Termination of Bates is recommended by fire chief (prostitution sting)

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Published Tuesday March 10, 2009
Termination of Bates is recommended by fire chief
BY KEVIN COLE
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

The fallout from a prostitution sting at a Council Bluffs hotel apparently will cost Omaha Fire Capt. Darren Bates his job.

Bates, 42, learned Tuesday that Fire Chief Mike McDonnell has recommended his termination.

Bates, who has been on paid administrative leave since Feb. 4 -- and will remain so until after the city process is completed.

Bates was ticketed in a prostitution sting last month at a Bluffs hotel. According to the citation, Bates solicited a sex act for $150. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Bates had temporarily stepped down as president of the local firefighters’ union. He remains a member of the Bluffs’ City Council.

Bates could not immediately be reached for comment.

In Tacoma a sitting Superior Court Judge has been charged with felony harrassment, death threats of a prostitute and hiring the male prostitute. He gets to stay on his job as this works it's LONG way through the courts. All fucking judges, cops and prosecutors are crooked as hell!!!!