It looks like Denver
Henderson, the faux journalist from Montana, is just the tip of the iceberg
among Dave Regan’s standout recruits working on SEIU’s Kaiser
campaign.
Tasty has learned that Regan has assigned John Solis (another pillar of integrity) to work as an organizer
trying to convince workers at Kaiser Walnut Creek Medical Center in Northern
California to vote for SEIU-UHW in the upcoming NLRB election.
Solis is reportedly a former cop in the San Francisco Police Department
who got busted for grand theft after he defrauded Elvis
collectors of an estimated $32,000. By the way, Solis happened to commit his
felony while serving as a cop!
Oh... and Solis was also reportedly busted for shop-lifting toys at
Costco while wearing his police uniform, according to the San
Francisco Chronicle.
How did Solis swindle the Elvis merchants?
According to Solis’s wife, he’s been fascinated with “The
King” since he was 10 years old… and even built an Elvis shrine at the couple’s
home in Hercules, California.
Here’s how the San Francisco Chronicle tells the
next part of this pathetic, strange-ass story:
Hercules police say Solis ordered hundreds of Elvis compact discs, videos, books, watches and other collectible items, and in many cases claimed he never received them so he could get his money back from the shippers.It is a case that Hercules Police Detective William Imboden called ''nothing like I've ever seen before."Solis was arrested Monday and more than 800 items were seized from his home after more than four months of investigation, Imboden said yesterday.At the time of his arrest on suspicion of grand theft and forgery, Solis was already facing misdemeanor charges in San Francisco in connection with a shoplifting case.Prosecutors say Solis twice went to a Costco store in his police uniform in June, took toys from the shelf, claimed to have bought them and then tried to exchange them for similar, less expensive toys to get cash for the difference.
After his arrest on eight counts of grand theft and forgery,
Solis was held on $100,000 bail and later pleaded
‘no contest’ to grand theft.
In this article
-- “S.F. Cop Could Face ‘Jailhouse Rock’ If He Defrauded Elvis Fans” -- the
Chronicle describes how “Solis defrauded an Arkansas man out of 90 rare Elvis
videos worth $2,700” and “scammed a Texas woman for $3,700 worth of books, CDs
and other items.” Quite a guy.
Hmm... perhaps it wasn’t such a good idea for Regan to give Solis
access to Kaiser workers’ social security numbers and personal
information, including their employee ID numbers.
So what kind of stolen items did Solis display in
his shrine to “The King?” 650 CDs, 160 videos, 38 books, framed posters, plaques,
gold records, signed photos, wallets… even an Elvis eyeglass case.
Apparently, Solis used multiple aliases during his Elvis-inspired
crime spree, including “Alex
Alexander,” which is reportedly taken from his middle name. Here's how Solis
is listed on SEIU-UHW’s 2011 report to the U.S. Department of Labor (what's called an "LM-2").
Interestingly, Solis continues to be a topic of heated
conversation on Elvis fan sites, including ElvisNews.com
and elvis-collectors.com, where Elvis devotees have posted messages with titles like this: “Jailed Elvis Ripoff artist
on the prowl again!”
But wait… that’s not all.
Regan’s felonious storm-trooper is
also a less-than-stellar trade unionist! According to the monthly journal of
the San Francisco Police Officers Association, Solis was suspended from the
union after he failed to pay his dues for a whole year! Check out the excerpt below.
Sounds like Solis will be super successful at convincing
Kaiser workers to vote for SEIU-UHW! Who else has Regan recruited to chase Kaiser workers down hospital hallways??
