News (Media Awareness Project) - US: CA: Accused agent Had Affair, Wife Is Told |
| Title: | US: CA: Accused agent Had Affair, Wife Is Told |
| Published On: | 1998-07-19 |
| Source: | Orange County Register (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 05:38:24 |
COURTS:THE WIFE IS ON HAND TO OFFER TO POST BAIL IN THE DRUG CASE, THEN SAYS
SHE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Los Angeles-a federal judge denied bail Wednesday for a state drug agent
from San Juan Capistrano jailed for allegedly distributing cocaine, and at
the hearing the agent's wife discovered that her husband had been having an
extramarital affair for the past year.
Diane Parker, the wife of Richard Wayne Parker, said she planned to offer up
her home, retirement plans and mother's Connecticut condominium as bail
collateral.
"He's going to be under house arrest. My house arrest," Diane Parker told
U.S. Magistrate Judge Rosalyn Chapman.
Diane Parker, a former Orange County sheriff's deputy, added that her
husband was "constantly" a good husband and father to their two young
children.
Assistant U.S.Attorney Rebecca Lonergan then asked Diane Parker whether she
know her husband had been having an affair for the past year and paying for
the other woman's $1,000-a-month Newport Beach apartment.
Diane Parker stared across the courtroom at her husband, who looked down at
a table.
Finally, she said she was unaware of the affair but knew the other woman was
"friends" with her husband.
So far, authorities have found about $680,000 in cash in cars and homes that
Richard Parker owns, as well as assault weapons and a business card for an
offshore bank, Lonergan said.
Diane Parker stared at her husband again, slipped off her wedding ring and
tucked it into her pocket.
"Are you still willing to support your husband?" Deputy Federal Public
Defender Pedro Castillo asked.
"I need a drink and a couple of hours to think about that, quite honestly,"
Diane Parker answered.
The judge denied Parker's bail, saying he had been "living a lie to his
family."
As federal marshals led Parker away, his wife called out, "I'll take care of
your children for you."
Parker, 43 a nine-year veteran of the California Bureau of Narcotic
Enforcement, and four others are charged with supplying cocaine for
distribution, authorities said last week.
They were arrested after a search of several homes turned up about 26 pounds
of cocaine and about $285,000. Drug-sniffing dogs also indicated there were
traces of cocaine in Parker's truck, the FBI said.
Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"
SHE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Los Angeles-a federal judge denied bail Wednesday for a state drug agent
from San Juan Capistrano jailed for allegedly distributing cocaine, and at
the hearing the agent's wife discovered that her husband had been having an
extramarital affair for the past year.
Diane Parker, the wife of Richard Wayne Parker, said she planned to offer up
her home, retirement plans and mother's Connecticut condominium as bail
collateral.
"He's going to be under house arrest. My house arrest," Diane Parker told
U.S. Magistrate Judge Rosalyn Chapman.
Diane Parker, a former Orange County sheriff's deputy, added that her
husband was "constantly" a good husband and father to their two young
children.
Assistant U.S.Attorney Rebecca Lonergan then asked Diane Parker whether she
know her husband had been having an affair for the past year and paying for
the other woman's $1,000-a-month Newport Beach apartment.
Diane Parker stared across the courtroom at her husband, who looked down at
a table.
Finally, she said she was unaware of the affair but knew the other woman was
"friends" with her husband.
So far, authorities have found about $680,000 in cash in cars and homes that
Richard Parker owns, as well as assault weapons and a business card for an
offshore bank, Lonergan said.
Diane Parker stared at her husband again, slipped off her wedding ring and
tucked it into her pocket.
"Are you still willing to support your husband?" Deputy Federal Public
Defender Pedro Castillo asked.
"I need a drink and a couple of hours to think about that, quite honestly,"
Diane Parker answered.
The judge denied Parker's bail, saying he had been "living a lie to his
family."
As federal marshals led Parker away, his wife called out, "I'll take care of
your children for you."
Parker, 43 a nine-year veteran of the California Bureau of Narcotic
Enforcement, and four others are charged with supplying cocaine for
distribution, authorities said last week.
They were arrested after a search of several homes turned up about 26 pounds
of cocaine and about $285,000. Drug-sniffing dogs also indicated there were
traces of cocaine in Parker's truck, the FBI said.
Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"
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