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Techstars and J.P. Morgan Launch Founder Catalyst Program in Oakland - Valdosta Daily Times

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Techstars and J.P. Morgan launch the fourth Founder Catalyst Program supporting early-stage women and non-binary founders in Oakland.

Techstars and J.P. Morgan launch the fourth Founder Catalyst Program supporting early-stage women and non-binary founders in Oakland.
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 10, 2022--
Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and programming for early-stage entrepreneurs, and leading global financial services firm J.P. Morgan, open applications for their next Founder Catalyst Program in Oakland, CA. Similar to the successful programs in Atlanta, Washington D.C., and Miami, this cohort will support 20 women and non-binary founders, with intentionality on serving the Bay Area’s LGBT+ community.
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Techstars and J.P. Morgan launch the fourth Founder Catalyst Program supporting early-stage women and non-binary founders in Oakland. (Photo: Business Wire)
Startups participating in this program will receive valuable startup education, mentorship, community building, and access to the Techstars worldwide network of entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and corporate partners. Participants will hone their entrepreneurial skills, better understand their target customers, and dig deeply into their innovative business ideas. The program will take place from October through December, 2022, where in-depth entrepreneurial sessions and resources will be given to participants in a primarily virtual, part-time format.
“The connections I made here with other women founders and LGBTQ founders was invaluable,” says Mia Cooley, former Founder Catalyst participant and founder of xHood. “It was truly an honor to be among the best that is to come. The intention shown from our mentors and Techstars team is inimitable.”
The previous three Techstars Founder Catalyst Programs in partnership with J.P. Morgan have led to nearly 1,000 mentor connections, four product launches, more than $850,000 raised and dozens of active investor conversations. Seven participants were also accepted into Techstars accelerators following program completion.
Through the Techstars Founder Catalyst Programs participants receive education on proven methodologies and access to world class resources, increasing chances of success. Techstars’ expertise stems from their experience operating nearly 50 accelerators around the world and maintaining a portfolio of more than 2,900 companies.
All women and non-binary founded, early-stage companies based in the Oakland & San Francisco Bay Area are encouraged to apply today through August 31 or contact foundercatalyst@techstars.com. Early applications are prioritized.
About Techstars
The Techstars worldwide network helps entrepreneurs succeed. Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas—entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to enable every person on the planet to contribute to, and benefit from, the success of entrepreneurs. In addition to operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, we do this by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Techstars has invested in more than 3,000 companies with a combined market cap of more than $140B. www.techstars.com
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America (“U.S.”), with operations worldwide. JPMorgan Chase had $4.0 trillion in assets and $285.9 billion in stockholders’ equity as of March 31, 2022. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. Under the JPMorgan and Chase brands, the Firm serves millions of customers in the U.S., and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients globally. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com
This Founder Catalyst program is supported by J.P. Morgan's Innovation Economy business unit, its Women on the Move initiative and the Office of LGBT+ Affairs. Through the Innovation Economy division, J.P. Morgan serves high-growth, early-stage companies, and founders with solutions they need to scale quickly, from credit and financing to treasury and payments, international banking, access to the Investment Bank, asset management, and more. The Women on the Move initiative fuels female ambition and advances financial equality by providing greater access to capital, networking, expertise, and advice to female clients, serving women-owned or women-run businesses at all stages of development, from start-ups through large corporations. The Office of LGBT+ Affairs is a global initiative dedicated to advancing equity and inclusion for the LGBT+ community, partners closely with stakeholders across the firm to promote intersectionality and leverage combined resources to deliver equity and inclusion for LGBT+ employees, clients, partners and communities, worldwide.
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Friday, August 12, 2022

Arts-and-Crafts style and Mid-Century Modern meet seamlessly in this unusual $9M Park Slope home - 6Sqft

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Amid the grand Victorian brownstones and elegant front gardens leading up to Prospect Park, the 1909 brick facade of this unique townhouse at 612 Third Street fits right in. But there’s much more to this $8,995,000 Park Slope townhouse. Its rear facade and interior architecture reflect an authentic Mid-Century Modern design history from a later era, with both aesthetics mixing beautifully throughout the 4,000-square-foot home. With decks, terraces, and patio spaces offering the promise of outdoor living, the five-story residence is a wonder from all angles and in all seasons, from its finished basement playroom to a glass-wrapped fifth-floor penthouse study.


