Thread: Prostitute convicted in Google executive heroin death detained by ICE

Prostitute convicted in Google executive heroin death detained by ICE after ending manslaughter sentence

BY NICOLE HENSLEY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 2:57 AM

The ex-call girl convicted in a Google executive’s heroin overdose death is now in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Federal immigration agents were waiting for Alix Tichelman, who holds dual citizenship with Canada, as she left a California jail just before dawn on March 29. She had just completed a nearly two-year sentence on an involuntary manslaughter charge.

The 30-year-old prostitute injected her repeat customer, Google employee Forrest Hayes, with an accidental, but fatal dose of heroin during their maritime romp in 2014.

Alix Tichelman was detained by ICE agents after ending her manslaughter sentence last week.
(SHMUEL THALER/AP)

She tried to revive the dying 51-year-old, but gave up as he slipped into unconsciousness. She finished her red wine and left his yacht parked in the Santa Cruz harbor.

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ICE requested a 24-hour hold on Tichelman a month into her imprisonment in 2015 — and again two days before she ended her sentence, early, cops said.

Tichelman was slapped with a five-year sentence but was released earlier for good behavior.

Alix Tichleman served a nearly two-year sentence in the acidental overdose death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
(FORREST HAYES MEMORIAL)

“ICE agents were on hand at 5 a.m. March 29 when Ms. Tichelman was released,” Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Clark said in a statement to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office refused to honor ICE’s request, citing the state’s TRUST Act. The measure prohibits law enforcement from using immigration holds to keep inmates behind bars beyond their sentence.

Clark added that this is the fifth time ICE agents have staked out jail waiting to detain inmates upon release.

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ICE, which is under the Department of Homeland Security umbrella, started shaming dozens of defiant local jails for refusing to honor immigration detainers with weekly lists in February. So far, only two weeks’ worth of "Declined detainer outcome reports" is online.

In May 2014, the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office issued a memo stating that law enforcement agencies require a valid arrest warrant to merit a hold.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3018354

Well, this is a good thing - I'm thinking there might be more egregious malefactors lounging around the court houses these days.

Tichelman? Jewish illegal alien?

Tichelman has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Canada, according to a Santa Cruz County court documents related to her bail amount. Apparently there are 2 deaths, same way and neither man was a heroin user or it was their 1st time - stone cold murderer.

ICE detains Alix Tichelman, prostitute convicted in death of Google exec on yacht

Prostitute administered drugs to 51-year-old , then cleaned up as he lay dying of heroin overdose













By Ryan Masters | rmasters@santacruzsentinel.com | Santa Cruz Sentinel

PUBLISHED: April 3, 2017 at 5:25 pm | UPDATED: April 4, 2017 at 11:48 am

SANTA CRUZ — Alix Tichelman, the heroin addict and prostitute convicted of felony involuntary manslaughter of a Google executive in 2015, was detained by Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after she was released from a Santa Cruz jail on March 29, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.

Tichelman has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Canada, according to a Santa Cruz County court documents related to her bail amount.

ICE spokesman James Schwab declined to comment on the detention.

Tichelman, who the media sensationalized with names such as the “Harbor Hooker,” made headlines in 2015 when she was found guilty of felony involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs to a 51-year-old Google executive from Santa Cruz who died from a heroin overdose on his yacht.

“A month after she was sentenced in 2015, ICE sent a hold for Ms. Tichelman. On March 27 of this year, ICE requested we detain her for 24 hours longer than her sentence,” said Santa Cruz County Sheriff Sgt. Chris Clark.

Pursuant to the California TRUST Act, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office refused to hold Tichelman any longer than her sentence dictated. The TRUST Act, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, prohibits law enforcement from detaining an individual on the basis of immigration status.

Pursuant to the California TRUTH Act, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office notified Tichelman and her attorney that ICE had requested the hold and intended to detain her. The TRUTH Act, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 2017, requires local law enforcement agency to provide notification to the individual and their attorney if that agency provides ICE with notification of an individual’s release date and time.

“ICE agents were on hand at 5 a.m. March 29 when Ms. Tichelman was released,” said Clark.

Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Public Affairs Officer James Schwab said his office was preparing a press release that would address the specifics of Tichelman’s detention. He said he could not address Tichelman’s immigration status until the department’s legal team was consulted.

At the time of her release, Tichelman had served nearly two years in the Santa Cruz County Jail for the 2014 incident.

On Nov. 23, 2014, Tichelman was aboard Google executive Forrest Hayes’ yacht, “Escape” in the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. Tichelman injected herself with heroin, prepared a second needle and consensually injected it into Hayes’ arm.

When Hayes clutched his chest and lost consciousness in the boat’s cabin, video surveillance shows Tichelman appear to coolly clear evidence of the drug use and later closed blinds to conceal him from outside view, as he lay unconscious and dying.

The video shows her in the cabin for seven minutes after Hayes’ death, stepping over him with a glass of red wine in hand. Hayes’ body was found the next morning by the ship’s captain.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/0...nta-cruz-jail/

Info from this article:

"Tichelman was born in Canada and she is not an American citizen."

"Tichelman holds a U.S. green card. Bail documents erroneously state that she is a duel citizen of Canada and the U.S."

She could end up being deported."
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Santa Cruz 'harbor hooker' Tichelman taken by ICE agents

|Updated: 12:10 PM PDT Apr 4, 2017

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —Alix Tichelman, the woman who made international headlines as the "harbor hooker" and "call girl killer," was taken away by Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after she was released from a Santa Cruz jail last week, sources told KSBW.

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ICE had requested that deputies place Tichelman on an immigration hold, but they refused, because doing so went against the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office policies with handling inmates who are illegal immigrants.

ICE agents were still able to find Tichelman as soon as she was freed and took her into federal custody, sources told KSBW's Phil Gomez.

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Tichelman was born in Canada and she is not an American citizen.

"We had denied the request. ICE came to the Santa Cruz County Jail at about 5 a.m. and took custody of Miss Tichelman," Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Clark said.

She could end up being deported.

Tichelman pleaded guilty in May of 2015 to felony involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs, and she served nearly three years in the Santa Cruz County Jail.

"Anyone with a felony is put in a very special category, and there's virtually no way of preventing their deportation," Santa Cruz County Immigration Project director Doug Keegan said.

"Given the seriousness of the conviction, even the notoriety from that, I believe it would be classified as an aggravated felony and her ability to somehow defend against that in deportation (hearings) is very, very slim," Keegan said.

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At the time of her arrest, Tichelman had been living with her wealthy parents in Northern California. Tichelman's father is the CEO of a California technology company. She spent most of her childhood growing up in Georgia. It's unclear when her family moved to the U.S.

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Tichelman holds a U.S. green card. Bail documents erroneously state that she is a duel citizen of Canada and the U.S.

ICE spokesman James Schwab said federal authorities would never detain or consider deporting anyone who is an American citizen.

Santa Cruz police said Tichelman, 29, was responsible for the death of a millionaire Google executive, Forrest Timothy Hayes.

The 51-year-old married father of five lived on the westside of Santa Cruz before he died from a heroin overdose on his yacht in the Santa Cruz harbor on Nov. 23, 2013.

Police said Hayes hired Tichelman several times for drug-fueled sex after they met on the website SeekingArrangement.com.

Surveillance video from the yacht showed Hayes extending his arm as Tichelman injected him. Police said it was obvious he was dying as he collapsed to the floor, but Tichelman never called 911.

Defense attorney Larry Biggam said Tichelman injected herself with heroin before she injected Hayes, and the drugs clouded her judgement at the time.

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"This case is about two adults who were engaged in mutual consensual drug usage in the context of a sexual encounter initiated and encouraged by Mr. Hayes. There was no intent to harm or injure, much less kill, Mr. Hayes. Why would she? He was a lucrative source of income to her," Biggam said in 2014. "To demonize, and sensationalize, and totally blame Alix Tichelman for his death is misplaced, unfair, and simply wrong. She's like a wounded bird."

She pleaded guilty to two felonies before the case went to trial, and a judge sentenced her to serve six years in jail.

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According to her Facebook profile, Tichelman went to high school in Atlanta, Georgia, majored in journalism at Georgia State University, and worked as a dancer, makeup artist, and model. A YouTube video uploaded in 2012 shows Tichelman giving a makeup tutorial.

