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Arlington, TX

Jan 6, 2008

Employee is accused of theft of city money

The third woman arrested in less than a year on suspicion of mishandling the city's money told police that she took more than $870,000 in payroll and vendor checks out of love for her online boyfriend.

Angelique Lynette Torres, 38, is facing theft charges and was in jail Saturday. Bail is set at $350,000.

Torres, who worked at the city for more than seven years and was a payroll coordinator with the finance department, told police that she took the checks because she was in love with a man she had met through an online dating service. Read more

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City offficials turn their heads. Hispanic thieves are plentiful throughout the city. From pallets of inventory from private business to refunds from the IRS(and EVERYING INBETWEEN), Hispanics(illegal and legal)are ripping us off, laughing all the way to the bank. Tips coming from compadres(citizens) on the inside makes it all too easy. Acting as though they are asimulating, they are knowingly deceiving naive officials. Imagine being the only citizen in a 2nd grade classroom full of hate-taught, no-english speaking illegals. Thank God I,m a trust fund baby.
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Corrupt wrote:
City offficials turn their heads. Hispanic thieves are plentiful throughout the city. From pallets of inventory from private business to refunds from the IRS(and EVERYING INBETWEEN), Hispanics(illegal and legal)are ripping us off, laughing all the way to the bank. Tips coming from compadres(citizens) on the inside makes it all too easy. Acting as though they are asimulating, they are knowingly deceiving naive officials. Imagine being the only citizen in a 2nd grade classroom full of hate-taught, no-english speaking illegals. Thank God I,m a trust fund baby.
Does the term bigoted racist a**hole mean anything to you???
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I'm a middle-aged caucasion who finds your comments extremely ignorant and hateful. I've met so many Hispanics who are hard-working, family-oriented, loving, caring people. If you could pull your head out of the trash can long enough, you might notice. Go back to school, dummy. 2nd grade might be a good place to start.
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Jan 12, 2008
 
Well, well, well, if it isn't Juanita and Bonita. Hows life after the donkey show business? Is your brother the punk who fled back to the casa, then caught and incarcerated for raping and setting the UNT coed on fire in the portapotty? Her mother wants a word with you
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Just want to say that I hope justice will be served in this case and what goes around comes around. Jonathan Battles is a name that everyone on the internet should know to STAY AWAY FROM!!!! He is a CON MAN!!! I feel bad for this poor woman who is sitting in jail for this man. He is the one who should be sitting in jail right now!!
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Unknown wrote:
Just want to say that I hope justice will be served in this case and what goes around comes around. Jonathan Battles is a name that everyone on the internet should know to STAY AWAY FROM!!!! He is a CON MAN!!! I feel bad for this poor woman who is sitting in jail for this man. He is the one who should be sitting in jail right now!!
Great job letting others know about this man. I can only hope that your testamony will help others and Yes, I do believe you when you say "Jonathan Battles is a name that everyone on the internet should STAY AWAY FROM!!!!" The only thing I would add is that he finds his victims on the internet, but he isn't limited to just that resource....BEWARE OF JONATHAN BATTLES IN ANY SETTING YOU SHOULD MEET HIM"
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Just a comment on the race issue:

To the two utterly classless posters who find the original poster's comments to be so "racist":

You ought to pay closer attention to the news which clearly shows that more and more common criminals are hispanic.

It's impossible to understand why any LEGAL citizen in America would support illegals coming into this country. Think about it: the word is "ILLEGAL" - they cross the border as lawbreakers - so even if they never do anything else in violation of the law, their mere existence here is against the law. And most illegals have absolutely no respect for this country or its legal citizens.

No, illegals are no good for this country and any legal citizen who supports them is either a money-grubbing capitalist or someone who doesn't have the courage to cross that precious politically correct line and stand up for what is right and lawful because they're too afraid of being thought of as a - SHRIEK!- racist.
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May 11, 2008
 
Isabella Payne wrote:
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Great job letting others know about this man. I can only hope that your testamony will help others and Yes, I do believe you when you say "Jonathan Battles is a name that everyone on the internet should STAY AWAY FROM!!!!" The only thing I would add is that he finds his victims on the internet, but he isn't limited to just that resource....BEWARE OF JONATHAN BATTLES IN ANY SETTING YOU SHOULD MEET HIM"
Oh I do think everyone will eventualy know the real Jonathan Battles. People have to stop believing he has so much power and just turn him in!
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May 11, 2008
 
You feel sorry for the woman who stole the money???
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Just want to say that I hope justice will be served in this case and what goes around comes around. Jonathan Battles is a name that everyone on the internet should know to STAY AWAY FROM!!!! He is a CON MAN!!! I feel bad for this poor woman who is sitting in jail for this man. He is the one who should be sitting in jail right now!!
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May 11, 2008
 
Yes, I feel sorry for the woman who stole the money, you have no idea who or what this man is and how he is able to manipulate people to do what he wants. I know she did wrong in taking the checks, and there should be a punishment for that. What I am saying is that she isn't completely innocent, however I do feel she was manipulated and fooled into this criminal activity. If you look at the facts of the article, he used another convicted felon, Tamika Booker (go to www.bop.gov and enter Tamika Booker in the inmate locater search) to deposite the checks, keeping his hands clean. Jonathan Battles criminal history speaks loud and clear. Angelique Torres isn't the first name on Jonathan Battles list of people he has used for his own personal gain. The list is long. I hope Ms. Torres has a great counsel to produce such evidence, because I am confident there are people out there willing to help her make her case.
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May 12, 2008
 