Transformed from a double duplex to a custom-designed single-family dwelling, the townhouse is a showcase of considered design. Despite its sophisticated renovation, the home is livable and functional, with every inch of space being used efficiently.



Enter via the garden-level vestibule, past seamlessly disguised storage space and a powder room surrounded by plaster crown moldings and English brown oak paneling. The formal dining room with raised plaster paneling opens onto a sunny wraparound terrace via French doors.
The kitchen is streamlined, functional, and designed with details in mind. One side is lined in French walnut, while the other is stainless steel. The well-appointed space boasts premium appliances, plenty of storage, and lots of sunlight. A built-in banquette is perfect for breakfasts spent gazing out over the patio through a south-facing glass wall with sliding doors.
The private fenced garden boasts an illuminated glass wall. A piped gas grill awaits the outdoor chef.



A replica of the home’s original stairway takes you to the parlor floor. At the rear is a magnificent library lined with English brown oak shelving. This elegant room boasts a wet bar and a lovely view of the patio through French doors. A pair of ebonized wenge wood bi-fold doors set into a brass frame can be pulled closed to create a private retreat.
The living room has a four-windowed bay overlooking the front garden and a wood-burning fireplace with a marble surround. Also on this floor is a full marble-clad bath.





The primary suite occupies the entire third floor, where a large and luxurious bedroom has another four-windowed front bay with an integrated window seat. The closet and dressing area is as stunning as it is capacious, with 12 closets and overhead storage crafted of English brown oak with nickel hardware.
The primary bath is framed by Calacatta Gold marble slabs and a mosaic tiled floor. Fixtures include an oversized walk-in shower, a cast-iron whirlpool tub, and a double marble vanity modeled after the ones found in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel.




On the next floor are two more bedrooms with Venetian plaster accent walls, built-in desks and wardrobes, and en-suite baths. A hallway laundry closet conceals an Asko washer/dryer and linen storage.


On the top floor is the home’s crown jewel, a rooftop home office perched among the Park Slope treetops. Across a sprawling ipe wood terrace find Manhattan skyline and brownstone rooftop views. This enchanting penthouse space boasts a wall of custom millwork of Macassar ebony that conceals a wet bar, under-counter fridge, and ice machine. In true Mid-Century style, there’s a large sunken planter, and the space is wired for Sonos speakers and Wi-Fi.
Back down in the basement is even more space in the form of a finished recreation room/playroom. The space gets 100-amp electrical service and boasts a slop sink and more storage. The home has five-zone central air and three zones for heat with Nest HVAC app-based controls and a roof that was replaced four years ago.
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Best cheap gaming PCs of 2022 - Popular Science