Her ex-boyfriend, 53-year-old monkey trainer Dean Riopelle, died from a heroin overdose in Georgia two months before Hayes' death. Riopelle's death was ruled as accidental.

Tichelman completed drug rehab programs during her time in jail because she was addicted to heroin.

But once she is walking free, whether in the U.S. or Canada, some are worried she will struggle with staying clean, her public defender said.

For now, Tichelman remains in ICE's custody and is scheduled to appear before a U.S. immigration judge in San Francisco Wednesday.

"She will remain in DHS/ICE custody pending removal proceedings," Schwab said.

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“Harbor Hooker” ordered deported to her native Canada


Alix Tichelman takes a last look at the courtroom after appearing for the first time before Judge Timothy Volkmann in Superior Court in Santa Cruz on July 9 to face manslaughter charges for the November 26, 2013 murder of Google executive Forrest Timothy Hayes. Tichelman, 26, is accused of shooting a lethal dose of heroine into the Hayes, killing him on his 50-foot yacht in the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor. The episode was caught on a surveillance video. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

By MICHAEL TODD | mtodd@santacruzsentinel.com | Santa Cruz Sentinel
PUBLISHED: April 6, 2017 at 7:08 pm | UPDATED: April 6, 2017 at 9:28 pm

SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. immigration judge on Thursday ordered Alix Catherine Tichelman — dubbed the Santa Cruz Harbor Hooker after fatally injecting a Google executive with heroin — to be deported to her native Canada.

Tichelman, 29, was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in Marysville in Yuba County on Thursday night. It is unclear when Tichelman will be removed from the U.S.
Tichelman was convicted in 2015 for injecting a deadly dose of heroin to Forrest Hayes aboard his Santa Cruz yacht Nov. 23, 2013.

Hayes hired the prostitute, then 27, who injected herself and her client with the opioid, prosecutors said during proceedings in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.

Tichelman left the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor when Hayes became unresponsive, authorities said. Her conviction was international news.

A deputy at Yuba County Sheriff’s Department, where Tichelman has been since March 30, said that agency does not disclose release dates.

A crime analyst at the sheriff’s department, Leslie Carbah, confirmed Tichelman was at the Yuba County hold Thursday night.

Tichelman was living in the U.S. on a visa. Tichelman’s name does not appear in an ICE online database. She also has no criminal history in Canada, according to the Canadian Legal Information Institute.

Tichelman pleaded guilty in 2015 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court of involuntary manslaughter; felony administration of drugs; misdemeanor destroying or concealing evidence; and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution, according to court documents. Her convictions include aggravated crimes — manslaughter and prostitution — that warrant deportation under immigration law, according to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Tichelman had been soliciting clients online at SeekingArrangement.com in 2013, police said.

A judge ordered Tichelman’s removal during a hearing Thursday at San Francisco Immigration Court, according to limited information the federal courts offer in such cases. Northern California and much of the Central Coast are in San Francisco Immigration Court’s jurisdiction.

It is unclear whether Tichelman was represented by an attorney during the proceeding Thursday. Immigration court does not appoint counsel. Immigration judges have the authority to rule on deportations, asylum and immigration-status review, according to the Immigration Court Practice Manual by the U.S. Department of Justice.

There is no timeline for deportation proceedings, said Doug Keegan, an attorney and program director at Santa Cruz County Immigration Project Program Director.

Keegan also said deportations can be immediate. Departure dates depend on a person’s custody or ambitions to appeal, he said.

“They would have the right to appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals if they feel there has been a legal error committed in their case,” Keegan said. In Tichelman’s case, appeals are due May 8.

Tichelman was released from Santa Cruz County Jail early March 29 for good behavior. She was detained immediately by federal agents for deportation proceedings, Homeland Security Investigations spokesman James Schwab said.

Sgt. Chris Clark, the spokesman for Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office and the county jail, said Tichelman participated in multiple programs while housed locally on her state convictions. He declined to release the programs in which Tichelman participated.

“(Inmates) can participate in classes to help themselves in a variety of different areas, from drug treatment to anger management,” Clark said.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/0...native-canada/

Last time I checked hooking was not a job Americans refuse to do.