two years ago, contrary to his statements to her that he was still on the force, authorities say.
Prosecutor
"We have a police officer that, while a police officer, committed fraud," she said.
The victim fears for her safety, Campbell said. Beal physically abused the woman at least twice, the prosecutor said.
"He knows she, to use her term, 'snitched' on her. The defendant knows where she lives," Campbell said. Joe is afraid Beal will burn her house down, the prosecutor said.
Beal also presented himself as a police officer after he retired, she said. A search of Beal's home turned up a bag with a folded police uniform, his badge, boots and a holster with a fake gun placed at the end of his bed, the prosecutor said in court.
"He has a to-go bag for posing as a police officer," Campbell said.
More charges are possible, she said, after investigators found that Beal did not report any of the money Joe gave him on his income tax filings.
Beal's attorney,
"The government has elected to distribute a news release that I think is designed to inflame passions and prejudices, and I think that's unfortunate," he said.
Alameda County Public Defender
The district attorney's office declined to comment Friday regarding its course of action regarding a review of Beal's past cases.
The case was continued to
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