we're trying to find stephen tanabe? >> reporter: 47-year-old stephen tanabe answered the door of his home in alamo. and when i asked him about the drug and conspiracy charges against him, his message was simple and clear. >> the only thing i'll say is i'm not guilty of this. it's guilty by association. and other than that i really can't comment on that because i've been ordered not to. >> reporter: tanabe works on the danville police force as a contracted officer from the contra costa sheriff's department. his arrest on friday followed the arrests of two others, norman weelsh, the commander of c-net and private investigator chris butler. prosecutors allege tanabe and wielsh would steal evidence drug from lockers and butler would sell the drugs. it's also alleged that butler would pay tanabe to arrest men for drunk driving in an effort to tarnish their reputations in contentious divorce proceedings. the victims were met by decoys, or attractive women who would take them to bars such as the vine in danville. the decoys wo

district attorney mark peterson told cbs 5 that stephen tanabe was arrested friday night.ff's office in a press release said the veteran was arrested for possession and transfer of an arrest rifle and conspiracy to possess and sell controlled sub answers. he would not comment on what connection he may have to norman wielsch. he was arrested last month on charges -- who allegedly helped sell the drugs. wielsch seen in custody in court and butler on the right are charged with more than two dozen felony could wants of allegely stealing, possessing and selling meth, marijuana and prescription drugs. the san francisco chronicle says all three men worked together in the antioch police department in the late 90s. david livingston said the arrest of deputy tanabe is a sad day. it should not reflect on the integrity or professionalism of the nearly one thousand other members of the office. danville police declined to comment and they referred us to the sheriff's office. they declined to appear on camera or hold a news conference. they issued a press release and not a mug shot. >> t

stephen tanabe is a danville police officer. was arrested in uniform on the job on friday on weapons and drug charges. he is accused of selling steroids. tanabe has been linked to normal we'llish the -- norman wielsch the former head of of the contra costa county drug task force and chris butler a private investigator. butler allegedly sold stolen drugs. there was a ruse setting up drunk drivers, as well. an attorney told us some of the arrests happened outside a danville bar that butler the private eye would hire decoys to get men going through messy divorces drunk then send tanabe out to arrest them. these three men apparently all knew each other as former antioch police officers. today a case is going to court involving the three officers. the public defender is expected to ask that the case be dismissed. >> thank you, christin ayers in danville. >>> we are following a developing story in st. louis, missouri. two u.s. marshals and a st. louis police officer shot at a gunpoint and rushed to the hospital. these are lives pictur

. >>> a contra costa county sheriff avenue deputy is in custody because the 47-year- old, stephen, tanabe, was arrested last night on drug chunk -- drug charges and conspiracy charges. they also say he was hired by christopher butler -- butler with cases he was working. >>> right now, pg&e is scrambling to collect more than a million pages of records as it faces questions from the deadly san bruno explosion. allie rasmus says the utility has just ten days to come up with the paperwork. >> reporter: the paperwork came in by the truck load packed in bags. security guards wouldn't let us pass this gate at the cow palace but we watched work grews unload boxes. >> they've been collecting, scanning about 250 million of records -- million records and putting them in the database. >> reporter: workers are working around the clock to process that paperwork. before 7:00 a.m., workers lined up behind the building to start a 12-hour shift. pg&e must turn over that information to the p.u.c. by march 15th. they were ordered to do so after they found the records on the san bruno pipeline were not accura

when the men drove away stephen tanabe was there to arrest them for drunk driving. tanabe was hired by private investigator christopher butler to make the dui arrest. butler was hired by the ex-wives. if the allegations prove true, the tie case against the men -- the dui cases against the men could be dismissed. >> sounds fraudulent to me that they set up these decoys. >> all tied to the same cnet scandal that landed norman welsh in jail. tanabe faces charges of weapons possession and conspiracy to sell drugs. they're accused of stealing drugs from evidence and selling them. defense attorney michael cardoza represents welsh. >> we were involved with certain things. my client will stand up to those charges and will do the right thing at the right time. but he wasn't involved with everything. >> reporter: the private investigator mike spencer referred cases to butler because of his ability to work with video technology. the allegation shocked spencer and said they of decoys is frowned upon. >> it's rare in the business. if it makes you feel weird in your gut or if it