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The HP Pavilion TG01-2170m offers great performance, even in the latest games.
The Acer Predator Orion 3000 comes with specs that will let new players explore what makes PC gaming great.
The Lenovo Legion Tower 5i delivers great 1080p frame rates and offers plentiful storage.
PC gaming has never been so exciting. Over the last few years, we’ve seen an explosion of new technologies like ray tracing and intelligent upscaling, which make games look and play better than ever before. Diving into the world of PC gaming can seem daunting and expensive, but it doesn’t need to be. Whether you’re looking to get lost in New World or stay up until the wee hours with just “one more turn” in Civilization VI, we’ve rounded up the best cheap gaming PCs to get you gaming without breaking the bank.
I’ve been a PC builder for more than 15 years and a tech critic for IGN, Tom’s Hardware, PC Perspective, and MMORPG.com for over half a decade. In that time, I’ve become intimately familiar with the components that make gaming PCs tick. A high price doesn’t always mean the best performance, and a low price doesn’t necessarily mean good value. So, for this round-up, I’ve scoured retail sites with an eye toward the hardware inside each machine. After finding the best bang for the buck in each product category, I took a close look at user reviews to identify any red flags, such as poor packaging or carelessness in the build process.  
Shopping for a gaming PC on a budget can be a confusing mix of big promises and perplexing specs. It’s important to know what matters most so you can cut through the hype and find a PC that will perform the way you expect it to. When buying a prebuilt gaming PC, the core components are just part of the picture. You also need to keep in mind its capacity to take on upgrades and other factors. Here’s what to keep an eye on when shopping around. 
The most important element to any gaming PC is its graphics card. The graphics card, or GPU, is responsible for rendering 3D graphics and is the most influential factor in how many FPS you’ll see in different games. If you’re going to spend extra money on a feature, it’s worth your while to get a PC with a more capable graphic card.
Two companies design different types of graphics cards: Nvidia and AMD. They license out their graphics processors to third-party manufacturers, such as EVGA and Sapphire, who create their own versions of each card with specs. These cards are broken into different standardized performance tiers. 
For Nvidia, the first two numbers indicate the card generation, and the third number specifies the caliber of the card. Nvidia current “30”-generation cards include the RTX 3050, RTX 3060, 3070, 3080, and 3090. 
For AMD’s Radeon cards, the first number indicates the generation, and the second specifies the card’s power. AMD’s current Radeon cards include the 6600, 6700, 6800, and 6900. 
Both companies also include half steps which offer slightly better performance than the base model. For Nvidia, these are noted with the “Ti” or “Super” branding. For AMD, it’s “XT.” 
The most important thing to consider when comparing different versions of the same GPU “make,” such as an Nvidia RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon 6700, is heat. When shopping for a less expensive GPU, a prerequisite for getting a cheap gaming PC, try to avoid GPUs with only one fan or ultra-slim designs. While they may be fine, it is more possible to push a low-end graphics card so hard that it slows down due to “thermal throttling.”
You’ll also want to give some thought to the central processing unit, or CPU. As with graphics cards, there are two primary manufacturers for processors: AMD and Intel. Both companies have a vast catalog of processors that may show up in cheap gaming PC configurations, but AMD’s Ryzen processors or Intel’s Core processors tend to be the most common. Like GPUs, each brand breaks its chips into different performance tiers that ascend in power as their number grows. For Intel, that’s Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9. For AMD, that’s Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 9. For gaming, we recommend sticking to Intel Core i5 and Ryzen 5 CPUs and above if possible.
When deciding which CPU is the best fit for your cheap gaming PC, it’s important to consider exactly what you plan to do with it. While some modern games work better with higher core counts, for pure gaming, a quad-core CPU is probably good enough. If you plan to stream or multitask with video or audio editing software, it’s wise to save up and go for at least six cores to prevent any potential bottlenecks. 
You should also pay attention to the processing speed, measured in GHz. That indicates how many processing cycles a processor can compute per second. For gaming, it’s wise to target the 4GHz to 5GHz range or above (that’s 4 billion to 5 billion processing cycles per second). Many games benefit from higher clock speeds over higher core counts, so higher speed can often result in higher FPS. 
Finally, the generation of processors can also affect your CPU’s performance. New generations of processors often add new features that improve performance, in addition to adding more power. As a rule, it’s best to decide on how many cores you need first and then buy the fastest, newest CPU you can afford after that.
Memory is another critical component. Whether you’re gaming, streaming, or just browsing the web with a dozen different tabs open, once your memory fills up, system performance suffers. In 2022, you need at least 8GB of RAM. Realistically, 16GB is the current “sweet spot” for both price and performance but may be hard to find in a less expensive system. Luckily, it is also one of the easiest and most affordable PC upgrades. You can even add more memory yourself.
Games are getting bigger every year, so it’s important to consider how much and what kind of storage you’ll need for the games you would like to play. Broadly, there are three kinds of hard drives you should be aware of: mechanical hard drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and NVMe drives. Mechanical hard drives are by far the slowest but offer the best capacity per dollar. NVMe drives are the fastest but most expensive. Solid-state drives are a middle ground between price and performance.
