Carmel Based Fresno Charity Must Pay Back Millions

Plus legal fees to the Pine Cone

Fresno Connection

County Superior Court in August 2018, ajury determined that the attorney general’s claims against Matthew G. Gregory, and his son, Matthew J. Gregory, were true, and that they had used misleading and deceptive fundraising practices in running unlawful charity raffles in California. Jurors also found that the elder Gregory’s wife, Danella, and daughter, Gina, had unjustly enriched themselves in the scheme.
The family used a Carmel post office box to raise money through its charities to establish a therapeutic horse riding program for veterans in Carmel Valley. But Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who called the family “con artists” in a 2018 news release, said the charities were fake, and the jury found they failed to use the money to help veterans. Instead, prosecutors said, family members spent the donations on dining, traveling, paying off credit card debt, and shopping, including at Victoria’s Secret.

Carmel Based Fresno Charity Must Pay Back Millions

Horse Rescue Charity Said To Be A Scam

It’s believed that the Gregorys are from Fresno. The “charity” has a Carmel Post Office Box for an address.

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Matthew G. Gregory, his wife, Danella J. Gregory, and their adult children, Matthew J. Gregory and Gina D. Gregory, operate Central Coast Equine Rescue and Retirement (CCERR) and Wounded Warriors Support Group (WWSG), Becerra said.

“CCERR and WWSG run raffles purportedly to support veterans and horses, but instead spend the donated proceeds for personal use,” the AG’s Office wrote in a press release.

Personal uses included spending $10,000 at a hunting store, buying cars, shopping at Victoria’s Secret and Nordstrom, paying off personal credit card debts, traveling, and restaurant bills, according to the lawsuit.

Horse Rescue Charity Said To Be A Scam

P.G. Police Get New Services Technician

What the job entails – if you never heard of a Police Services Technician.

oh, and because Fresno . .

Valerie Renfro will be sworn in as the newest member of the police department at 11:30 a.m. in the Pacific Grove City Council chambers. The public is welcome to attend.

Renfro previously worked as a Fresno County Sheriff’s Department dispatcher,

P.G. Police Get New Services Technician

P.G. Gets New Police Officer

New policeman from Fresno. Hope he doesn’t get too cold
Fresno Connection

The Pacific Grove Police Department announced the hire of Officer Charles L. Renfro, according to a release.

Renfro has more than 19 years of experience as a police officer, serving 16 of those years with the Fresno Police Department. He has also worked in patrol, investigations, street violence, homicide, problem-oriented policing, burglary, robbery, Internet crimes against children and sexual assault units and divisions.

P.G. Gets New Police Officer

One Less Fresno Tourist For Moe

Unless he makes bail..

Fresno Connection

Moe always mentions Fresno as where many P.G. tourists come from..

Fresno’s fire chief has been arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence and criminal threats.

Fresno County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Chris Curtice said James Robert Brown Jr. was arrested late Wednesday night after he apparently assaulted and threatened to kill family members during a disturbance at his home.

One Less Fresno Tourist For Moe

Save $11,000 A Year Sending License Renewal Work To Fresno

And charge businesses to do so.Fresno Connection

Moe always mentions Fresno as where many P.G. tourists come from..

The decision to work with Muniservices came in response to budget pressures and concerns that not all businesses in the city were paying the tax, Becklenberg said. The amount of the tax owed is linked to the annual gross receipts of the business.

Before contracting with Muniservices, Becklenberg said, the city had only a half-time worker to process about 1,600 business licenses at a cost of $38,000 per year. The new system is expected to reduce that cost to $29,000 a year, he said.

Save $11,000 A Year Sending License Renewal Work To Fresno