stephen tanabe was arrested on friday and is accused of conspireing with the private investigator named christopher butler, seen right here in this court footage. butler is accused of selling stolen drugs from the police departments. in addition to the drug charges, in tanabe's case, prosecutors say butler paid tanabe to arrest men for drunk driving. we just spoke to a private investigator who knows butler, and he told he is surprise how'd this scandal is unfolding. he adds that butler has always been professional with him, and points out butler has not been convicted of a crime. >>> many bay area women are celebrating the 100th anniversary of international women's day. ♪ well, the actual day is tuesday, march 8th, organizers and supporters gathereded this afternoon in san francisco. not only where they celebrating 100 years of women's progress, they're pushing a domestic worker's bill of rights in california. employers of housekeepers, nannies, caregivers and their families also gathered during the event. >> domestic workers, the work that is done to take care of our homes and our chil

stephen tanabe was arrested on suspicion of possession and transfer of an assault rival and conspiracy to sell substances, he is is a sheriff's deputy who works as a police officer. they say tanabe's arrest was the result of an ongoing investigation into the state department of juts central contra costa narcotics team. last month the team leader and a private investigator were arrested on charges of selling drugs. >> but now that we're getting other information about other officers perchance being involved it goes complicate it. >> reporter: he represents curtis. he says his client was only involved with butler, no one else. >> i look at that investigative agency as the hub of this. and out from that come different spoke. >> reporter: one of those spoke according to the san francisco chronicle involves officer tanabe responsible for two arrests made near a bar. car does a was in court last friday when the prosecutor alleged men in contested divorces and custody battles were being settle up by the private investigator. >> and someone comes up with the idea "well, let's get your husband

the most recent arrest involves stephen tanabe a danville police officer who was arrested in uniformis accused of selling steroids. tanabe is linked to normal wielsch the head of of the contra costa county narcotics team and chris butler a private investigator, both accused of stealing drugs that were rounded up in busts with butler allegedly selling the drugs. wielsch's attorney cells cbs 5 tanabe never sold drugs for his client but was instead involved in a ruse that involved setting up drunk drivers. >> we have the investigation agency setting up males in dui situations. >> reporter: that attorney told us some of the arrests happened outside a danville bar that butler the -- private eye would use. he would get decoys to get men going through a messy divorce drunk then send tanabe out to arrest them. now, all of three these men knew each other because they were all former antioch police officers. there is one case going into court today that could be dismissed. it is a drug case involving these officers and we understand the public defender is going to ask that it be dismissed. >>

the sand and sister product reported that deputy stephen tanabe told sheriff's deputies that a drunkdriving arrest of the two were making ads had a day and go bar was set up. that the target needed to be dirtied for a future court date. he was working with a private investigator could been hired by the targets were if for $5,000. he has not been charged. and napa state hospital patients suspected of battering a hospital employee is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. he is charged with assault with intent to cocommit rape. he's being held on 250 bill. it was the third high profile act of violence. but donors are being warned to let go for a rat poisoning. open the boxes were reported in two incidents as. city staff remove the boxes that were reported no dogs have been injured, none have been reported. outside, bay bridge toll plaza will be back with more. turn weather in oakland is mild, 51 degrees it will warm to the upper 60s this afternoon. whoa! [ female announcer ] no one likes a bath tissue that leaves lots of pieces behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. with a d

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sources close to the arrest of stephen bye naby say he was arrested on duty last friday. tanabeas on patrol when they called him back to the danville police station where sheriff's deputies were wait to go arrest him, for not transferring an assault rival, which is side stepping the law, but also selling steroids in the now infamous drug sting that led to the arrest of christopher butler and, more alarming, the aarrest of the head of the contra costa narcotics team, norm agriculture welsh. >> i look at that agency as the hub of that. outcome the spoke. one of the spoke, my client is on. >> reporter: he denies officer tanabe sold drugs for his client. he says tanabe is involved with butler in an even more vicious scheme. >> you would have the investigation agency setting up males in dui situations. >> reporter: private eye butler is accused of of using william women to liquor up men and once they got behind the wheel they called tanabe who made the arrest. >> did they give to the police officer money. >> reporter: if so, the dui cases with tanabe's name on them could be thrown ou