Battles may be friggin' Prince Charming, but Torres will hopefully be held accountable for stealing from the Arlington citizens. I don't feel sorry for her.
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May 12, 2008
 
I think CO was agreeing with you about there needing to be punishment for the woman that stole the checks, but I do believe CO had additional information that might have caused this woman to make such a horrible choice. I agree we make our own choices in life, but this woman didn't have any criminal record. She was considered to be an upstanding employee of the city for many years. It make me believe that Battles master minded the whole thing to manipulate this woman and leave her holding the bag when trouble came knocking. With his background and criminal profile, I wonder if the justice system and all of it's support branches aren't too stressed with large numbers to have kept a closer eye on Jonathan Battles. If that is the case, I find that truly sad, because how many more victims does this monster get to leave behind to suffer while he waits out his time in an institution that will provide him with 3 hots and a cot and not a bit of guilt.
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Battles may be friggin' Prince Charming, but Torres will hopefully be held accountable for stealing from the Arlington citizens. I don't feel sorry for her.
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May 13, 2008
 
I agree ... sometimes justice seems out of balance.
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I think CO was agreeing with you about there needing to be punishment for the woman that stole the checks, but I do believe CO had additional information that might have caused this woman to make such a horrible choice. I agree we make our own choices in life, but this woman didn't have any criminal record. She was considered to be an upstanding employee of the city for many years. It make me believe that Battles master minded the whole thing to manipulate this woman and leave her holding the bag when trouble came knocking. With his background and criminal profile, I wonder if the justice system and all of it's support branches aren't too stressed with large numbers to have kept a closer eye on Jonathan Battles. If that is the case, I find that truly sad, because how many more victims does this monster get to leave behind to suffer while he waits out his time in an institution that will provide him with 3 hots and a cot and not a bit of guilt.
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Does the term bigoted racist a**hole mean anything to you???
Hello Trust Fund baby, did you not READ about ENRON???? I'm thinking not one of those persons involved was HISPANIC.... maybe before you start talking about thieves you might want to look in your own back yard.... talk about about being in a classroom full of hate taught illegals try being in a classroom full of HATE TAUGHT KKK....
Doesn't look like you learned anything in 2nd grade...
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ahah how dumb can you be! You play now you must pay. I say a day and night in jail for every 25 cents she took.
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Wednesday Jul 9
 
How about a day and night in jail for every penny Jonathan Battles stole from all the women he conned.
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Sunday Jul 13
 
It's impossible to understand why any LEGAL citizen in America would support illegals coming into this country. Think about it: the word is "ILLEGAL" - they cross the border as lawbreakers - so even if they never do anything else in violation of the law, their mere existence here is against the law.

Not for me, someone on this side of the border is just as guilty, MANY of them would not even come if that other person wasn't on this side, waiting to hire them, help them get by. They are taken advantage of..... that is why some of them go back. I have been reading about the home mortgage mess and was shocked to find families from Mexico living in expensive houses they cannot afford. Mothers and their grown children
all working and paying a couple thousand dollars a month, then when the payment went up to FOUR thousand they lost their home. I think that was in another state, but I am sure there are many of them here in Texas paying hundreds of dollars per month, but when they lose a job, or their payments go up they have to leave. Many of them leave and go back to Mexico, or to another state to live with other relatives.
LEGAL citizens have contributed a LOT to all the whole mess of things causing our housing crisis and illegal immigration crisis.
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Martia wrote:
It's impossible to understand why any LEGAL citizen in America would support illegals coming into this country. Think about it: the word is "ILLEGAL" - they cross the border as lawbreakers - so even if they never do anything else in violation of the law, their mere existence here is against the law.
Not for me, someone on this side of the border is just as guilty, MANY of them would not even come if that other person wasn't on this side, waiting to hire them, help them get by. They are taken advantage of..... that is why some of them go back. I have been reading about the home mortgage mess and was shocked to find families from Mexico living in expensive houses they cannot afford. Mothers and their grown children
all working and paying a couple thousand dollars a month, then when the payment went up to FOUR thousand they lost their home. I think that was in another state, but I am sure there are many of them here in Texas paying hundreds of dollars per month, but when they lose a job, or their payments go up they have to leave. Many of them leave and go back to Mexico, or to another state to live with other relatives.
LEGAL citizens have contributed a LOT to all the whole mess of things causing our housing crisis and illegal immigration crisis.
what does being an illegal have to do with this story? Ms. Torres wasn't an Illegal she was American citizen. Maybe the illegals are here illegally but they do the work NO ONE else wants to do. Maybe if certain American would quit being lazy they would have the jobs the Illegals have.
This is about a woman who fell in love with a con man but no one seems to care about what kind of man prey's on a single mother's and convince them to give him money.... a SICK MAN that's who....
I'm sure Ms.Torres is dealing with the after effects of her actions along with family.... But there are three people in this story not just Ms. Torres....
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Monday Jul 14
 
I totally agree Jonathan Battles should spend a night and day for every penny he's con woman out of.... I just pray he gets what's coming to him....

I just dont know how someone like him can live with himself.... He must have a very low self esteem of himself.... How sad and patheic he is.....
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Wednesday Jul 16
 
Oh he certainly is sad a pathetic thats for sure. Isnt it funny though how he preys on women and not men. I wonder WHY??? HE IS A COWARD, THATS WHY!!!!!
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