When choosing a gaming PC, try to find one with at least an SSD to run your operating system and most-played games. Compared to traditional hard drives, using an SSD as your primary hard drive cuts down on in-game load times and makes the entire system feel faster and more responsive. Many cheap gaming PCs will feature smaller SSDs, so you may need to swap out which games are installed on it as you finish and move on to new titles. 
The other big thing to consider is how much storage you’ll need altogether. Games are bigger than ever. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, for example, can easily occupy more than 200GB, so settling on a PC with a 256GB hard drive wouldn’t be a good choice for Call of Duty fans. Look at the recommended storage requirements for your favorite games to get an estimate for how much storage space you require. Modern PCs generally have room for many internal hard drives, so some gaming PCs may come with a small SSD and larger HDD. You can also install extra hard drives, if you’re open to the idea of upgrading on your own.
If it’s your first time buying a prebuilt gaming PC, you might be surprised to find that prebuilt gaming PCs often don’t come with a mouse and keyboard, and only rarely include a monitor, with the tower. Be sure to read the product listing carefully to identify exactly what is included with your purchase.
Though it might not seem so at first, separating the price of the PC from these accessories can actually be a good thing. When you’re purchasing a cheap gaming PC, you want every spare dollar to be invested in the hardware to improve the gaming experience. Often, any accessories that come with a prebuilt PC are poorly made and among the first things you’ll want to replace in a new setup. This isn’t always the case: Sometimes pack-ins can genuinely enhance the value of a PC bundle but look carefully at the whole package when buying a bundle—sometimes the “added value” of the accessories isn’t worth the savings.
One of the most important factors to consider in buying a prebuilt gaming PC online is how well it will be built and how the vendor will actually ship it to you. Certain components, like the graphics card, should be secured during shipping to prevent damage to the motherboard. Other considerations, like cable management, can have a direct impact on the temperature of the PC and its performance in games. These elements are rarely included in online product listings, so it’s worth the extra time to read product reviews from real customers. 
And even the best gaming PC can have problems. Read the warranty guarantee and user reports about how the company handles post-purchase support. This is also a case where investing in an extended warranty isn’t always a bad idea, especially if the factory warranty is only 30 days.
Now you know what to look for to ensure the optimum experience at the best price. Here’s our selection of the best cheap gaming laptops we’ve found for around $1,000. In most cases, you can upgrade if the model you selected doesn’t have all the features you want.
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Why it made the cut: The HP Pavilion TG01-2170m offers great performance, even in the latest games.
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The HP Pavilion easily offers the overall best cheap gaming PC we’ve encountered. This configuration equips it with a powerful RTX 3060 and 16GB of RAM for $1,309 and is the most powerful gaming PC in our line-up. It’s capable of the best FPS of any machine we considered and can be pushed even further with only a slightly higher budget. 
The stock prebuilt price here is higher than our target, but the good news is that you can go to HP’s online store and configure it with a much wider range of specs. If you’re willing to drop to a quad-core Ryzen 3 5300G, you can get the price down to an impressive $1,019. Of course, we’d recommend spending a little more to get a better processor or a bigger hard drive. No matter how much you spend, though, you can get a lot of machine for your money.
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Why it made the cut: This PC delivers great 1080p frame rates and offers plentiful storage.
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The Legion Tower 5i from Lenovo is easily the best cheap gaming PC for new content creators looking for a machine to let them try streaming on a budget. It comes equipped with a high-quality, modern Intel processor with enough cores to handle gaming and streaming at once. Its Nvidia GTX 1660 SUPER has plenty of horsepower to run modern games at medium to high settings, ensuring your audience has the high-quality stream they crave. When it’s time to edit together your latest killstreak, it has space to spare with its 256GB SSD (perfect for installing your favorite game or two) and a 1TB hard drive for archiving video clips. 
The one area this PC feels limited is memory, as it only includes 8GB of system memory. This is a bit light for ensuring great stream performance, especially if you would like to monitor your chat in a second window. The rest of the system is uniquely suited to aspiring streamers, so it gets our recommendation, but we would suggest saving up for an upgraded memory kit as soon as possible, or purchasing the 16GB model.
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Why it made the cut: The Minisforum Elitemini HM90 is a tiny PC that can hide out behind your monitor, but has the horsepower for both streaming and content creation.
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The Minisforum Elitemini HM90 is tiny, by gaming PC standards. Coming in at only 6 x 6 x 2 inches, it’s small enough to hide behind a television or even mount on the back of a larger monitor. Despite its small stature, this diminutive mini PC is surprisingly powerful thanks to a high-spec Ryzen 9 CPU. The configuration we went with also includes 16GB of memory and a fast 512GB NVMe SSD.
