DiMatteo remains behind bars; DA won’t answer questions
By Kathryn Reed
Gino DiMatteo will be spending Thanksgiving in jail.
The South Lake Tahoe resident accused of federal drug violations had a hearing Nov. 19 in Sacramento and is scheduled to be back in court on Nov. 26 to discuss whether he will be granted bail.
Gino DiMatteo
Lake Tahoe News requested an accounting of hours and money spent on the DiMatteo case by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. The leaders of those two departments, Vern Pierson and John D’Agostini, respectively, never got back to LTN.
Personnel in the county’s Chief Administrators Office and Auditors Office said they are not privy to those numbers.
Pierson via press release, because that’s the only way he communicates, says there is still an investigation into possible wrongdoing by South Lake Tahoe officials. He refused to elaborate.
Because Pierson’s position is elected, the Board of Supervisors has no control over him. He is supposed to be accountable to the people. All the board can do is approve that office’s budget.
God Bless this man and his family!
Our Father who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
And all over marijuana?! Save space in our jails for real criminals! And let the state handle these things…the feds have other things to focus on.