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Jimmy Dimora federal racketeering trial: Toledo woman says she was paid for exotic dances
Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:45 AM     Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 11:15 AM
Marvin Fong, The Plain DealerJimmy Dimora, left, and attorney William Whitaker arrive for his federal racketeering trial in Akron this morning.
AKRON, Ohio –  A second woman testified this morning about providing sexual services for county officials in the corruption trial of former county Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and former county employee Michael Gabor Jr.
LaTanya Nicole Calhoun went by the name “Egypt” when she worked as an exotic dancer. She now works as a licensed practical nurse and
lives in the Toledo area.
She followed on the witness stand another woman, Rebecca Johnson, who told the jury that she was paid for “sex work” with Dimora and others.

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Jimmy Dimora federal racketeering trial: Woman says she was paid for ‘sex work‘ with commissioner and others
Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 9:45 AM     Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:13 AM
Marvin Fong, The Plain DealerJimmy Dimora, right, and his defense attorney William Whitaker head into the U.S. District Courthouse in Akron, Ohio for another day of testimony in Dimora’s federal racketeering trial.
AKRON, Ohio — An Akron woman testified this morning that she was paid to perform sexual acts on Cuyahoga County officials, including former Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, at a condo in the Flats and other places.
Rebecca Johnson said she has worked as an escort and an exotic dancer, among other jobs. She said she provided “sexual services” on at least five occasions in the early to mid-2000s for Dimora and co-defendant, Michael Gabor, 52, of Parma, a former office assistant in the auditor’s office.
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Johnson referred to the sex acts as “sex work,” “sexual services” or “sessions,” but did not provide details, nor did prosecutors ask about what types of sex acts were performed.

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Evening update of Jimmy Dimora’s trial for Tuesday, Jan. 24 Plain Dealer reporter Stan Donaldson updates you on what happened during the afternoon session of the county corruption trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora in Akron. Watch video
AKRON, Ohio — Jurors and the rest of Northeast Ohio need wonder no longer what federal prosecutors believe motivated Jimmy Dimora –  an insatiable appetite for sex.
For the first time Tuesday, prosecutors in Dimora’s racketeering trial offered accounts of how people trying to curry favor went to great lengths and expense to arrange extra-marital trysts for the then-Cuyahoga County commissioner.
They connected with female escort services. They dispatched limos to pick up women from as far away as Toledo. They searched for discreet spots for encounters. They dropped off condominium keys.

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Midday update of Jimmy Dimora’s trial for Friday, Jan. 13 Plain Dealer reporter Jim McCarty updates you on what happened during the morning session of the county corruption trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora in Akron. Watch video
AKRON, Ohio — Intriguing new details emerged in testimony today regarding the  April 2008 trip to Las Vegas by former Cuyahoga County commissioner Jimmy Dimora, convicted former county auditor Frank Russo and others.
Construction company owner Ferris Kleem has admitted that he paid thousands of dollars toward the gambling trip for Dimora, Russo, Parma politician and county employee J. Kevin Kelley and others.
Kleem, who is cooperating with federal prosecutors, also said he paid for a $1,000 prostitute for Dimora. One month after the trip, Kleem’s Blaze construction won a $2.9 million road-resurfacing contract.

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For the first time Friday, the wild excesses that federal prosecutors had previously only hinted at in their five-year investigation of corruption in Cuyahoga County government came to life in U.S. District Court.
And all of the good times came gratis of Ferris Kleem, a Berea contractor looking for $45 million in county contracts, an FBI agent said.
Kleem, owner of Blaze Construction, Phoenix Cement, and the Teamz and Tony K’s restaurants, bankrolled the trip to Las Vegas in April 2008 for Dimora, then-Auditor Frank Russo and seven of their friends.
During the second day of testimony in Dimora’s racketeering trial, prosecutors devoted much of their attention to the trip, detailing thousands of dollars of gambling chips, a $2,000 dinner, prostitutes, limousines, more than $6,000 for hotel rooms and charges, and first-class airplane tickets.