The drawback to having the best compact cheap gaming pc is that it doesn’t have space for a dedicated graphics card. Instead, the Elitemini HM80 finds its gaming chops in the integrated Radeon graphics of its processor. That’s going to force you to make some serious compromises on graphics settings, but you will still be able to run many modern games at playable frame rates. (This makes it an especially appealing option for some esports players.)
It may not have the graphical power of a bigger gaming PC with a dedicated graphics card, but the Elitemini is one of the only options at this price that can mount to your television and allow you to enjoy PC gaming from the comfort of your couch, saving the need for an unsightly tower.
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Why it made the cut: This unassuming little gaming PC won’t distract. Get work done during the day and dive into your favorite game at night. 
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If you’re not sold on glass side panels and RGB lighting, the Dell G5 is the best cheap gaming PC for work and play and won’t distract you with unnecessary flash. With its single blue LED strip and completely opaque design, there’s no need to worry about getting distracted from the job at hand—whether that’s tackling an after-hours spreadsheet or soaring to your latest win in Fortnite
Despite its simple exterior, the G5 desktop is a great fit for light gaming. It features a recent Intel Core i5 processor and an AMD Radeon RX 5300 to deliver stable frame rates at 1080p with reasonable settings. The combination even opens the door to streaming and basic video editing.
That said, with an older GPU that’s almost ready for retirement, it lacks the horsepower to push the latest games to high frame rates. It’s best suited for light to moderate PC gamers that don’t mind turning settings down to achieve the best performance. Still, this machine is up for just about any productivity task you’d care to throw at it and won’t immediately let on that’s it’s designed for gaming to your coworkers or non-gaming friends.
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Why it made the cut: The Acer Predator Orion 3000 brings specs that will let new players explore what makes PC gaming great.
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For new PC gamers looking for the best cheap gaming PC for beginners, Acer has one of the most compelling bundle packages we’ve come across with the Predator Orion 3000. The desktop expertly balances price, performance, and aesthetics, making for a superb introduction to the world of PC gaming. It has specs capable of streaming, light video editing and, of course, playing modern PC games. The Predator Orion 3000 bundle also comes with a mouse and keyboard, so all you’ll need is a monitor to get started. 
One of the highlights of this system is its subdued yet stylish look. It doesn’t overdo it with RGB lighting, but its blue front fan and slim LED strips make it clear that this is a machine purpose-built for PC gaming. If you’re shopping for a PC gamer who may not have their style preferences set in stone, this is a great entry point. 
The biggest drawbacks to this machine are its low memory (8GB) and the generic, unimpressive quality of its included peripherals. A less than ideal amount of RAM is par for the course in low-end gaming PCs, unfortunately, but you can always install more on your own. And there are great gaming mice and gaming keyboards available when you’re ready to upgrade.
Of course! The world of PC gaming is rich, diverse, and at the cutting edge of game development. Since PCs don’t release in generations the way consoles do and the barriers to entry for developers are fewer, there is a wider array of games to choose from. Many of the most popular games of the last five years have begun their lives on PC, such as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). Likewise, if you want to experience the latest and greatest graphics video gaming has to offer, a PC is usually the first and best way to experience it. If that isn’t enough, PC gaming is notorious for its deep discounts and bundle sales through platforms like Steam, often making it the cheapest way to play games you may have missed when they were first released. 
A PC that’s great for gaming can still do other things. There are certain upgrades that everyone needs for gaming but most people don’t need for work (like a graphics card); however, for most people, a gaming PC is really just a really, really powerful computer. Unless the cheap gaming PC is very old, it should be able to handle all of the spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and essays you’d care to throw at it.
At this time, I’d say no. Buying a $500 gaming PC usually means two things: old hardware and poor performance in modern games. Because the hardware tends to be older, finding upgrades can also be more difficult. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X provide incredible performance for the same $500. There are times, usually late in the PlayStation and Xbox consoles’ life cycles, when it makes sense to build a very cheap gaming PC rather than buying a console. Now is not one of those times.
Buying a prebuilt gaming PC can be one of the best ways to join the PC gaming community. For users that aren’t comfortable building their own, or are having trouble finding the components they need within their budget, a prebuilt machine can take the stress out of getting started and get you gaming faster.
As with any major tech purchase, there is a lot to consider when shopping for the best cheap gaming PC. Keeping the games you’d like to play, and how you’d like them to run, is the best place to begin and your guiding principle when shopping. Whether you’re just interested in seeing the best graphics possible within your budget or getting your feet wet as a streamer, there are plenty of options worthy of a closer look.    
Chris Coke specializes in the nuanced world of personal computing, whether it’s reviewing a laptop or sharing the best mechanical keyboard for your gaming PC. He began writing about consumer technology and video games professionally in 2013 for sites such as Tom’s Hardware, IGN, Reviewed, PC Perspective, and MORPG.com. At Popular Science, Chris covers a wide range of tech and buying guys, helping readers improve their lives through technology.

