Gerald McCullouch: CSI Actor
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 12:37 Written by admin Friday, 30 January 2009 07:10
Meet Gerald McCullouch, the actor who is best known for playing Bobby Dawson on the CBS television series ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’ See photos, video and a biography of the CSI actor here.
Gerarld McCullouch is in the news today because he successfully and bravely fended off an attack by a would-be mugger, as he was riding the subway in New York City. The actor was working on his laptop, uploading a video to YouTube when the mugger attempted to snatch it from him. McCullouch, a trained boxer who practices three or four times a week took on the assailant, delivering body shot to the chest. The mugger pulled a 10-inch knife in retaliation leading to a fierce confrontation.
I yelled at the top of my lungs, ‘Get the [bleep] away from me!’ That’s when the knife came down into my back. I don’t know whether he lost his grip or what, but the blade didn’t penetrate my leather jacket.
“We were in each other’s face. I think I punched him again as the doors closed and the train started leaving the station. I’m watching MTA workers on the platform looking in. I thought, ‘Great, now I’m alone in this car with him.’
Thanks to the intervention of the train conductor who pulled the actor into the next car and the several police officers who entered the car and handcuffed and arrested the would be assailant, the actor escaped unharmed. He said in an interview that he fought back because he had been in “the[boxing] ring about eight hours before. Also, I didn’t want to give up my computer after working on my video all that time.”
It was the actor’s second confrontation with a mugger; he was previously held up at gunpoint in 2001.
As a biography, Gerald McCullouch was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 30, 1967 so his age is 41. He attended Florida State University, studying in the BFA Musical Theatre Program. Prior to college, his first job as a performing artist was as a singer in the country western revue at Six Flags Over Georgia when he was 16 years old. The aspiring actor survived a near fatal car crash during his sophomore year of college, in which he suffered a severe head injury that left him in a short-term coma.
After months of rehabilitation, he began his professional career first in Atlanta, Georgia and then in New York City where he found success as an actor in commercials. He also did work in film and theater, in both singing and nonsinging roles, notably as the title character in the musical ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in a European tour.
For the past nine seasons, Gerald McCullouch has become widely known for his role as Bobby Dawson, a ballistics expert in the hit CBS TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a drama series which chronicles the work of a team of Las Vegas forensic scientists as they investigate the circumstances in mysterious homicides and other crimes. As is the actor, the character is openly gay, as revealed during the show’s season in 2003.
He is also widely seen as a recurring guest host of FYE! on E!TV. He also pursues a career as a stand up comic and has performed in top clubs including Caroline’s and Gotham in New York City and Improv in LA. Additionally, he has numerous professional credits as a model, film and TV director, screenwriter, and photographer.
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Learn MoreDumanis joins other DA’s in fighting budget cuts
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 12:38 Written by admin Friday, 30 January 2009 07:08
7:58 a.m. January 27, 2009
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis joined other prosecutors in sending letters to the governor and state legislature expressing opposition to the cutting of grant programs in child abuse, gang violence and other areas.
The letters from the California District Attorneys Association, of which Dumanis is president, were drafted in response to plans to completely eliminate funding from the Office of Emergency Services for such prosecution programs as Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement, Gang Violence Suppression Program and the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program.
CDAA noted that the 2008-09 budget already reduces expenditures by 10 percent in many of the programs, and argued their complete elimination will lead to increased crime in California against the most vulnerable citizens.
"We recognize the magnitude of the unprecedented budget shortfall facing our state and the sacrifices necessary to put California’s fiscal house in order,” the letter to state legislators says. "However, we believe that many of the proposals contained in the state budget disproportionately impact prosecutors, irrevocably damage public safety in California, and serve only to exacerbate our economic problems.”
In a second letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, prosecutors were highly critical of the plan to eliminate parole supervision for all non-serious, non-violent, and non-sex offenders.
"Parole is an essential law enforcement tool enabling peace officers to search the persons, vehicles and residences of parolees,” the letter states.
"Parole searches have saved innocent lives and prevented countless violent crimes. To unilaterally eliminate parole for thousands of prison inmates would constitute a public safety disaster.”
via – http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/27/dumanis-joins-other-das-fighting-budget-cuts/
Learn MoreMexican mayor, police chief visit area to discuss crime prevention
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 12:38 Written by admin Friday, 30 January 2009 07:07
By Airan Scruby, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/26/2009 01:45:54 PM PST
PICO RIVERA – City officials shared their knowledge on crime prevention and fostered ties Monday with leaders from one of Mexico’s popular tourist destinations.
Pico Rivera hosted a delegation from Mazatlan, Mexico and from the California-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. The group visited Pico Rivera as part of a tour of Southern California to foster business ties and to learn about crime fighting efforts in cities where law enforcement is successfully reducing graffiti and gang violence.
"We came to establish a relationship with the city of Pico Rivera, to understand the operation of the city," Mazatlan Mayor Jorge Abel Lopez Sanchez said. "So that we can help each other."
Pico Rivera City Council members, along with
Station commander, Captain, Michael Rothans, and Gilberto Acuna, the Police Chief of Mazatlan, Mexico, admire a statue in front of the sation as they tour the Pico Rivera Sheriff’s Station, Monday, January 26, 2009. (Correspondent photo by Mike Mullen/SWCity)
Sister City commissioners and city staffers, greeted the delegation and presented them with plaques and a book about Pico Rivera’s history.
According to California-Mexico Chamber of Commerce President Zeferino Farias, the visit should foster new economic ties to improve business in Mazatlan and Pico Rivera.
"We’re about opening business on both sides of the border," Farias said.
Mazatlan has about 500,000 residents and has struggled to maintain safety and quell gang violence and tagging.
"Originally the thought was to find out how we got control of our graffiti," Pico Rivera Mayor Gracie Gallegos said.
Pico Rivera Sheriff’s Capt. Mike Rothans took Mazatlan’s police chief and the rest of the delegation on a tour of the sheriff’s station. A special presentation on Graffiti Tracker, which identifies taggers and all known examples of their work to make prosecutions easier.
The Pico Rivera Sheriff’s Station serves the city’s 60,000 residents plus another 40,000 in the surrounding area. Four years ago, Rothans said, the city was ranked one of the 10 worst in the state for crime.
Law enforcement officials decided to target juvenile crime and focus on tagging as a way to stop gang violence and serious crime before it happens. The Graffiti Tracker program made it possible to find taggers and prosecute the most prolific vandals.
"We know that graffiti is a gateway to other crimes," Rothans said.
According to Sanchez, lower crime rates will help Mazatlan, a coastal city, to continue growing its already-large tourism industry. He invited Pico Rivera officials to come to Mexico for Mazatlan’s Carnival festival, which is the second largest in the world.
"We are a tourism city," Sanchez said. "We have a lot to do in Mazatlan."
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