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AKRON, Ohio — Recordings of FBI wiretaps of former Cuyahoga County auditor Frank Russo and former commissioner Jimmy Dimora played in federal court today showed the two men bristling over questions from a  columnist for The Plain Dealer immediately after their infamous Las Vegas vacation.Dimora is on trial on federal racketeering charges in Akron and Russo took a plea deal in 2010, pleading guilty to 21 corruption-related offenses and faces nearly 22 years in prison
The charges against Russo also revealed details about federal allegations about the Las Vegas trip, a frequent topic in afternoon testimony by FBI agent Michael Massie today.
Late in the afternoon, however, prosecutors also played a recording in which Russo talks with Michael McIntyre, a reporter at The Plain Dealer who writes the “Tipoff” column.
First McIntyre asks Russo: “Well, were there a lot of prostitutes with you guys?”

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The trial’s first witness, FBI agent Michael Massie, was back on the stand this morning around 10 a.m. He is expected to testify most of the day.
Massie on Thursday  had recounted how the county corruption investigation began in the summer of 2007, and mushroomed into a series of wiretaps of the cell phones of Dimora, Russo, Kevin Kelley, Steven Pumper and William Neiheiser.
This morning, prosecutors called him back to the stand and then played  recordings, includidng one between Kelley and contractor Ferris Kleem.
The conversation centered around a scheme prosecutors say involved Kleem, who has admitted that he gave cash, appliances and a trip to Las Vegas to elected officials in exchange for favors, including meddling in the bidding process for construction work at the Juvenile Justice Center Complex.
Kleem said he paid for a prostitute for Dimora and gave him appliances for his home and $2,000 toward a Rolex watch.

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Prosecutors told the jury that Russo and Dimora got $4,000 each from Kelley.
They also played a number of audio recordings of wiretaps from the FBI investigation of Dimora, noting that they tapped two of his phones because he rarely did work in his office.
They also played recordings of phone calls between Dimora and contractor Steve Pumper , as well as between Pumper and then-Common Pleas Judge Bridget McCafferty.
The charges against Dimora are found in a 36-count, 148-page federal indictment, and say that the longtime power broker used his county commissioner’s office as the base to run a criminal enterprise.
The charges say that he not only defrauded the public, but sold his position to enrich himself and his friends.
The indictment also says Dimora received bribes and kickbacks, trips, home improvements and appliances, meals, entertainment, jewelry, lodging and prostitutes.

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Dimora is accused of running a criminal enterprise while serving as a commissioner and chairman of the county Democratic Party. He faces more than 30 counts, including racketeering, under an indictment originally filed in September 2010.
He is being tried along with friend and former county auditor’s employee Michael Gabor, who is accused of bribery and conspiracy.
The charges against Dimora are found in a 36-count, 148-page federal indictment, and say that the longtime power  broker used his county commissioner’s office as the base to run a criminal enterprise.
The charges say that he not only defrauded the public, but sold his position  to enrich himself and his friends.
The indictment also says Dimora received bribes and kickbacks, trips, home improvements and appliances, meals, entertainment, jewelry, lodging and prostitutes. In exchange, the charges state, Dimora steered government contracts, grants and loans, jobs and pay raises. He’s also accused of fixing court cases and favoring his benefactors in dealings with the county.

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Pumper said he offered Dimora $35,000 in cash — and Dimora accepted about $33,000 — in exchange for moving the purchase along. He also performed the free work on Dimora’s house.
But Whitaker said Cuyahoga County was already going to buy a garage and Pumper did not pay Dimora $30,000 to seal the deal.
The charges against Dimora are found in a 36-count, 148-page federal indictment, and say that the longtime power  broker used his county commissioner’s office as the base to run a criminal enterprise.
The charges say that he not only defrauded the public, but sold his position  to enrich himself and his friends.
The indictment also says Dimora received bribes and kickbacks, trips, home improvements and appliances, meals, entertainment, jewelry, lodging and prostitutes. In exchange, the charges state, Dimora steered government contracts, grants and loans, jobs and pay raises. He’s also accused of fixing court cases and favoring his benefactors in dealings with the county.

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