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Police: City employee used city-owned tools to do side jobs - Laredo Morning Times

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An employee of the City of Laredo Municipal Housing Department has been arrested for using city-owned tools to do side jobs, according to Laredo police.
Mario Escalera, 57, was arrested on June 16 via a warrant charging him with abuse of official capacity.
A supervisor for the City of Laredo Municipal Housing Department filed a police report stating that an employee, Escalera, had taken assorted tools and equipment from the City of Laredo Municipal Housing warehouse without permission. The value of the items taken were about $2,027.92, according to court documents.
The supervisor stated he had been in the area to conduct a surprise inspection on a city-owned house located in the 3300 block of Aberdeen Loop. The house had clutter in the front and rear.
The supervisor took photos and submitted them to his supervisor for investigation. Housing officials then noticed on the photos several tools that belonged to the Municipal Housing Department, according to an arrest affidavit.
Officials made contact with the renter of the home on Aberdeen. He was identified as Escalera. He stated he had borrowed the tools about two weeks ago.
“Escalera advised (the supervisor) that he took the equipment without letting anyone know because he knew they would not let him if he had asked. Escalera mentioned he would return the equipment in a week after he finished doing side jobs,” states the affidavit.
A search of his backyard yielded “a multitude of equipment” that belonged to the Municipal Housing Department. Inside his Ford F-150, he also had a 5-gallon jug of paint, two sets of restroom faucets and one set of kitchen faucets that also belonged to the Municipal Housing Department, according to court documents.
Police learned that city employees are allowed to carry assorted tools in the work vehicles, but they are not allowed to remove them for personal use, states the affidavit.
“(The supervisor) informed (police) that Escalera has worked for the Housing Department for approximately 10 years and had never had an issue until now,” the affidavit states.
In an interview with investigators, Escalera stated he had worked for the Municipal Housing Department as a maintenance worker providing handyman work for the housing properties.
“He said that approximately three weeks ago, he started to have financial hardship and that his salary was insufficient to pay the bills. Escalera noted that he took it upon himself to take home the same tools and equipment and use them for handyman work after hours,” states the affidavit.
Escalera added he had no intentions to steal the items because he continued working for the city and would need the tools to work orders assigned to him. Escalera then provided a copy of a written confession in Spanish to investigators, according to court documents.

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